Due to a busy work schedule and a multitude of projects, blogging has taken a hiatus; however, I wanted to share a shoot from a few months ago. The project was based at the Hillshire Brands Corporate Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. I was surprised to find how huge the Hillshire Brands umbrella actually is, stretching from Jimmy Dean and Ballpark to Tyson Foods and Sara Lee.
This office is huge at 230,000 square feet, so choosing 3 images to show you on my blog was quite difficult. The office won the award for best corporate office over 10,000 square feet in 2013 from the The American Society of Interior Designers. It was a lithography and printing plant before Hillshrire Brands and Perkins + Will got their hands on it. The project took 11 1/2 months to design and construct.
The busyness and productivity of a large corporate office never fails to create an exciting shoot with unique problems to solve. Coordinating people and setting up a space can be disruptive to the office environment, so I needed to be efficient and exact. To add to the challenges, I didn’t have an assistant to help due to overlapping shoots. However, over the years, I’ve found that challenging projects can yield really great results considering all the problem-solving behind them!
Overall, I really enjoyed the energy behind this project and the opportunity to shoot for a brand as large as Hillshire.