Monday Design Inspiration

Do not seek to change what has come before.
Seek to create that which has not.
- David Airey 

Original Concept by THG Creative, Jon Plsek

The Hettema Group is a dynamic experiential design firm that houses a team of experienced designers, architects, media producers, illustrators, master planners, engineers, technical designers, and project managers.  We were fortunate enough to welcome a new graphic artist, Jon Plsek, a Creative Designer with a refined ability to captivate the viewer by understanding the project’s target audience and the client’s vision.

Jon Plsek, with a background in themed entertainment design, joined THG this past June.  His primary focus is concept design development and illustration. 

As part of his studies, Jon created a concept for The Chicago Grandé Casino, a Roaring 20s themed casino located in Chicago.  It is a three story Art Deco style structure with a speakeasy called The Blind Tiger, a theater called Années Folles and an iconic sculpture anchoring the environment.

Exterior of Casino

Theater

Exterior of Entry

Casino Interior

THG's November Birthdays

THG celebrated November birthdays last week, one of which was our founder Phil Hettema!  Warm wishes to Phil, Scott, Monica, Jason, Dan, Ashley, Skylar, and Anthony. 

World AIDS Day

The World's AIDS ribbon is bringing the international
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One World Observatory SkyPod Elevator wins 1st place in Elevator World's 2016 Project of the Year contest

The journey to One World Observatory in New York City transports guests via an

unforgettable and immersive virtual flight through time, while the elevator cabin

physically moves at 23 miles per hour (2,000 feet per minute) as it climbs to the 1,268-foot summit of the building. The five high-tech elevators, dubbed “SkyPods”, are the

most sophisticated and technically challenging integration of media and elevator system

ever achieved. These are the fastest and highest elevators operating in the Northern Western Hemisphere.

One World SkyPod Elevator won 1st place in Category 1: Elevators, New Construction in Elevator World's 2016 Project of the Year contest.  The project will be highlighted in the January 2016 issue of Elevator World, along with the 1st place winners in the remaining categories.

2016 Project of the Year Winners

Category 1: Elevators, New Construction

Project: One World Observatory Skypod Elevator, New York City, New York

Submitted by TheHettema Group

Category 2: Elevators, Modernization 

Project: Great Eagle Centre, HongKong

Submitted by Jardine Schindler Group

Category 3: Escalators, New Construction

Project: Rome Subway Line C, Rome, Italy

Submitted by ThyssenKrupp SouthernEurope, Africa and Middle East

Category 4: Escalators, Modernization

Project: New York State – OSG, Historic State Capital, Albany, New York

Submitted by KONE Inc.

Category 5: Moving Walks

Project: Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Medina, Saudi Arabia

Submitted by ThyssenKrupp SouthernEurope, Africa and Middle East

Category 6: Inclined Elevators

Project: EBBW Vale Inclined Lift, Wales, U.K.

Submitted by LECS (UK) Ltd.

Category 7: Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts

Project: The Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre Box Office, Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, New York

Submitted by Handi-Lift Inc.

Category 8: Private Residency Elevators

Project: Mitered Glass Elevator, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Submitted by UT Elevator Inc.

Category 9: Special Purpose Lifts

Project: La Muela II Hydroelectric Power Plant, Valencia, Spain

Submitted by ThyssenKrupp SouthernEurope, Africa and Middle East

THG Halloween 2015

The Hettema Group took time out of our busy day this past Friday to celebrate Halloween.  The THG Administrative team was kind enough to invite the whole group to a formal gathering of lunch, sweet treats, and a wide spectrum of costumes.

Our casual morning walk to our desks was transformed into a runway of famous Star Wars characters, growling zombies, space cowboys, and the infamous Colonel Sanders.  Around noon the whole team gathered at Happy Trails Catering, in Pasadena, for a delicious lunch and costume competition.  We have to formally thank the Happy Trails staff for behaving as judges that day; we had our employees Keith Kaminski, Nicole Balderrama, and David Lepor, take 1^2t 2^nd and 3^rd prize that day.

Please enjoy some of the images we’ve shared from our Halloween festivities.

3rd Place Winner was David Lepor on the right. 

1st Place Winner - Keith Kaminski 

2nd Place Winner was Nicole Balderrama, on the far left.