Cerner Corporation: Data Center Murals

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Flawless Execution mural development

Initial rough sketch - depicting symbolic and visual elements of technology, systems and security that represent the data center

Tight sketch - Base rendering showing the concepts of accuracy, systems, strength, mechanics, security, technology, and data

Revised concept with the additional idea of flawless execution. The motif has the essence of the precision of a swiss watch with the weight of the previous concepts

In development - tight rendering of parts. This is the base image used for the final render

Final rendered version standing at 10 feet square. The background texture is a hybrid of DNA and binary code which I created as a reappearing subtle element in all the murals murals

Brief:

Conceptualize and illustrate the idea of accuracy and flawless execution in a manner that is simultaneously representational and abstract to serve both a marketing and gallery purpose.

Background:

Cerner (now Oracle) is a healthcare technology and solutions provider to doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, workplace, research facilities, and other health systems. They digitize, synchronize and store patient records as well as build state-of the-art smart rooms and other medical hardware and software solutions.

I was commissioned to create large indoor murals that are strategically placed in their data center. Each mural tells a specific story about the company and it's services and is seen by clients when touring the facility. The challenge was to create images that depict the concept in a Cerner-specific way and are detailed enough to discover new things over a long period of time.

Shown here is "Striving for Perfection", what Cerner aims for with its technology. The first three screens are the development of the original image. But during the process, the message was changed to "Flawless Execution", so I changed gears (literally) and created the second image shown in the second three screens.