About Me - punke.paul@gmail.com

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Oak Park (Chicago), Illinois, United States
I work with restaurateurs, designers, architects, businesses, construction companies and homeowners who need assistance turning ideas, visions, carefully thought out projects and sometimes even bewilderment into beautiful, well crafted finished products. I began doing paint finishes, murals, signage and building custom furniture and art pieces after graduating from art school in the early 80's and have been at it ever since. My largest project spanned almost ten years and began when a client needed help with a restaurant concept that he wanted to duplicate. After the second store came a third, a fourth,until I found myself responsible for creating and maintaining the "vibe" and the look of just over 200 stores in many different US markets along with a warehouse/furniture/artifact/signage production facility to support them! Now, I'm again spreading my talents around not knowing what new project or opportunity is around the corner and loving it. This blog/portfolio shows only some of the work I have produced over the years. I encourage you to dig back a ways. Some interesting things in here! Contact me at punke.paul@gmail.com with questions, comments and inquiries.

Aug 28, 2012

Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Bean Tables

A friend and former Potbelly co-worker has been opening a number of Dunkin' Donut stores the last few years that seem to be rocking the Dunkin' world!  His stores have been so successful that when he opened at Madison St. and Ogden Ave. in Chicago, just down the street from the United Center, he got the go ahead to bring in some things you wouldn't normally find in a typical Dunkin' store.  He asked me to make him some "cool" tables.  I immediately thought coffee beans and this is what I came up with.  They seem to be very popular with the customers and the first tables to fill up.