Chicago’s favorite salty character, @saltshedchicago's mascot Lil' Salty!🧂
We made a very limited number of this whimsical guy for an animation featured on @elstonelectric's instagram from about a year ago!
#Chicago #BrandMascot #BrandedMerch #BrandExperience
Big icons. Small canvas.
Custom DC Comics bricks made for Nathan Sawaya - where detailed design meets precision printing.
#CustomPrinted #BrandedMerch #ArtMeetsDesign #DCComics #CreativeCollaboration #padprinting
From data center… to desktop.
This custom build for Cisco Systems transforms their server technology into a hands-on, brick-built experience.
Complex systems, simplified into something you can hold.
#TechMarketing #BrandedMerch #CustomKits #PadPrinting #ProductMarketing #EnterpriseTechnology
Bridging physical and digital experiences. This custom QR code tile for Autodesk was designed as an interactive touchpoint, transforming a branded piece into a gateway for marketing content. If you’re looking to make your brand more interactive, we’d love to help #InteractiveMarketing #QRCode
Complex ideas, simplified into something tangible. This custom oil rig kit for Enverus shows how even highly technical industries can be translated into engaging, hands-on branded experiences! #CustomKits #BrandExperience #EnergyIndustry #TradeshowMarketing #BrandedMerch #B2BMarketing
These custom façade building kits were created for Zillow to explore and showcase their updated color palette. Projects like this help brands move beyond guidelines and into something people can interact with, remember, & display. #brandexperience #brandrefresh #customkits #BrandedMerch #colordesign
Our Custom Mascot Building Kits transform brand characters into stylized brick-built collectibles that fans, employees, and customers can assemble themselves. If your brand has a character, we can bring it to life in brick form! #CustomBuildingKits #BrandMascot #BrandedMerch #PromotionalProducts
These custom pieces for ZEN.COM pairs a precision pad-printed tile with a technics piece to act as their mascot's head.
If you’re looking for custom pieces that stay true to your brand at any scale, we’d love to collaborate.
#custommanufacturing #padprinting #brandexperience #promotionalproducts
Raise it high.
Plant it proudly.
Doesn't your brand deserves its own mini flag?! 🚩
#brandvisibility #brandedmerch #custommerch #promotionalproducts #swag #makeyourmark
Great builds deserve great boxes. 📦
Every kit we create can be paired with fully custom packaging, designed to showcase your brand before the first brick is even opened.
#CustomPackaging #BrandExperience #BrandedMerch #TradeShowMarketing #CustomBuildingKits
Designed to be opened & displayed. Our clamshell packaging pairs a fully customizable full-color insert card with a durable case that opens & closes easily. Always brandable, protective, and shelf ready!
#brandedmerch #productpackaging #promotionalproducts #brandexperience #eventmarketing
Take a look at this custom trade show giveaway building kit we developed for DIRTT, designed to reflect the flexibility of their modular prefabricated panel systems.
#TradeshowMarketing #BrandExperience
#Buildingkits #ModularDesign #ProductMarketing
As a Chicago company that’s proudly half woman-owned, we’re grateful to work alongside so many talented women shaping the future in big and small ways.
Happy International Women’s Day 💙
#internationalwomensday #womeninbusiness #womenownedbusiness #chicagobusiness
This custom building kit was created for Cisco Systems to represent their HyperFlex platform. Complex technology, simplified into something you can build, explore, and display.
#techbranding #brandedmerch #brandexperience #datacenter
This detail shot shows a fully custom injection-molded and pad-printed accessory created a few years ago for Google Stadia. We specialize in creating branded components that go beyond off-the-shelf parts, allowing brands to build experiences that are truly their own #injectionmolding #padprinting
Built on values - literally. Each brick represents a core value, stacked together to show what really supports a company from the ground up. #brandvalues #companyculture #BrandExperience #CustomBricks #brandedmerch #EmployeeEngagement
This assortment of custom-printed tiles represents a range of client brands each produced to meet exact design and color specifications. Using pad printing we’re able to deliver accurate results across a wide variety of logos and styles #customprinted #manufacturing #padprinting #promotionalproducts
There’s nothing quite like opening a custom order 📦✨
An unboxing moment for Express Rally - ready to make an impact. This is the part where ideas officially become something you can hold, display, and share.
#unboxing #behindthescenes #madetoorder #chicagomakers #MadeInChicago
The beginning of something epic.
Fresh off the press and resting on the drying rack. This stage is where precision matters most: alignment, ink density, and durability all dialed in before these parts head to final assembly. If you’re looking to create branded pieces - we should talk. #scifivibes
Sometimes the simplest designs make the biggest impact.
For TransAmerica we custom printed bricks featuring their iconic pyramid-shaped San Francisco skyscraper. Clean, recognizable, and unmistakably theirs.
#branddesign #brandstorytelling #iconicdesign #visualidentity #minimaldesign
We had the honor of creating limited-edition merch for The Hold Steady’s Massive Nights 10 in Brooklyn that took place earlier this month. These limited-edition sets are now available for purchase here:
👉 theholdsteadymerch.net/products/the...
One pressing only! Stay positive. 🧱🎸
Goodies from Microsoft Security’s recent event activation!
#eventmarketing #experientialmarketing #tradeshowideas #custommerch #brandactivation #swag
We were excited to support BazelCon2025 with custom printed bricks for @linuxfoundation.org’s training & community day in Atlanta on Nov 9. Branded bricks like these are a perfect fit for tech events & activations. BIG Thank you to The Linux Foundation & their community!
#bazelcon #googledevelopers
On this Small Business Saturday, we want to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has supported Brick Works in our first year. As a Chicago-based small business, every partnership, project, word of encouragement, & conversation has helped us grow. Thank you for being part of our story!
Big thanks to @citizenbrick.bsky.social for having us at BrickFair PA! We tagged along to help at the booth and meet some truly passionate CB fans. Now it’s back to the studio, full of new ideas!
#BrickFairPA #CitizenBrick #BrickWorks #AFOL #LEGOCommunity #EventHighlights
Happy Friday, everyone! We’re ready to hang up the apron for the weekend. 😌
#fridayvibes #TGIF
When you’re surrounded by hundreds of booths at a tech convention, standing out isn’t optional… It's ESSENTIAL.
Partner with Brick Works for your next conference or expo to make an impression that lasts far past the convention center.
#canarymarketing #harness #buildingkit #custommerch #desktop
Have you met Ben C.?
Ben Calibrating, otherwise known as Ben C., is the face of MedWrench, an organization dedicated to providing support and care for medical equipment.
Check out the campaign created around his adventures! #promotionalproducts #custommerch #events #tradeshows
Dragos custom minifigure with super hero cape in a tradeshow setting
When it comes to protecting CPS platforms, Dragos has a hero for the job. Cape included. Standing out at a trade show takes more than a booth, sometimes it takes a heroic effort. Why not have fun with your giveaways at your next tradeshow?! #brandengagement #tradeshowhero #dragos
SO excited to tell you that we are collabing with our fav newest arcade in Chicago, Elston Electric, NEXT TUESDAY May 13 - where we will be giving away free Lil’ Zespys to the first 100 people to walk through the door along with a FREE game card and FREE drink ticket! See our IG for giveaway deets!