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- Each stairwell in the building is color-coded with fluorescent lights to remind you of what section you're in.
- In addition to the unique color coding, Motorola's stairwells are also lined with graffiti that it had commissioned.
- In one of the kitchens, a wall of LED signage is laid out to mimic Chicago's subway system. Real-time information on each train line is piped into the signs.
- A table radio designed by Jim Wicks during his stint at Sony.
- Design chief Jim Wicks shows off the model lab, dotted with industrial prototyping equipment.
- Rear covers for phones being 3D printed. Motorola is able to print virtually any design imaginable — even woodgrain.
- Wicks gestures in another room of prototyping equipment.
- Engineers in Motorola's Consumer Experience Design (CXD) lab wear throwback labcoats bearing logos from the 1940s.
- Just some of the miscellany Motorola has printed with its prototyping equipment.
- Dozens of prototype Moto X covers are stored in a drawer in the CXD lab.
- One of Motorola's many testing rooms: an imposing, two-story space that's impenetrable by radio signals.
- A wall of rearrangeable faces, one of the more lighthearted features of Motorola's new headquarters.
- The space is dotted with small kitchens that serve snacks and drinks to employees at no charge.
- A colorful mannequin, a feature of Motorola's old suburban headquarters, made the move to Chicago.
- There's no shortage of color in these offices.
- A kiosk in Motorola's reception area lets users design a Moto X.
- The exterior of the massive Merchandise Mart.
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