LA ink is a design firm established in 1987 and based in Minneapolis, MN. Most notable for their pioneering work in large scale printed murals and achievement recognition installations. Some key examples of their work are the SEGD 2007 Honor Award / AIA MN Award winning "Wall of Discovery

Wall of Discovery

The Wall of Discovery is an environmental artwork that includes a 253-foot-long printed "blackboard" located in the center of the on the University of Minnesota campus...

" and the Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines, Inc. was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world...

 hangar mural at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in the five-state upper Midwest region of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.-Overview:...

. At the time, the largest printed graphic in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 at 11000 sq ft (1,021.9 m²). until the hangar was torn down in 2004 for airport expansion.

In 2008 LA ink completed work on thirteen large scale mosaic murals totaling over 3200' sq and fifty 4' x 10' hanging mobiles that decorate Macalester College

Macalester College

Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...

's Leonard Center. Also in 2008 the firm's work on the Wall of Discovery

Wall of Discovery

The Wall of Discovery is an environmental artwork that includes a 253-foot-long printed "blackboard" located in the center of the on the University of Minnesota campus...

was used as a case study in Jennifer and Ken Visocky O'Grady's "Information Design Handbook"