With this annual awards publication, SEGD recognizes award-winning people and projects who, through their commitment to innovative design in the built environment, set standards of excellence for experience design.
The SEGD Achievement Awards celebrate outstanding individuals whose vision raises the bar of excellence in experience design—leaders, mentors, and catalysts for innovation and ingenuity who have had a remarkable impact on our field of practice and our broader community.
Since 1987, the SEGD Global Design Awards have set the benchmark for experiential design, honoring work that connects people to place through storytelling, meaning, and impact. For the first time, the 2025 awards recognize sustainability as a defining quality of excellence. Winning projects across the awards’ seven categories highlight the breadth of our community—from deeply researched approaches that prove design’s impact beyond beauty, to community-curated projects that enhance the human condition, creating a return on experience with a lasting legacy.
Introduction From the CEO of SEGD
This year’s SEGD Awards Annual is more than a record of recognition—it is a testament to the collective spirit and ingenuity of our community. Each project and honoree featured here represents the belief that design, at its best, is not decoration but transformation—reshaping experiences, enriching lives, and leaving a legacy of meaning.
As we celebrate the 2025 award winners, I am struck by the range of voices and visions represented. From designers advancing sustainability and accessibility, to leaders mentoring the next generation, to projects that invite us to see ourselves and our communities with renewed dignity and joy—these stories affirm the profound role our profession plays in shaping a better world.
To our members, sponsors, partners, and volunteer leaders: thank you for fueling this momentum. Your passion ensures that SEGD remains a place where ideas thrive, connections deepen, and design continues to make an enduring impact.
SEGD25 is the annual publication of SEGD, the Society for Experiential Graphic Design. Opinions expressed editorially and by contributors are not necessarily those of SEGD. Advertisements appearing in SEGD25 do not constitute or imply endorsement by SEGD or SEGD25. Material in this magazine is copyrighted. Photocopying for academic purposes is permissible with appropriate credit. Periodical postage paid at Laurel, MD., USA, and additional mailing offices.
Opposite Page Best of Show Winner, Missouri Botanical Garden
Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center
Photo credit: Casey Dunn
Honoring the people and companies setting the standard for excellence
Best of Show
A purpose-built visitor center that serves as the primary gateway to a botanical garden
Sylvia Harris Award
Honoring the legacy of Sylvia Harris (1953—2011), a passionate advocate of design for the public good
Honor & Merit Awards
Branded Environments
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Achievement Awards
2025 SEGD Fellows
Ingūna Elere
Holgers Elers
Distinguished Member
SEGD Accessible Design Task Force
SEGD Accessible Design Task Force
Innovation Award
Tactile Studio
Insight Award
UCSF Signage Goverance Committee
Educator Award
Timothy McNeil
Timothy McNeil
Chapter Chair Award
Chairs of the Washington, D.C. Chapter: Rina Alfonso, Carrie Bruns, and Jonny Peterson
Partners in life and design, Ingūna Elere and Holgers Elers have profoundly shaped the field of exhibition design in Latvia and beyond. As co-founders of Design Studio H2E in Riga, they have built a practice that bridges art, architecture, communication, and memory—crafting spaces that speak not only to function but also to emotion and meaning.
Both bring strong artistic roots to their work. Ingūna, established the Interior Design Department at the Art Academy of Latvia, and has long championed the power of design as a communicative and empathetic act. Holgers, professor in the Academy’s Design Department, approaches projects with a deep technical and design sensibility. Together, their partnership embodies a balance of vision and execution: Ingūna, the strategist and storyteller; Holgers, the constructor and conductor who ensures ideas are realized in built form.
Since Latvia’s independence in the 1990s, H2E has been central to defining the nation’s design identity. Their Latvian Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hanover marked the country’s re-emergence onto the world stage. Over the decades, their work has spanned exhibitions, public installations, wayfinding, and memorials. Among their most significant contributions is the Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation, an SEGD Global Design Awards Best of Show project that embodies restraint, memory, and silence. They have also led transformative projects for the Children’s Clinical University Hospital of Latvia, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, and numerous cultural institutions.
Their work has been recognized with three SEGD Best of Show Awards — a rare distinction — along with honors from Red Dot, iF Design, and Communication Arts. Just as importantly, their teaching has inspired a generation of designers to approach design as a form of activism, empathy, and dialogue.
As they put it, “Life is too short to only solve for function.” For H2E, every project must offer another layer — meaning, value, or emotion. In doing so, Ingūna and Holgers have elevated Latvian design onto a global stage, while remaining rooted in their own cultural identity. Their legacy lies not just in the striking physicality of their work but in the humanity and honesty at the heart of every space they create.
Your work spans exhibitions, memorials, wayfinding, and placemaking. How do you begin to shape a design concept?
Ingūna Elere: For me, the process often begins with a question: what emotion do we want to evoke? Function is essential, but it is not enough. We always look for an additional layer — meaning, value, memory. Research is critical; if you do it honestly and sincerely, the story emerges from that process.
Holgers Elers: For me, it starts visually. When I listen to a client, I often see images in my head immediately — the way a space might feel, the way the story might unfold. Of course, once we start drawing, the reality changes. But that first vision helps us find direction. From there, it becomes a dialogue between imagination and construction.
H2E has been credited with elevating Latvian design to the global stage. How do you see your role in shaping a national design identity?
Ingūna Elere: In truth, we never set out to “be global.” We simply tried to be honest about our culture, our heritage, our color systems, our ways of composing space. That authenticity, I think, is what resonates beyond Latvia. When work comes from a deep cultural root, it has the potential to connect everywhere.
Holgers Elers: Exactly. Latvia is small, but design can have a butterfly effect. If you do the best work possible, with high quality and integrity, it will travel. Recognition is an honor, but our real motivation is to use our limited time well — to create work that matters not only for us, but for everyone.
Storytelling is at the core of your work. How does your approach shift between an exhibition, where the story is explicit, and a memorial, where it may be more abstract?
Ingūna Elere: Every story has its own right way to be told. Sometimes it requires text, graphics, or multimedia. Other times, it requires silence and absence. In memorials, we often reduce rather than add. For example, the Museum of the Occupation has spaces designed to feel uncomfortable — monochromatic light, constrained circulation. Because comfort is not the goal— experience is.
Holgers Elers: Designers have many tools, but not every project needs them all. Sometimes light and sound are enough. Sometimes you need complexity. The key is to match the method to the meaning, and always to consider the audience — whether they are children, scientists, or elders.
You work as partners in life and design. How do you collaborate and where do you differ?
Ingūna Elere: In the beginning, we did everything together. Now, we often start separately and then invite each other in. I might bring Holgers into a project to think
about space; he might bring me in to think about color or composition. We imagine differently — our sketches never look the same — but that difference is the most interesting part.
Holgers Elers: Yes, and we balance each other. Ingūna is strategic and creative; I am creative and technical. She pushes ideas; I make sure they can be built. Sometimes I have to say, “No, that’s impossible.” Sometimes she convinces me it’s worth trying anyway. This tension makes the work stronger.
Both of you are professors at the Art Academy of Latvia. What do you emphasize when mentoring the next generation of designers?
Ingūna Elere: Honesty. Too often students look only at mood boards or other people’s work. We encourage them to find their own ideas, to fight for them, and to believe in them. If you have an idea, you must learn how to express it — not by imitation, but by skill.
Holgers Elers: Drawing is still essential. Our education was grounded in painting, sculpture, and making. Today many students jump straight to digital tools or AI, but without the ability to build or visualize, the ideas remain empty. AI is a useful tool, but it lacks soul. Designers must learn to put themselves into the work.
Much of your work has dealt with documenting Latvia’s difficult history. How do you see your role in shaping collective memory?
Ingūna Elere: For us, design is political. It can be an instrument of silence or of dialogue. Many families still do not talk about their experiences under occupation because it is too painful. But design can open the door. We have seen exhibitions make grandparents speak to grandchildren for the first time about the past. That is powerful.
Holgers Elers: Our responsibility is not to present facts, but to create experiences. People may not remember every detail, but they will remember how they felt. If they leave with empathy, reflection, or even discomfort, then design has done its job.
What advice would you give young designers entering the field today?
Ingūna Elere: Be curious, be brave, and be true to yourself. Do not chase trends; pursue meaning. Design is about humanity, not just form.
Holgers Elers: Learn to build, not just to imagine. Cultivate authenticity and technical skill. The future of design depends on people who can balance vision with realization — who can create experiences that are not only beautiful, but true.
Jessica Schrader, Simon Majarian, and George Lim
SEGD Accessible Design Task Force representatives
SEGD Distinguished Member
The SEGD Distinguished Member recognizes outstanding volunteer contributions that significantly advance the mission, direction, and excellence of SEGD programs. Past honorees include Gary Stemler and Christina Lyons.
In 2025, SEGD is proud to recognize the extraordinary efforts of the SEGD Accessible Design Task Force representatives—Jessica Schrader, Simon Majarian, and George Lim—for their leadership, commitment, and lasting impact on accessibility in the built environment.
Building a Voice for Accessibility
The SEGD Accessible Design Task Force is unique within our community. It represents SEGD on the International Code Council’s (ICC) Consensus Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities and participates directly in the development of the ICC A117.1 Standards for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities model code, one of the two key accessibility standards that guide
inclusive design in the United States. The A117.1 Building Code standard’s technical requirements ensure that buildings and sites are usable by people with disabilities when they open to the public. By holding these seats, SEGD ensures that the voice of the experiential design community is heard at the highest levels of policy-making.
For more than four years, Jessica, Simon, and George have devoted over 4,000 hours to shaping the 2025 ICC A117.1 Standards update, bringing their expertise in wayfinding, signage, and user-centered design to the national codewriting process. Their work safeguards the laws and regulations that make public spaces usable for all people.
The Advocates
SEGD is represented on the ICC A117.1 Committee by leaders whose expertise spans wayfinding, healthcare, and design education. Jessica Schrader, Associate at Entro and former SEGD New York Chapter Co-Chair, serves as the principal voting member, bringing a strategic focus
From left to right the representatives of SEGD’s Accessible Design Task Force; Jessica Schrader, Simon Majarian, and George Lim
Photos courtesy of Jessica Schrader, Simon Majarian, and George Lim
on accessibility in signage. Simon Majarian, Associate Principal at SKA Design and SEGD Los Angeles Chapter Co-Chair, is an alternate voting member who contributes nearly two decades of practical wayfinding experience. George Lim, Founding Partner of Tangram Design, past SEGD Board Member, and alternate voting member, offers 30+ years of leadership rooted in communitycentered design. Together, they ensure SEGD advances accessibility standards that are rigorous, relevant, and human-focused.
A Lasting Impact
The work of this committee is both technical and profoundly human. Through rigorous review, the task force helped settle a thirty-year debate on sign contrast by defining new standards for contrast rooted in both research and based on industry realities and best practice. They also raised concerns about proposed tactile-letter-size changes that lacked demonstrated benefits for people with low vision and built consensus with the diverse group of constituents that make up
the Committee. By advocating for evidence-driven accessibility, they helped ensure that future standards remain both inclusive and adaptable. This intervention underscores the vital role of SEGD’s representatives in balancing compliance with best practice, safeguarding both accessibility and design excellence.
By advancing national accessibility codes, Jessica, Simon, and George are creating a legacy that extends far beyond individual projects. Their contributions help ensure that future generations of designers inherit a framework that makes inclusivity not only possible but standard.
Shaping the Future Together
The SEGD Accessible Design Task Force was re-established in 2022 and continues to grow as a vital platform for advocacy and education. Under the leadership of Jessica, Simon, and George, SEGD members have the opportunity to contribute to policy development, share expertise, and drive progress toward a more equitable built environment.
From left to right the representatives of SEGD’s Accessible Design Task Force; Jessica Schrader, Simon Majarian, and George Lim Photo courtesy of SEGD
Tactile Studio
SEGD Innovation Award
The SEGD Innovation Award recognizes members who have demonstrated innovative expertise and processes that have expanded the potential impact and engagement of experiential and environmental graphic design. Past recipients include Modulex, Prime Access Consulting, and SignAgent.
Tactile Studio is an international design studio specializing in accessible educational tools for museums and cultural institutions. Since 2010, they have created tactile models, raised illustrations, inclusive signage, and interactive exhibits that blend aesthetics, durability, and innovation. Their multidisciplinary team—designers, graphic artists, engineers, model makers, and craftsmen—places universal accessibility at the core of every project. They collaborate with exhibition designers and curators worldwide, with major references such as NYPL, the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center in New York and the Cité des Sciences in Paris, delivering inclusive, hands-on experiences for audiences of all abilities.
UCSF Signage Governance Committee
SEGD Insight Award
The SEGD Insight Award recognizes visionary clients who demonstrate the impact of experiential design by commissioning projects and initiatives that significantly enhance or promote opportunities for the field and practitioners. Past recipients include The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a world-renowned institution dedicated to advancing health through research, education, and patient care. Supporting its complex campuses and healthcare facilities, the UCSF Signage Governance Committee (SGC) was established to ensure consistent and effective application of signage standards. By streamlining stakeholder input, the SGC has enhanced brand recognition, improved user experience, and simplified wayfinding across UCSF. The committee collaborates with EGD experts to maintain standards, while allowing the system to adapt to growth and changing conditions. Patients, visitors, faculty, staff, students, and donors benefit from seamless navigation and appropriate recognition within UCSF’s dynamic environment.
Photos courtesy of the UCSF Signage Governance Committee
Dobrée Museum, become a mummy expert interactive device.
Photo courtesy of Tactile Studio
Timothy McNeil
SEGD Educator Award
The SEGD Educator Award recognizes academic members who have demonstrated the cultivation and practice of design across practice areas of SEGD, namely, experiential and environmental graphic design, interaction design, exhibition design, creative technology, installation, and public good projects. Past recipients include Neeta Verma, Dr. Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, and Yeohyun Ahn.
Timothy McNeil is a Professor of Design at the University of California, Davis, and Director of the UC Davis Design Museum, where he researches exhibition design history and methods while teaching future practitioners. His award-winning book, The Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook, reflects his experience as an educator, designer, and contributor to the development of three major museums. McNeil also teaches internationally in the U.K., Netherlands, and Iceland, and earned his MFA from the University of the Arts, London. A longstanding member of the SEGD Academic Task Force, he co-chaired the 2024 SEGD Exhibition and Experience Symposium in Washington, D.C.
SEGD Washington, D.C. Chapter
Rina Alfonso, Carrie Bruns and Jonny Peterson
SEGD Chapter Chair Award
The SEGD Chapter Chair Award recognizes outstanding volunteer efforts made while significantly contributing to the direction, growth, strength, and excellence of SEGD both regionally and internationally. Past recipients include SEGD Vancouver Chapter, Kayte Muse, and the SEGD Raleigh Chapter.
Situated in the nation’s capital, the Washington, D.C. Chapter has shown exceptional dedication to fostering collaboration and strengthening the SEGD community. Their innovative “office hours” sessions provide an open forum for Chapter Chairs to exchange ideas, seek guidance, and navigate challenges together, embodying SEGD’s core values of inclusivity and support. With a consistent calendar of events nearly every month—from tours and lectures to shop visits, student portfolio reviews, and roundtable discussions—the chapter offers meaningful opportunities for connection across all areas of practice. By collaborating with AIGA and partnering with SEGD national for key programs, the Washington, D.C. Chapter extends its reach and impact, ensuring a thriving and engaged design community.
Photo courtesy of Timothy McNeil
Washington, D.C. Chapter Co-Chairs top to bottom; Rina Alfonso, Carrie Bruns and Jonny Peterson, Photos courtesy of the SEGD Washington, D.C. Chapter
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Best of Show
Missouri Botanical Garden Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center
Best of Show, Honor Award
Design Firm Ayers Saint Gross
Client Missouri Botanical Garden
Location St. Louis, Missouri
Industry Vertical Museums
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN JACK C. TAYLOR VISITOR CENTER
Design Team
Margaret Zivkovich (art director, project manager, experiential graphic design), Maegan Cianfichi (senior designer, experiential graphic design), Joel Fidler (architecture, principal-incharge), Michelle Kollmann, Nathan Korkki (architecture, interiors), Glenn Neighbors, Marie McKenna, Tim Shook, Duane Carter, Robert Claiborne (architecture), Allison Wilson (sustainability director)
Collaborators
Ayers Saint Gross (architect of record), Tao + Lee Associates, Inc. (associate architect), Michael Vergason Landscape Architects (landscape architect), Engraphix (signage fabrication), Missouri Terrazzo (terrazzo), Hunter Douglas (lantern scrim), Alberici Constructors (construction manager), KPFF (structural), IMEG Corp. (mep), Arbolope Studio (landscape), RBLD (lighting), Cohen Hilberry (accessibility)
Photo Credits
Casey Dunn (photography)
Project Date September 2022
Project Area 94,000 sq ft
Juror Comments
“Both epic and restrained at the same time, the care, love and warmth of this project came through to the whole jury. It takes passion and commitment to make a simple set of ideas come to fruition on a stage this large. If only all public spaces put experiential graphic design to work for the greater good this way.”
“The architecture and nature elements are beautifully integrated, the dynamic environmental graphics activated by the diurnal play of shadows, offer a truly innovative and visually compelling experience.”
Missouri Botanical Garden
Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center
Best of Show, Honor Award
Ayers Saint Gross designed the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center as a new front door to the Missouri Botanical Garden, transforming arrival into an experience of placemaking that begins well before entering the gardens themselves. More than a passage, it is a place of gathering, reflection, and discovery—blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors and incorporating elements of the natural world at every turn.
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation’s oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a global leader in plant science research. With more than one million annual guests each year, the Garden commissioned the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center to integrate seamlessly into its arrival sequence—one of a series of thresholds through which the Garden reveals itself. Interpretive, educational, and wayfinding features are fundamental to the design, enriching the experience from the very first step.
Designed for accessibility, the north garden entry includes gently sloping paths and generous terraces where people can linger. At the base, a fountain of Missouri-native limestone establishes the Garden’s identity, reflected again on the main façade in metal lettering. Inside, the defining feature is a suspended lantern with a perforated scrim inspired by the canopy of the Garden’s historic Ginkgo tree. By day it filters dappled light into the lobby, evoking the sensation of entering a woodland clearing, while at night it glows as a beacon for the community.
Biophilic design is woven throughout. Custom terrazzo flooring reflects the local landscape, with river rock inlays that meander across the lobby. More than 200 handlaid brass leaves, representing twenty native species selected by the Garden’s horticulture staff, are placed individually alongside the cut river rock. Each leaf was anatomically illustrated and translated into brass, then set into the flooring schematic. Donor recognition for the main lobby is integrated into this inlaid flooring as brass letters. The flooring also serves as an educational element for younger audiences. A nearby wall showcases life-size representations of each specimen etched into zinc panels, labeled with common and scientific names, and positioned next to the visitor engagement desk for deeper exploration.
The Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center elevates arrival into experience. By weaving nature, education, and community into every element, it creates a welcoming threshold that honors the Garden’s legacy while equipping future generations for discovery.
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The Hive
THE HIVE
Sylvia Harris Award, Life Centered Design Award, Merit Award
Design Firm The Urban Conga
Client City of Albany, Van Alen Institute
Location Albany, New York
Industry Vertical Urban and Civic
Design Team
Ryan Swanson (principal designer), Maeghann Coleman (principal designer), Alden Copley (designer), Joanne Wu (designer) Juan Esparza (designer), Omar El Feki (designer), Daniel Swanson (structural engineer), Gary Schmitt (fabricator)
Collaborators
Van Alen Institute, Albany Victory Gardens, 518 SNUG, Bridge Tha Gap, Albany Lions Club, Grateful Villages, City of Albany Planning Department, STANTEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Photo Credits
Mars and the Moon Films (photography), Mars and the Moon Films, Youth FX (videography)
Project Date October 2024
Project Budget
$380,000 USD
Project Area 4,800 sq ft
Juror Comments
“The Hive is well-deserving of the Sylvia Harris award, designed by and for the community and brought to life by vibrant programming which catalyzes change in the low-income neighborhood. The design is also thoughtful with a modular system, allowing for a great range of activities to take place on these platforms.”
“The Hive is a testament to the power of community organizing and local leadership in communities where quality design is deprioritized. This project demonstrates the best use of resources, personifying ‘a lot with a little’ - resulting in a high quality place and design. This project is worthy of the Sylvia Harris Award for its clear social impact, the physical transformation of the site, and the integration of cultural and natural beauty for the community.”
The Hive
Sylvia Harris Award, Life Centered Design Award
The Hive is a community-led redesign of a city-owned alley in Albany’s West Hill neighborhood, transforming an underutilized and neglected space into a flexible, fully accessible communal environment. Entered in the Placemaking/Urban Civic category, the project demonstrates how experience design can reimagine overlooked infrastructure as vibrant public space. With a very modest budget, it embodies the idea of doing “a lot with a little,” proving that meaningful placemaking doesn’t require monumental scale—only vision, care, and collaboration.
Developed by The Urban Conga through a three-year co-design process, the project engaged more than 200 residents of all ages through workshops, block parties, and play-based methods that created an open forum to share ideas, stories, and hopes for the future. These conversations addressed the traumas of gun violence and inequity while envisioning a positive new model for public space—one that places community voice at its heart.
Six sculptural honeycomb nodes line the alley, each a programmable zone for reflection and activity. Local youth artwork is embedded in glowing yellow polycarbonate, casting colorful light across the pathway by day and night. Planters in each unit provide spaces of remembrance for loved ones lost to violence, while engraved words of aspiration evoke hope. Integrated wayfinding connects The Hive to existing neighborhood assets including a community garden, farmers market, and orchard, extending the sense of place and continuity.
Sustainability and resilience were fundamental. The design remediated a former dumping ground, replacing toxic debris with porous pathways, native plantings, and stormwater swales. The result is not only a safer and healthier environment, but also a replicable model for rethinking underutilized public land in cities where inequities have long been embedded in the built environment.
The Hive exemplifies the principles of life-centered design—honoring community voices, repairing ecosystems, and creating spaces that foster belonging, safety, and joy. As such, it is the first project to be recognized with SEGD’s Life Centered Design Award, alongside the Sylvia Harris Award for its embodiment of inclusive, socially impactful design.
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Honor & Merit Awards Branded Environments
Relish’in Change
History and Machine Learning
Fuel Inspiration at Le Visionnaire
Homefield Kansas City
Showcase Center
The Art of Craft
University of Nebraska— Lincoln Osborne Legacy Complex
RELISH’IN CHANGE
Honor Award
Design Firm IA Interior Architects
Client Relish Works
Location Chicago, Illinois
Industry Vertical Workplace
HISTORY AND MACHINE LEARNING FUEL INSPIRATION AT LE VISIONNAIRE
Merit Award
Design Firm Local Projects
Client L’Oréal
Location Paris, France
Industry Vertical Workplace
Design Firm Asterisk
Client Netflix
Location Albuquerque, New Mexico
Industry Vertical Workplace
THE ART OF CRAFT
NBC Universal - Universal City, CA
Designed by Egg Office
The Eight - Bellevue, WA
Designed by Studio Matthews
History Jackson Hole - Jackson Hole, WY
Designed by G&A
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Honor & Merit Awards Digital Experiences
The People’s House: A White House Experience
Climeworks Visitor Centre
THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE: A WHITE HOUSE EXPERIENCE Honor Award
Design Firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA), Cortina Productions, Inc.
Client White House Historical Association
Location Washington, D.C.
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
CLIMEWORKS VISITOR CENTRE
Merit Award, Sustainability Impact Recognition
Design Firm Gagarin
Client Climeworks
Location Hellisheiði, Iceland
Industry Vertical Education
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Design and Production Incorporated is the oldest and largest museum fabricator in the United States. We pride ourselves on being able to serve our clients as a “one-stop shop” for all their exhibit, lighting, and AV needs. Working with a wide range of museums, D&P tackles highly complex, multi-discipline projects in the U.S. and abroad.
Honor & Merit Awards Exhibition
World Heritage Center
Building Stories
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Designing Motherhood
Showtown, Blackpool
Top of the Rock
WORLD HERITAGE CENTER
Honor Award
Design Firm G&A
Client World Heritage Office, City of San Antonio
Location San Antonio, Texas
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
BUILDING STORIES
Merit Award
Design Firm Plus And Greater Than
Client National Building Museum
Location Washington, D.C.
Industry Vertical Museums
DESIGNING MOTHERHOOD
Merit Award
Design Firm Studio Matthews
Client Gates Foundation
Location Seattle, Washington
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
SHOWTOWN, BLACKPOOL
Merit Award
Design Firm Casson Mann Client Showtown, Blackpool Location Blackpool, United Kingdom
Vertical Museums
Merit Award
Design Firm THG Creative
Client Tishman Speyer
Location New York, New York
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
TOP OF THE ROCK
THG Creative congratulates Tishman Speyer and all our incredible partners who brought Top of the Rock to life.
Together, we’re proud to receive a Merit Award in the Exhibition Category at the 2025 SEGD Global Design Awards.
Here’s to bold ideas, immersive storytelling, and unforgettable experiences.
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Honor & Merit Awards Placemaking
Easing Pediatric Pain: Stad Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s
Missouri Botanical Garden
Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center
Emergency and Outpatient Health Center
The Blinky Climber
EASING PEDIATRIC PAIN: STAD CENTER AT UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN’S Honor Award
Design Firm NBBJ
Client UCSF Health
Location San Francisco, California
Industry Vertical Healthcare
EMERGENCY AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH CENTER
Merit Award
Design Firm Design Studio H2E
Client Children’s Clinical University Hospital
Location Riga, Latvia
Industry Vertical Healthcare
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On Tap: The Columbia Tap Trail
The Hive Washington School for the Deaf Art Gate
CAROUSEL FOR COMPANIONSHIP
Honor Award
Design Firm Could Be Design
Client Landmark Columbus Foundation
Location Columbus, Indiana
Industry Vertical Urban and Civic
MONTICELLO BURIAL GROUND FOR ENSLAVED PERSONS / CONTEMPLATIVE SITE
Merit Award
Design Firm HGA
Client Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Location Charlottesville, Virginia
Industry Vertical Museums
ON TAP: THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL Merit Award, Sustainability Impact Recognition Design Firm University of Houston, Graphic Design Client Friends of Columbia Tap Location Houston, Texas Industry Vertical Educational
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ART GATE
Merit Award
Design Firm Mayer/Reed, Inc.
Client Washington School for the Deaf
Location Vancouver, Washington
Industry Vertical Educational
Thank you!
To the SEGD Chairs and members of our diverse committees and initiatives, we extend our sincere thanks for your unwavering dedication, volunteerism and leadership. You are the backbone that empowers us to deliver enriching educational experiences and memorable events throughout the year.
2025 SEGD Committee and Event Chairs
Academic Task Force
Joell Angel-Chumbley
Accessible Design Task Force
Jessica Schrader
Achievement Awards
Nu Goteh
Auction for Excellence
Anne Houghton
Brand Committee
Aki Carpenter
Traci Sym
Branded Environments
Emily Payne
Jonny Peterson
Chapter Chairs
Darlene van Uden
Leah Ferguson
Conference Experience
San Francisco
Alexander Jeongco
Jenn Livermore
Harrison Watkins
Emerging Experiential Professionals
Hannah Anderson
Jonathan Posnett
Fellow Committee
Alan Jacobson, FSEGD
Global Design Awards
Jonathan Alger (chair)
Ujijji Davis Williams
Chad Finken
Natasha Jen
Roger Mann
Timothy McNeil
Judy K. Suh
Julie Vogel
Jocelyn Zhao
Membership Committee
Kris Helmick
Professional Practice Groups
Digital and Interactive Media: Judith Zissman, Nathan Lachenmyer, Sara Smith; Museum
Exhibition and Experience Design: George Mayer, Steven Rosen, Aanya Arora, Shraddha Aryal; Wayfinding and Experiential Graphics: Amy Rees, Daniela Pilossof, Sam Pease
Racial Justice Commission
Michael Denison
Strategy & Revenue Committee
Kirsten Southwell
Amy Rees
Sustainability Committee
Genell Zuciya
Joel Krieger
Voices Webinar Series
Genell Zuciya
Joel Krieger
Wayfinding + Placemaking
Emily Payne
Jonny Peterson
Xlab Offsite Chicago
Aki Carpenter
Monica Chadha
Traci Sym
Xlab Studio Sessions
Matthias Brendler
Priya Chamarty
If you are interested in knowing more about how you can get involved and volunteer, you can reach out to segd@segd.org.
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Taiwan Public Pictogram System
Walk Portland
Walker Art Center
Visitor Experience Research
Visitor Experience Research
WMATA Digital Wayfinding Manual
TAIWAN PUBLIC PICTOGRAM SYSTEM (TPPS)
Honor Award
Design Firm Path & Landforms
Client Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA); Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI)
Location Taipei City, Taiwan
Industry Vertical Strategy and Planning
WALK PORTLAND
Honor Award, Sustainability Impact Recognition
Design Firm sparks+sullivan
Client Travel Portland, The Portland Bureau of Transportation
Location Portland, Oregon
Industry Vertical Urban and Civic
WALKER ART CENTER VISITOR EXPERIENCE RESEARCH
Honor Award
Design Firm HGA
Client Walker Art Center
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Industry Vertical Museums
WMATA DIGITAL WAYFINDING MANUAL Merit Award
Design Firm Order, W&CO
Client Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Honor & Merit Awards Wayfinding
Forest Reflections
Australia Post Support Centre
Desa Potato Head
Muskoka Lumber Community Centre
FOREST REFLECTIONS
Honor Award
Design Firm Mijksenaar
Client Government of Flanders
Location Flanders, Belgium
Industry Vertical Recreation
AUSTRALIA POST SUPPORT CENTRE
Merit Award, Sustainability Impact Recognition
Design Firm Diadem
Client Australia Post
Location Victoria, Australia
Industry Vertical Workplace
MUSKOKA LUMBER COMMUNITY CENTRE
Merit Award
Design Firm MJMA Architecture & Design
Client Town of Bracebridge
Location Ontario, Canada
Industry Vertical Recreation
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Sponsors & Supporters
2025 Presenting Sponsors
2025 Program Sponsors
Alliance Franchise Brands
Archetype
Architectural Buildings Inc.
AVI-SPL XTG
BBI Engineering
Color-Ad Signs & Exhibits
Cortina Productions
CRĒO Industrial Arts
Daktronics
Design Communications Ltd. (DCL)
Design Minds
Design and Production Incorporated
DE Powder Coated Graphics
Electrosonic
EOS Lightmedia
Gable
HealyKohler Design
Image Options
Kolar Design
Lighting Services Inc.
McCann Systems
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Morlights
MOSS
Nanolumens
Nova Polymers
Oat Foundry
Peregrine OKB
Pixera
PLI (Photo Lab Inc.)
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RSM Design
S+D Corp
SignAgent
SNA
Solid Light
TAD (Technology, Architecture, Design)
Tangram Design
TFN Architectural
THG (The Hettema Group)
Thought Process
FROM IMAGINATION TO REALIZATION
Building creative landmarks that identify spaces with style.
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SEGD 50th Foundation Partners
We extend a special note of thanks to our supporting 50th Foundation and design members, for they are the pillars upon which our successes have been built and where our collective future takes shape.
Fellow
Rich Burns
John Berry
Jerome Cloud + Virginia Gehshan
Patrick Gallagher
Tom Geismar
Michael Gericke
David Gibson
Janet Martin
Donald Meeker
Paula Scher
Clifford Selbert + Robin Perkins
Platinum
Gold
Silver
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RELISH’IN CHANGE
Honor Award
Design Firm IA Interior Architects
Client Relish Works
Location Chicago, Illinois
Industry Vertical Workplace
Design Team Chad Finken (experiential design director), Lila Marty (senior experiential designer), Andrea Benatar (designer)
Collaborators Huntsman
Architectural Group (architecture), Moss Inc., ALLKINDS Studio (fabricator)
Photo Credits
Kendal McCaugherty
Project Date January 2024
Project Budget Confidential
Project Area 13,000 sq ft
Juror Comments
“Unlike so many aggressively branded environments, this one has an extraordinary calmness that stood out. Its strength lies in the very holistically considered palette of materials and colors, interwoven with playful elements.”
36 HISTORY AND MACHINE LEARNING FUEL INSPIRATION AT LE VISIONNAIRE
“The L’Oreal Headquarters is designed for the visitors to have an elevated, luxurious experience of the brand, using a harmonious blend of the architecture, scenography, and digital media.”
37 HOMEFIELD KANSAS CITY SHOWCASE CENTER
Merit Award
Design Firm Populous
Client Homefield Kansas City
Location Olathe, Kansas
Industry Vertical Recreation Design Team
Francisco Besa (creative director), Earl Santee (principal in charge), Mike Donovan (project manager), Mitch Brown (project architect), Norman Friedman (project designer)
Collaborators
Star Signs (fabrication)
Photo Credits Matt Kokourek
Project Date April 2024
Project Area 150,000 sq ft
Juror Comments
“All of this design in a single gym? Now that’s impressive. Although there is a lot going on here visually, it manages to be both coherent and explosive at the same time.”
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THE ART OF CRAFT
Merit Award
Design Firm Asterisk
Client Netflix Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Industry Vertical Workplace
Design Team
Susanne Harrington (principal in charge and project manager), Pam Caperton (senior designer), Callie Gabbert (designer)
“A direct and on-brand graphic identity is consistently and seamlessly applied to various features throughout these generous spaces. This project sets a good design precedence for sport-related environments.”
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THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE: A WHITE HOUSE EXPERIENCE
Honor Award
Design Firm
Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Cortina Productions, Inc.
Client White House
Historical Association
Location Washington, D.C.
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
Design Team
Ralph Appelbaum Associates team: Nick Appelbaum (principal in charge), Michael Maggio (project director), Thomas Mason (project manager), Laura Epstein (lead content developer), Jae-eun Chung (visual design director), Jenny Taing, Jazmine Johnson (visual designers), Matt Pearson (spatial design director), Andrei Vovk (spatial designer); Cortina Productions team: Stephen Platenberg (principal-in-charge), Amanda Scherer (creative director), Megan Garnett (project director), Brendan Lipton (lead interactive designer), Andrew Prasse (visual effects lead), Ian Holtum (lead developer), Gayle Fields (digital project manager), Drew Butler (interactive producer), Kia Meredith-Cabellero (senior producer), Rena Pace (associate producer), Trayonna Hendricks (production coordinator), Amanda Tuttle (graphic production manager), Joe Griffith (technical artist), Nick Spiropoulos (senior editor), Malachi Musick (software engineer)
Collaborators Gensler (architecture), JM Zell (planning), Design & Production (physical and digital fabrication), EOS/ Abernathy (lighting design), Phase Shift Consulting (av systems), Stephanie Rozzo (illustration), Amanda Krupman (copyediting)
Photo Credits Sahar CostonHardy / Esto; Niblock Studios for the White House Historical Association, Video Production by Cortina Productions
Project Date September 2024
Project Budget $85 Million USD
Project Area 33,000 sq ft
Juror Comments
“This project has so much digital experience thinking in it, it might have run the risk of being just … too much. But the result is thoughtful, engaging, and constantly spot-on.”
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CLIMEWORKS VISITOR CENTRE
Merit Award
Sustainability
Impact Recognition
Design Firm Gagarin
Client Climeworks
Location Hellisheiði, Iceland
Industry Vertical Educational
Design Team Gagarin
Collaborators
Irma Studio (physical fabrication), Atendi hardware
Photo Credits
Magnús Elvar Jónsson (photography, videography)
Project Date April 2024
Project Budget $65,000 USD
Project Area 323 sq ft
Juror Comments
“Sometimes, a digital experience project transcends its category and has all the judges simply say, “Beautiful.” To do that with an installation at such an intimidating, technical facility is an achievement.”
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WORLD HERITAGE CENTER
Honor Award
Design Firm G&A
Client World Heritage Office, City of San Antonio
Location San Antonio, Texas
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
Design Team Carl Rhodes (creative director), MJ Wotton (senior integrated producer), Eric EInhorn (integrated producer), Katie Mancher (senior graphic designer), Vibha Agarwala (senior exhibit designer), Viniyata Pany (ux director), Rachel Burke (senior fabrication detailer), Vanessa Patchet (director of film), Noelle Palumbo (film producer), Tom Byrne (lead av hardware designer), Sydney Rhodes (coordination manager) Collaborators Alta Architects (architect), Studio Practice (physical fabrication firm), Blue Telescope (interactive media), VideoBred (linear media), BBI (av Integration), The Mission Descendant Communities of San Antonio
“The building and exhibits come together harmoniously to create a compelling narrative that is both immediate and accessible.”
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BUILDING STORIES
Merit Award
Design Firm
Plus And Greater Than Client National Building Museum
Location Washington, D.C.
Industry Vertical Museums
Design Team Traci Sym (principal), Daniel Meyers (principal), David Beauvais (project management), Julia Meyers (intern), Andrew Freeman (afreeman, graphic design), Matt Blum (production designer) Collaborators Print Exhibit Partners, Berry & Homer, Premier Press (printing), AV&C (a/v integration and software development), Tim Cramer (audio production and a/v Integration), Half Sister Studio (media production), Plus And Greater Than (media production), Brooklyn Printworks (wallpaper production), Jeff Ross (wallpaper installation), Danaher Signs (murals), Marmoleum (graphic flooring product) Ultrasonic Cutting (graphic flooring production),
SmartLam, Rex Lumber, Davis Construction, Forsythe DC, and Phoenix Steel Erectors, Inc. (cross laminated timber entrance), Precision Plastics, Barbara Weber (upholstered blocks), Andi Kovel (custom glass), iZone Imaging (graphic panels), Eva Hagberg (practitioner voices interviews), Vera Baron, Miles Baron, Nora Bauman, Carla Bonilla, Senami d’Almeida, Rebecca Gates, Marlow Graham, Janelle Linehan, Julia Meyers, Sophia Meyers, Maria Porter, Stefan Pukatzki, Mihoko Suzuki, Carla Vickers, Joan Vickers, Mike Webb (voice talent)
Photo Credits
Stephen A. Miller Photography
Project Date January 2021
Project Area 4,004 sq ft
Juror Comments
“Exhibitions about books are challenging to make engaging for children. This installation allows the wonders of the illustrated works to jump off the pages, enliven the space, and speak directly to the audience”
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CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY
Merit Award
Sustainability
Impact Recognition
Design Firm
C&G Partners, Cornell University
Client Cornell University
Location Ithaca, New York
Industry Vertical Educational
Design Team Jonathan Alger (managing partner, creative director), Dan Fouad, Rachel Lu (3d designer), Chris Mills (graphic designer), Laura Grady (producer), Rui Li, Yue Zhu, Sara Austin (motion graphics)
Collaborators Richard McElhiney Architects LLC (architecture), Hadley Exhibits, Diversified, LeChase Construction Services (fabrication), Phase Shift
Consulting (audio visual consultant), Two Left Hands (interactive media), Altieri Sebor Wieber (engineering consultant), LLC Cerami & Associates (acoustic design and technology consultant), Available Light, Inc. (lighting design), Ryan Biggs|Clark Davis (structural engineer), Trophy Point (construction consultant), Willow Collins (digital modeler, 3d printer)
Photo Credits C&G Partners and Alexandra Bayer, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (photography), Karen Rodriguez, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (videography)
Project Date September 2024
Project Budget $5,200,000 USD
Project Area 7,000 sq ft
Juror Comments
“I was really impressed by how this project brings the Cornell Ornithology Lab’s research to life. The layering of interpretive design, immersive storytelling, and hands-on learning makes the experience feel alive— connecting visitors not just to birds, but to the urgency and wonder of conservation itself.”
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DESIGNING MOTHERHOOD
Merit Award
Design Firm Studio Matthews
Client Gates Foundation
Location Seattle, Washington
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
Design Team Kristine Matthews (principal designer), Marta Bernstein (project design lead), Jessica Cooper, Eli Kahn (designers), Samantha Segar (project manager)
Collaborators Dillon Works, Imagine Visual Services (fabrication), Designing Motherhood team, Gates Foundation Discovery Center team (curation), Jill Randerson (exhibition management)
Photo Credits Eli Kahn
Project Date February 2023
Project Budget Confidential
Project Area 3,300 sq ft
Juror Comments
“The subject matter is thoughtfully reflected and expertly executed, the exhibition has a strong and cohesive flow, information is well designed with consistent visual language.”
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SHOWTOWN, BLACKPOOL
Merit Award
Design Firm Casson Mann
Client Showtown, Blackpool
Location Blackpool, United Kingdom
Industry Vertical Museums
Design Team Roger Mann (founder, creative director), Gary Shelley (project lead, director), Kirsty Kelso (storyline, conceptual planning), Ellie Stocks (designer)
Collaborators Buttress (architecture), Beck Interiors (exhibition construction), Aviaf Ltd (interactive production), Squint/Opera (av production), Sysco Productions (av integration, hardware), Why Not Associates, Andy Altmann, Chris Winter (graphic design), DHA (lighting design), Alex Williamson (illustration), Jayne Kirkham (script writing), True North (branding), True North, Placemarque (wayfinding), Colon Construction Ltd. (basebuild construction)
Photo Credits Hufton+Crow (photography), James Green (interview filming and video editing), Copyright, Casson Mann & Showtown
Project Date March 2024
Project Budget £3,000,000
Project Area 10,764 sq ft
Juror Comments “A perfect evocation of the subject, with design touches that somehow combine overthe-top with thoughtfully-done at the same time. I have to visit this one.”
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TOP OF THE ROCK Merit Award
Design Firm THG Creative
Client Tishman Speyer
Location New York, New York
Industry Vertical Exhibitions
Design Team Phil Hettema (creative director), Jared Peter (senior producer), Joli Lam (senior project coordinator), Jodi Roberdes (director of architecture, senior site manager), Jessica Leivo (facility designer, qa manager), Pablo Molina (technical director), Desi Bibayan, Tyler Newcomb (technical coordinator), Connor Murphy-Boyd (facility and experiential designer), Estephan Quass (dimensional designer), David Lepor, Jacob Lindegren (designer), Karen Thompson (colorist, designer), Kristin Showalter (illustrator), Connor Sinclair (senior graphic designer), Maeve Scanlon (vp of business affairs), Christine Robinson (contracts and compliance manager), Lydia O’Neil (archives producer), Nicole Balderrama (associate producer), Emma Accacian (project coordinator)
Collaborators MDA (architecture), Adirondack, Cadmium Scenique, TAIT, Cimolai (physical fabrication), Supply & Demand, Yessian, Hunt Design (digital fabrication), Susan Spence, Chris Ellis (writer), Dave Kerschner (project direction support), Sally Wern Comport (illustrator, muralist), Larry Nelson (lead concept designer), Electrosonic (avc integration), Eos Lightmedia (lighting integration), David Finn Design (lighting designer, skylift and elevators), 5TEN (led consultant), Visual Terrain (lighting designer, mezzanine and elevators), TechMD (avc design), The Fury Studio (media, projection support), TWT (ride, attraction consultant), 11:11 Creative (models, mock-ups), The Andrus Group
(project management support), Disguise, Schindler (elevator), National Cab Elevator (cab interiors)
“This interactive exhibition creates a larger-than-life experience for visitors of Rockefeller Center that ties in the building’s legacy and present day engagement. It’s literally ‘over the top’ but the ambition hits the mark.”
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EASING PEDIATRIC PAIN:
STAD CENTER AT UCSF
BENIOFF CHILDREN’S
Honor Award
Design Firm NBBJ
Client UCSF Health
Location San Francisco, California
Industry Vertical Healthcare
Design Team
Eric LeVine (principal in charge), Mara Stokke (EGD design lead), Brandon Sampson (interior architect), Gabe Kean (digital design director)
Collaborators NBBJ California (architect), JP Digital Imaging (physical fabrication), Belle & Wissell, Co. (digital fabrication)
Photo Credits Sean Airhart, Brandon Sampson, Joanne Hoang; NBBJ (photography), Josh Harding, Ryne Hill (videography)
Project Date January 2025
Project Budget Confidential
Project Area 6,500 sq ft
Juror Comments
“It’s delightful to see how the environment becomes interactive and brings joy to children. I also value the underlying research that informs the design.”
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EMERGENCY AND OUTPATIENT
HEALTH CENTER
Merit Award
Design Firm Design Studio H2E
Client Children’s Clinical
University Hospital
Location Riga, Latvia
Industry Vertical Healthcare
Design Team Design Studio H2E: Ingūna Elere (creative direction), Ieva Timoško, Laura Lorence, Kitija Pekaine, Nikola Šmite (graphic design), Mārtiņš Vītols (design), Lauris Gundars (text); Mark Arhitekti: Mārtiņš Ošāns, Alīna Kļava (architect)
Collaborators ALPS atelier (landscaping)
Photo Credits Design studio
H2E, Anna Olsen, Gvido Kajons (photography), Design studio H2E, Anna Olsen (videography)
Project Date October 2024
Project Area 7,962 sq mt
Juror Comments
“Animals, selective color and whimsy abound successfully in this kid friendly space designed to alleviate the stress and anxiety associated with this healing environment.”
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THE BLINKY CLIMBER
Merit Award
Design Firm Gyroscope Inc.
Client Florida Children’s Museum
Location Lakeland, Florida
Industry Vertical Museums
Design Team Ron Davis (gyroscope principal-in-charge, lead designer)
“I love the alligator’s sectional construction and thoughtful design. It’s not only well-designed for kids but also successfully fosters community connection.”
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CAROUSEL FOR COMPANIONSHIP
Honor Award
Design Firm Could Be Design
Client Landmark
Columbus Foundation
Location Columbus, Indiana
Industry Vertical Urban and Civic Design Team Joseph Altshuler, Zack Morrison (principal), Amir Zarei (model-making assistant)
Collaborators Ignition Arts (physical fabrication firm), Andrea Jablonski (muralist), Columbus Area Arts Council, Office for Downtown Development; Columbus Museum of Art & Design; Let’s Grow Garden Club; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Fine & Applied Arts; Illinois School of Architecture
Photo Credits Brian Griffin; Hadley Fruits (photography); Joseph Altshuler (director), Hadley Fruits (videographer)
Project Date August 2023
Project Area 2,400 sq ft
Juror Comments
“Bold and eye-catching, this public installation is a seemingly simple mix of graphics and community building interactives that packs a big punch.”
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MONTICELLO BURIAL GROUND FOR ENSLAVED PERSONS / CONTEMPLATIVE SITE
Merit Award
Design Firm HGA
Client Thomas
Jefferson Foundation
Location Charlottesville, Virginia
Industry Vertical Museums
Design Team Peter D. Cook (design principal), Scott Cryer (principal), Amanda Abi Kallushi (architect), Vance Cunningham Collaborators
Nelson Byrd Woltz (landscape architect), Shickel Corporation (water-jet cut corten steel), Timmons Group (Civil Engineer)
Photo Credits Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Nelson Byrd Woltz (David Lepage)(photography), Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello (videography)
Project Date June 2022
Project Budget $2,600,000 USD
Project Area 2 acres
Juror Comments
“Acknowledging this story, on the grounds where so many visitors might not expect it, is excellent. The simplicity of the idea — the material, the form, the typography cut into weathered steel — is the strength of it.”
71 ON TAP: THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL
Merit Award
Sustainability Impact Recognition
Design Firm University of Houston, Graphic Design
Client Friends of Columbia Tap
Location Houston, Texas
Industry Vertical Educational Design Team Diana Cao, Brissa Estrada, Emma Matocha, Amber Quinn, Calo Penedo Silva (student team 1), Samah Hassan, Widad Hayali, Rochelle Matus, Yanci Ramirez, Ana Tejeda (student team 2), J Dylan Burkett, Christian Barrera, Kai Wen Chua, TJ Jordan, Zoe Schomburg (student team 3), Joan Ku, Natalia Marmolejo, Daniel Sabillon, Adam Smith, Nina Torres (student team 4), Ashley Guzman, Julissa Herrera, Sarah Jordan, Hannah McCreary, Andrew Thai (student team 5), Natalie Costello, Alex Crow, Luis V. Matson, Cindy Muñoz, Yebin Song (student team 6), Catherine Cantú, Tanner Hodgkinson, Saray Mata, Esther Par, Jose Romero, Gerald Sastra (student team 7) Collaborators
Susan Rogers, (associate professor, University of Houston), Gerald D. Hines (College of Architecture and Design and Director of the CDRC (Community Design Resource Center), Cheryl Beckett (associate professor, University of Houston, School of Art, program coordinator)
Photo Credits Jeff Stark at Digital, students, faculty and students
Project Date March 2024
Project Budget $10,000 USD
Project Area 4 mile trail
Juror Comments
“This project tackles a challenging story in an interactive and engaging fashion. The use of bike wheels to tell this important story on the bike path is clever and fun. This project represents the best of student collaboration to produce an outcome that is tangible and implemented.”
72 WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ART GATE
Merit Award
Design Firm Mayer/Reed, Inc.
Client Washington School for the Deaf
Location Vancouver, Washington
Industry Vertical Educational Design Team Kathy Fry (principal), Debbie Shaw (project manager, designer), Fred Stiber (designer) Collaborators
Collaborators TDRI Public Service Section (project coordination and design research), Tatsuzo Akase (chief consultant of public pictogram system), Promotion Division for Accessible Transportation, Eco-Mo Foundation; Daisuke Sawada and Keiko Takeshima (instructors of public pictogram concepts and standards development), Yu Feng (instructor of graphic design)
Photo Credits Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) (photography, videography)
Project Date December 2023
Juror Comments
“This project shows strong integration of in-depth research with a thoughtful and excellent inclusive design solution.”
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WALK PORTLAND
Honor Award
Sustainability
Impact Recognition
Design Firm sparks+sullivan
Client Travel Portland, Portland Bureau of Transportation
Location Portland, Oregon
Industry Vertical Urban and Civic Design Team
Gwen Sparks Sullivan, (research and strategy), Ryan Sullivan, (strategy and design) Collaborators PVS Graphics (physical fabrication firm), Michael Cavanaugh, Sean Doyle, Gena Gastaldi, Billie Moser, Jennifer Parks
Photo Credits Tom Cook Photo
Project Date October 2024
Project Budget $100,000 USD
Juror Comments
“It’s great to see a wayfinding strategy and plan that’s so well executed and documents the complexities of engaging communities in the development.”
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WALKER ART CENTER VISITOR
EXPERIENCE RESEARCH
Honor Award
Design Firm HGA
Client Walker Art Center
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Industry Vertical Museums
Design Team Adaheid Mestad (principal Researcher, senior design anthropologist), Mahshid Jalalian (design researcher), Aaron Kapphahn (data analytics lead), Rick Firkins (digital technology), Joan Soranno, Marc L’italien (designer), David Goldstein (former, walker art center, visitor experience director); Walker Art Center
Leadership and Staff
Photo Credits HGA
Project Date July 2022
Juror Comments
“This thorough report uses some innovative methods to record and track visitors and stands to serve as a benchmark in the field for improving the museum experience.”
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WMATA DIGITAL WAYFINDING MANUAL
Merit Award
Design Firm Order, W&CO
Client Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Location Washington, D.C.
Industry Vertical Transportation
Design Team Order: Garrett Corcoran (design director), Megan Nardini (head of operations), Jesse Reed (partner); W&CO: Vijay Mathews, (principal in charge) Collaborators Entro (planning firm): Rosie Constantine (project manager), Anna Crider (partner), MJ DiDonna (senior designer), Vedran Dzebic (head of research), Kevin Spencer (creative director); Jacobs (project management)
Photo Credits Order, W&CO
Project Date January 2024
Juror Comments
“Much-needed, and expertly done, improvements to a famously disorienting mass transit system. Too much digital signage seems to be digitalfirst, design-later. This project is admirably clear, leaving out the unnecessary and foregrounding what the commuter needs.”
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FOREST REFLECTIONS
Honor Award
Design Firm Mijksenaar
Client Government of Flanders
Location Park Gaasbeek & Groenenberg, Flanders, Belgium
“It’s refreshing to see wayfinding transcend more than direction and how it blended into the environment. The design’s minimalist elegance is also noteworthy.”
88 AUSTRALIA POST
SUPPORT CENTRE
Merit Award
Sustainability
Impact Recognition
Design Firm Diadem
Client Australia Post Location Richmond, Victoria, Australia
“The creative use of the brand logo within the bench is a successful and unexpected design choice. This project also excels in its thoughtful representation of cultural elements.”
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DESA POTATO HEAD
Merit Award
Sustainability
Impact Recognition
Design Firm Studio Ongarato
Client Potato Head
Location
Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia
Industry Vertical Hospitality
Design Team Ben Kluger (strategy & design), Larraine Henning (design), Fabio Ongarato (creative direction)
Collaborators OMA (architecture firm), Larch Studio (landscape architecture firm), Potato Head (physical fabrication firm), Andramatin, Civil Geotechnical (local architect), Aurecon (structural building services), Raijmakers (acoustic consultant)
Photo Credits Tommaso Riva
Project Date March 2022
Project Area 23,000 sq mt
Juror Comments
“Somewhat understated yet impactful, this wayfinding system utilizes a blend of recycled materials and clever forms to create a uniquely designed solution.”
90 MUSKOKA LUMBER
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Merit Award
Design Firm
MJMA Architecture & Design
Client Town of Bracebridge
Location
Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Industry Vertical Recreation
Design Team Tim Belanger (experiential graphic design partner), Tarisha Dolyniuk (interior architecture design partner), Ted Watson (architecture design, partner-in-charge), Ricardo Duque (project design manager), Raymundo Pavan (experiential graphic design lead), Krista Clark, Monica Leung, Brad Vokey, Lucas Postlethwaite, Natalia Ultremari, Melissa Lui, Hyaeinn Lee (design team)
Collaborators Spectra
Advertising (physical fabrication firm), Muskoka Lumber; Archmill House Millworkers
Photo Credits Scott Norsworthy
Project Date October 2024
Project Area 113,634 sq ft
Juror Comments
“There is no shortage of notable wayfinding projects that use wood. But in this case, it was both inevitably appropriate, and well designed.”
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