2016 Q4 CEO Update: The Growth of our Community

Click to read the CEO update for Q4 2016: Our Growing Community

While 2016 seems to be a candidate for worst year ever, from an Experiential Graphic Design perspective, we could not disagree more! SEGD set a new record in membership for the third year in a row and that is just the beginning.

Record Number of Members for SEGD!

SEGD now has 1800+ members! Gary Stemler of archetype (Minneapolis) swooped in with three new members, breaking our previous record and allowing the staff to prove that it's never too early in the day to celebrate. Here's hoping we all don't wind up riding the subway back and forth all night.

LHSA+DP's B of A Exhibit at Miami Children's Museum

Bank of America Children's Museum Facade by Skolnick

Kids can walk through a six-foot-tall piggy bank, learn about the importance of earning, saving and spending money, and practice number recognition, simple math skills and fine motor skills in this interactive exhibit designed by Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership.

Holmes Wood Joins Benoy Group

"Over the last 16 years, we have created a studio that delivers world class solutions in a new area of design: branding the built environment through graphic, wayfinding and sign design. Creating solutions that marry with architecture and interior design is absolutely key to our success and we see joining Benoy Group as the perfect fit," says Owner Lucy Holmes.

Unified Field Creates App for ASU's Law School

The app provides a snapshot of the law school at any given moment and aggregates that data to provide a portrait over time. Users choose personal keywords as a part of their profiles, and they are encouraged to add keywords to their private groups and events.

SEGD's Best Content of 2016

2016 was a busy year for our members and followers, so you probably haven’t read or watched each and every one of the over 1,000 pieces of new content posted on segd.org over the last 12 months. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a top 20 list from all the articles, videos and content the website has to offer. Consider it your SEGD 2016 executive summary. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

ESI Brings eBay's Front Door to Life

The centerpiece of the entry to Main Street is a 15-foot touchscreen wall where employees and visitors can tap icons representing cars, shoes, handbags, and other goods, then see how many items were sold in that category in the past few hours or days.

Michael Courtney Design Wins Accolades

Two of the creative industry’s leading publications, Graphis and Graphic Design USA, have recognized Michael Courtney Design with multiple awards for promotional pieces and branded experiential graphics systems.

BrandCulture Sticks the Landing for Atlassian

The BrandCulture team printed over 5,000 squares of color and set out to design a mural that celebrates Atlassian’s leadership in the tech space; then they rolled up their sleeves and began sticking the squares to the wall, one pixel at a time.

ArtHouse Design Helps Abu Dhabi Public Park Honor Its Country

The country's rich history inspired the firm to create culturally responsive designs including a comprehensive, bilingual wayfinding and signage program for the park that represents the local culture, landscape and wildlife, from the dress code and red crescent emblem to the Hajar Mountains and date palm.

Director of Graphic Design Chelsea Sanders	Graphic Designer Brent Gural	Designer Karen Nawa
Retired John Berry	Senior Visual Designer Joshua Gallagher	Director of Design Jan Lorenc

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