Zoya Museum Complex: Connecting Today’s Audiences to the Past’s Turbulent Times

Zoya Museum Complex, exhibition design and construction by Lorem Ipsum

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The New York and Moscow offices of Lorem Ipsum developed and designed the new exhibition experiences inside Russia’s Zoya Museum, engaging visitors in the story of Moscow’s defense during WWII.

A Chapter Event Success Story: Riga Design Walk

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On October 1, the Riga chapter hosted the city’s first-ever Design Walk. More than 500 people attended this day-long event, visiting 22 different stops and enjoying 32 events.

Design Diary: Colorado State Capitol Wayfinding

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ArtHouse Design (Denver, Colo.) shares their Phase 1 timeline from the Colorado State Capitol wayfinding system project, which took cues from the building’s architectural features and storied past.

By ArtHouse Design’s Associate Design Director, Zach Kotel

Making Artful Transitions at YW Hub Calgary

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The new 127,000-square-foot YWCA Calgary in Alberta is a safe, caring environment where women in crisis can stay while they make positive life changes; it's also home to a special art collection that originated from YW Hub's wayfinding program, designed by Entro (Calgary).

How can you make an institutional space feel more like a home?

Global Discussions on Designing for Safety

Watch: CDO/Creative Lead Ingūna Elere, and Chief Business Officer Dagnija Balode, of Design Studio H2E (Riga, Latvia) talk about the current pandemic's affect on design paradigms, part of the second day of Wayfinding + Placemaking NOW. The Global Roundtable Discussion begins at 11:15 AM EDT on Thursday, September 17.

Video of 2020 SEGD W+P: Ingūna Elere and Dagnija Balode

Fabrication Story: 37 Floors of Fun

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Workplaces in the tech space are often showcases for playful one-of-a-kind placemaking installations that encourage recruitment and employee participation. With art walls made from hundreds of Rubik’s Cubes, light switches and more, “Block 20” (Seattle) is a prime example of what can result from creative collaborations between designers and fabricators CRĒO Industrial Arts, IA Interior Architects and NBBJ.

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As told by CRĒO’s Kyle Ottosen:

Healing Through Truth Telling: Society's Cage

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Conceptualized in the wake of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor slayings, temporary installation "Society's Cage," serves to educate the public about systemic racial violence, fostering healing in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the March on Washington in Support of Black Lives.

Envisioning Future Spaces

Watch: Josh Goldblum, founder and CEO of Bluecadet (Philadelphia) gives a preview of his talk on Envisioning Future Space, part of the final day of E+E. Goldblum's session begins at 2:30 PM EDT on Thursday August 27.

Video of SEGD 2020 E+E Interview with Josh Goldblum

2020 Sylvia Harris Award—"The Truth is Local" Experiential Storefronts

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Honor & Sylvia Harris Awards 2020

A truly singular and engaging campaign executed across all five boroughs of the City of New York, "The Truth is Local" Experiential Storefronts were designed by firm Local Projects for The New York Times.

Design Semester—FIT Graduate Exhibition & Experience Design at NY Aquarium

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During the 2020 Spring semester, the students of the Graduate Program in Exhibition and Experience Design at FIT (New York), collaborated with the Wildlife Conservation Society on a project as a part of their second semester experiential graphic design course.

Business Development Director Adrienne Rehm	Creative Director Olha Romaniuk	VP of Communications & Strategy Arianna Knapp
Design Director Earl Lee	Administrative Specialist Emilia Barger	Senior Environmental Graphic Designer Chris Bowles

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