USFWS Assabet River Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center - A visitors' center for the Assabet River Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, MA. Newcomers and seasoned nature enthusiasts alike can discover all the environmental changes that take place on the refuge throughout the year on the two-sided diorama: one side represents autumn, the other side is spring. Rotating trilons explain what plants and animals to look out for in each habitat.
USFWS Assabet River Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center - Visitors are encouraged to touch, lift, listen, and test their knowledge of local plants and animals.
USFWS Assabet River Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center - Exhibits discuss the variety of habitats found in Eastern Massachusetts, the conservation efforts of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the history of the refuge, and what visitors can personally do to help the environment.
USFWS Assabet River Visitor Center - "Teddy and the Flyways" reveals the abundance of USFWS Wildlife Refuges nationwide and explains the history of these nature preserves.
USFWS Assabet River Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center - Graphic panels are color-coded: habitat information is green, people-related panels are blue, and animal-specific panels are yellow.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - The African Forest at Houston Zoo is an immersive experience that leads visitors through a simulated Gabonese forest, Baka Pygmy village, chimpanzee research station, and marketplace. The central narrative revolves around Tommy, a fictional poacher-turned-conservationist, and his efforts against illegal poaching. A side plot involves the hunt for the Koolookamba, a legendary chimpanzee-gorilla hybrid that can be spotted throughout the exhibit in hidden places.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - Visitors are encouraged to take a Field Guide that provides an introduction to Tommy, Baka pygmies, and the Bushmeat Crisis—in case they didn't watch the intro video.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - Information panels about the Baka Pygmy people, located in a simulated pygmy village with faux Mongulu leaf huts. These are meant to look as if hand-constructed from assorted notebook pages by Tommy, a character from the exhibit narrative that stumbles upon the pygmy way of life.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - An animal info panel with video incorporated.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - Interpretive panels discussing the value of rhino horn to humans, and the rhino's unique rotating ears. The ear panel accompanies an interactive element that allows you to crank a wheel and rotate a device to listen in different directions.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - Graphic panels play up handmade textures and patterns.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - A sampling of faux posters and flyers created to help set the environment at the Trading Post, modeled after real Gabonese health/info posters.
Houston Zoo: African Forest - An "eccentric" collage of faux articles for Tommy's Treehouse research station, supposedly clippings that he's collected after years in the jungle. His interests include chimpanzees, pygmies, and the search for the legendary Koolookamba (a Bigfoot-esque creature that's a chimpanzee-gorilla hybrid).
Zoo Miami: Amazon & Beyond - Environmental graphics from the exhibit range from large gateways to small Mayan art-inspired carvings in benches.
Zoo Miami: Amazon & Beyond - Colorful, interactive animal identification panels are scattered throughout the exhibit. This howler monkey railing allows visitors to press a button, hear a sound, then lift a panel to identify the creature in the Amazon that makes that noise.
Zoo Miami: Amazon & Beyond - All graphics are bilingual to address the large Spanish-speaking population in Miami.
Zoo Miami: Amazon & Beyond - Elevation drawing for fabricators.
Wetherbee Planetarium and Science Center - Cut letters and shapes out of Sintra to label each exhibit area.
Wetherbee Planetarium and Science Center - Left: an information panel from the Paleontology area. Right: a fossil puzzle made of carved Sintra, and the liner for the tray that you assemble the pieces in.
Wetherbee Planetarium and Science Center - A large star map that rotates to show the night sky of Albany, Georgia at midnight throughout the year. Major constellations are illustrated and labeled.
Wetherbee Planetarium and Science Center - The star map in place in the Night Sky exhibit. Rotate the wheel to change the date in the window and observe seasonal constellations.
Paducah River Heritage Museum - A small exhibit for the River Heritage Museum that discusses the role of America's rivers as "Hidden Highways" to transport goods, life on a barge, and river navigation. Located in Paducah, Kentucky, a major shipping city.
Paducah River Heritage Museum - A small exhibit for the River Heritage Museum that discusses the role of America's rivers as "Hidden Highways" to transport goods, life on a barge, and river navigation. Located in Paducah, Kentucky, a major shipping city.
Paducah River Heritage Museum - A small exhibit for the River Heritage Museum that discusses the role of America's rivers as "Hidden Highways" to transport goods, life on a barge, and river navigation. Located in Paducah, Kentucky, a major shipping city.
Paducah River Heritage Museum - Graphic panels feature compelling imagery and interactive elements to help convey information.
Paducah River Heritage Museum - An electronic interactive panel that compares road highways with "hidden highways"—the Inland Waterway System.
Kopje Square: The Klipspringer Experience (RISD Exhibit Design Final Project) - An exhibit on the klipspringer, a high-jumping African mountain antelope, arranged as a town square around a giant trampoline. Each fixture represents a distinct trait like habitat or diet.
Kopje Square: The Klipspringer Experience (RISD Exhibit Design Final Project) - An exhibit on the klipspringer, a high-jumping African mountain antelope, arranged as a town square around a giant trampoline. Each fixture represents a distinct trait like habitat or diet.
Kopje Square: The Klipspringer Experience (RISD Exhibit Design Final Project) - An exhibit on the klipspringer, a high-jumping African mountain antelope, arranged as a town square around a giant trampoline. Each fixture represents a distinct trait like habitat or diet.
Japan by Train (RISD Exhibit Design) - Intended to be located in the Design Center Gallery, this exhibit depicts a train ride across Japan, from the northernmost station in Wakkanai to the southernmost station in Kagoshima. Viewers pass through three rooms, each depicting a different leg of the journey through changes in train type/speed, line color, and "temperature" of images.
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