ENVIRONMENTAL

I design environmental graphics and interpretive experiences that transform spaces into stories. From museum signage to multi-story building identities to donor recognition installations, my work integrates exhibition design principles with architectural collaboration and strategic storytelling.

Health Education Outreach Center, Colorado State University main campus

2009

Challenge

Create a unified visual narrative for a multi-unit academic building, balancing diverse identities within one environment.

Approach

Led the environmental storytelling and design system – from concept to fabrication – integrating typography, layered imagery, and architectural cues. Collaborated with architects, fabricators, and facilities to ensure ADA compliance and consistency through project shifts.

Impact

Delivered a cohesive, place-based identity celebrating interdisciplinary connections in science and medicine. The design approach was later referenced by other campus units for inspiration.

  • Wall graphic and TV monitor.

    Wall graphic, wrapping.

  • Wall graphic with people doing science.

    Wall graphic with narrative.

  • Circle light box.

    Custom circular light boxes.

  • Wall graphic and circle light boxes.

    Custom circular light boxes.

  • Wall graphic with connecting lines.

    Biomedical wall.

  • Wall graphic with connecting lines.

    Welcome wall to the HEOC building.

  • Wall graphic corner.

    Wall graphic wraps the corner.

  • Light up signs.

    Custom circular light boxes.

  • Wall graphics

    Entryway first floor graphics.

  • Installing light box.

    Installing custom light boxes.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Interpretive Signage & Graphics, Tucson, Arizona

2002-2004

Challenge

Support a 98-acre living museum integrating zoo, botanical garden, aquarium, and natural history museum – creating interpretive signage that educated visitors about desert ecology, wildlife conservation, and regional natural history.

Role

Graphic Technician: Designed, edited, produced, and installed on-grounds interpretive signage for exhibits and outdoor environments. Collaborated with curators, educators, and exhibit designers to translate complex scientific content into accessible visual narratives. Supervised volunteer activities and supported marketing materials for festivals and fundraising events.

Approach

Created interpretive graphics that balanced educational rigor with visitor accessibility. Worked within museum exhibition standards while accommodating outdoor conditions requiring weather-resistant materials and fabrication techniques. Coordinated production timelines and installation logistics across diverse exhibit environments. Collaborated with curators and educators to translate complex scientific content into accessible visual narratives. Managed production and installation across outdoor environments requiring weather-resistant materials and ADA compliance.

Impact

Contributed to visitor experiences for one of the nation’s top regional natural history museums (consistently ranked among America’s best zoos and aquariums). Gained foundational experience in museum interpretive design, educational storytelling, and exhibition graphics that has informed my environmental design work ever since.

  • Raptor Free Flight sign.

    Raptor Free Flight sign.

  • ASDM Welcome sign.

    As seen at the Desert Museum, the “Be Alert” illustration, still used on the welcome sign.

  • Yuma Dunes sign.

    Yuma Dunes interpretive signage.

  • Be Alert sign

    The “Be Alert” sign, still in use over 20 years later.

Heritage Garden, Colorado State University main campus

2017

Challenge

Translate CSU’s agricultural story into a physical, educational garden experience

Approach

Collaborated with Facilities, a writer, and landscape architects to distill a long narrative into approachable, museum-style panels featuring maps, infographics, and archival photography. Recommended materials and signage systems for long-term outdoor durability.

Impact

Reintroduced a beloved campus space as a living classroom honoring CSU’s land-grant heritage and agricultural diversity.

  • Heritage Garden sign panel system.

    Heritage Garden three-panel signage.

  • Heritage Garden panels.

    Heritage Garden three-panel system.

  • Legacy of Agriculture sign.

    Legacy of Agriculture panel.

  • Concept drawing.

    Landscape architecture concept.

  • Heritage Garden panels.

    Heritage Garden next to Canvas Stadium.

  • Heritage Garden panels.

    Heritage Garden panels.

Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building, 4-H/FFA Youth Legacy Wall, Colorado State University main campus

2025

Challenge

Design a youth recognition wall celebrating 4-H and FFA participants — the next generation of CSU students — within the new Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building.

Approach

Referenced CannonDesign’s look book and architectural standards to integrate the wall seamlessly with the existing interior. Developed a dynamic, museum-style display that honors youth voices and connects the building’s heritage to its future learners.

Impact

The installation was so well received it led to a followup commission: a donor recognition wall, modeled on this project’s success.

  • Nutrien Agricultural Building.

    Nutrien Agricultural Building 4-H/FFA Youth Legacy wall.

  • 4-H panel.

    4-H panel.

  • FFA panel.

    FFA panel detail.