LEADING THE WAY
We are the newest incarnation of one of Canada’s leading design studios. Our team is comprised of graphic designers, architects, experiential designers and design technologists — all dedicated to elevated and transformative wayfinding and exhibition design.
THE TEAM
Susan Mavor, Principal
Scot Geib, Sr. Associate, Experiential Designer
Daniela Pilossof, Senior Experiential Designer
Benjamin T Stone, Senior Experiential Designer
Jessica Acevedo, Experiential Design Technologist
Kristina Ikavalko, Creative Marketing & Studio Coordinator
Ethan Woronko, Designer & Illustrator
Jasper, Office Doodle
EXPERTS ON COMPLEX PROJECTS
We’ve built our reputation on large and complex projects, where multiple stakeholders and interests need to nest together strategically for the best outcome. Our process is well-documented, detail-oriented and clear to our clients from concept design, and construction drawings and specifications through final reviews. The rigour and big project experience that comes from sharing space for fifteen years with an architectural practice is in our DNA. We support strategic thinking, visitor and community engagement, and the enhancement of any environment through creative and responsive signage solutions.
WHAT WE DO
Wayfinding Signage Masterplans
Interpretive Planning and Design
Exhibit Design
Intercultural Reconciliation Process Design
Indigenous Cultural Integration Project
Identity Design and Storytelling
Branded Environments
OUR GREATEST PROMOTERS ARE OUR CLIENTS
Our clients are cities, provinces, campuses, museums, property developers, complex multi-layered design teams, and artists. While we’ve won a number of awards, our new work generally comes from clients telling their colleagues about what we’ve done together. The lists below are many of our past and current clients and collaborators.
GOVERNMENT
US Forest Service
Canada Post
Destination BC
Musqueam Indian Band
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Metro Vancouver
BC Housing
City of Vancouver
City of Burnaby
City of Victoria
Victoria Harbour Authority
City of North Vancouver
District of North Vancouver
District of West Vancouver
City of Nelson
District of 100 Mile House
City of Vancouver, WA
City of Eugene, OR
City of New Westminster
District of Tofino
District of Kitimat
Village of Radium Hot Springs
Tourism Port Renfrew
CORPORATE
Musqueam Capital Corp
Westbank
Quadreal
Edgar Developments
Bosa
Seaspan
UBC Properties Trust
Crestpoint Properties
Stober Developments
Canadian Metropolitan
EDUCATION
BC Institute of Technology
University of British Columbia
UBC Rare Books and Special Collections
UBC Student Housing & Community Services
UBC Campus Planning
UBC Donor and Alumni Engagement
Residential School History & Dialogue Centre
Allard School of Law
University of Victoria
Simon Fraser University
SFU School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser Student Society
Northern Lights College
Adler University
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Emily Carr University
Capilano University
St Georges School
Meadowridge School
MORE
YVR International Airport
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
The Children’s Foundation
Variety — The Children’s Charity
312 Main Community Coop
Oaks Amusement Park
La Rueda de Lima
Adele Weder, Curator
MUSEUMS AND ARTS
Royal BC Museum
Fort Calgary National Historic Site
UBC Museum of Anthropology
Chinatown Storytelling Centre
Vancouver Holocaust Centre
Museum of Northern BC
Museum of Vancouver
New Westminster Museum & Archives
Carrie M McLean Museum, Nome, AK
North Pacific Cannery
Annie Wong Art Foundation
Gu Xiong, Artist
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Vancouver Police Museum
DESIGNING FOR SHARED VALUES
Our work informs and celebrates cultural knowledge in the search for shared values. We are committed to Reconciliation through design practice, bringing learning and an open mind to processes that have been shaped by our work in support of Indigenous Peoples in BC, Alberta, and abroad. We are grateful for our home in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ people. We continually search for ways to bring our expertise to address this imbalance, whether through Indigenous typographic research or mentoring and capacity building of Indigenous voices in design.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Global SEGD Design Award, Placemaking
Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement (awarded to the project team which was led by the Tahltan Nation and UBC MOA)
IOC - International Olympic Committee Prix Olympia Winter Games, Bronze Medal (with Canada Post)
Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums (awarded to the project team which included Museum of Vancouver (MOV), Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC, Musqueam First Nation, and Susan Roy from the University of Waterloo)
Western Museums Association Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Award for Exhibition Excellence (awarded to the project team)
CMA Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology (awarded to the project team)Canadian Historical Association Public History Prize (awarded to the project team)
Applied Arts Design Award, Environmental Signage
Canadian Regional Design, Best in Category, Environmental Signage
Applied Arts Design Awards, Environmental Graphic Design
Global SEGD Design Award, Experiential Graphic Design