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Brief Northwestern Mutual The Identity Center illustrates the history, missions, and goals of Northwestern Mutual for both employees and the community. This nearly 11,000 square-foot space consists of many large environmental graphics, artifact cases, and multiple interactive experiences. Custom conservation-grade cases dive into the history of NM, displaying historical documents, artifacts, and scale models highlighting [...]

Brief Airbus | Experience Center The Airbus Experience Center utilizes state-of-the-art technology and interactive displays, providing elements of discovery along the way to help elevate the conversation to a place where we can discuss the ways in which we are all now connected. As the global industry leader, with a focus on the future, Airbus [...]

Brief Conagra Brands | Corporate Headquarters When Conagra Brands decided to relocate their corporate headquarters from Omaha to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, they partnered with Perkins+Will and Xibitz to get the job done. The design approach was to divide the very large floor plan into four different neighborhoods, with a connecting north/south axis at the center [...]

Brief VSP | Retail Space VSP was founded in 1955 with a vision of providing access to high-quality, cost-effective eye care to the world. More than 60 years later, that vision has evolved into providing world-class products and services to eye care professionals, employers, and more than 88 million members worldwide. For the first two [...]

Brief University of Tennessee Research Foundation | Solar Educational Exhibit Creating an educational exhibit that will engage multiple audiences requires a team that can leverage its combined strengths imaginatively and effectively. Perkins+Will Branded Environments and Xibitz employed a collaborative design/build approach to develop this new immersive and interactive exhibit. Working with The University of Tennessee [...]

Brief Universities Space Research Association | Headquarters Interactive Lobby Exhibit Crossing the threshold of the new headquarters of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), you get the sense of entering another dimension. Highly reflective surfaces like black glass, automobile-finish white panels, and glossy grey floors create a feeling of expansiveness and depth, echoing the infinite [...]

Brief Newell Rubbermaid | Design Center With brands as diverse as Sharpie and Levolor, and 2013 net sales of $5.7 billion in more than 100 countries, Newell Rubbermaid continues to set its sights higher. To facilitate achievement of this goal, its new Design Center gathers the industrial, graphics and usability designers from all of its [...]

Brief Lippert Components | Corporate Offices LCI desired one of a kind, experiential displays to communicate their history and company values to employees and visitors within their new corporate office. Xibitz presented a turnkey proposal which included the design fee for HOK as well as the fabrication and installation of displays for the office space. [...]

Brief General Electric | GE Innovation Centre The first of its kind for GE in North America, the GE Innovation Centre in Calgary leverages the company’s global expertise, industrial breadth, and technology to address challenges across the energy, healthcare, transportation, and finance sectors. To provide workspaces with access to state-of-the-art technology, focused on commercial innovation, [...]

Brief A Big Four Firm When one of the “Big Four” networks of firms offering audit, tax, and advisory services reinforced its commitment to Chicago with a new headquarters, the global giant sought a design providing social, collaborative and personal space while optimizing real estate to control costs. Designed by Perkins+Will, the result features a [...]