The Experiential Design Index

Top 10 Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding Firms

Ranked by recency-weighted eligible project count, 2021–2026. The 10 highest-scoring firms hold a numbered rank; 9 more firms with eligible activity are listed below the table.

Score = 1.0 per eligible project completed this year or last, 0.75 for 2–3 years ago, 0.5 for 4–5 years ago, +0.1 per independently-sourced project (capped at +0.5/firm). Eligible: status: completed projects with year_completed in the trailing 5 years. Ties broken by most recent status_verified date. See About for the full methodology.

Counts reflect the work this index has recorded, not a census of any firm's total output — coverage depth varies by firm — and a position here implies no judgment of design quality.

RankScore FirmHQEligible projects
116.2 Studio Matthews Seattle, WA Center for the Arts Jackson Hole — Wayfinding (2026), artHOME (2026), Renton Market (2026), High School Signage & Storytelling (2026), Life Sciences Campus Wayfinding (2025), Seattle Waterfront Park — Storytelling, Wayfinding & Branding (2025), Center for Innovative Learning and Engagement (2025), Interdisciplinary Engineering Building — Signage (2025), Field Arts & Events Hall (2024), The Eight Signage & Wayfinding (2024), Haring Center for Inclusive Education — Murals & Signage (2024), Seattle Convention Center, Summit Building — Wayfinding (2023), ULab (2023), Urban Interpretation — Why a Meadow? (2022), Founders Hall — Signage (2022), 2+U Environmental Graphics and Wayfinding (2021), Asurion Global Headquarters (2021), Ballard Food Bank (2021), Oxbow Farm Trail Wayfinding (2021), Pilchuck Glass School 50th Anniversary Installation (2021), Pier 62, Waterfront Park (2021)
214.6 Dimensional Innovations Overland Park, KS Andretti Indoor Karting & Games — Fort Worth (2025), Donor Recognition & Environmental Graphics (2025), Rock Chalk Renaissance (2025), Falcon Stadium Fan Experience (2025), Fan Experience, Branding & Wayfinding (2025), Missouri S&T Welcome Center Experience (2025), Wings of Legacy (2025), Tap Ins at the Greenhouse (2025), Donor Activations & Environmental Design (2025), Brand Identity, Signage & Sponsorship Activation (2024), Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance Signage and Wayfinding (2024), Kansas City International Airport New Terminal Experience (2024), Environmental Graphics, Theming & Interactive Technology (2024), Donor Recognition & Environmental Branding (2024), Player Tunnel Experience (2023), Lower.com Field (2021), University of Pittsburgh Athletics Environmental Design and Facility Planning (2021)
39.8 Pentagram New York, NY Dataland (2026), The Green-House at Green-Wood — Identity and Signage (2026), Obama Presidential Center Museum (2026), Wes Anderson — The Archives (2025), Cartier (2025), Shakespeare Exhibition Hall (2024), Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation (2023), Museo Casa Kahlo (2023), Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall (2022), MIT Museum (2022), Renovation and Environmental Graphics (2022), Core Project Wayfinding and Signage (2021)
47.8 Span Studio Chicago, IL Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem (2026), Intuit Art Museum Signage & Wayfinding (2025), Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns (2024), Luther George Park Signage & Wayfinding (2024), South Side Sanctuary (2024), ReCovered: Chicago's Urban Tree Canopy (2023), ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood (2023), City in a Snow Globe (2022), Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics (2021), Railyard Park (2021)
54.5 DLR Group Omaha, NE Memorial Hermann Football Operations Center (2025), Greater Whittier LGBTQ+ Community Center (2024), Guy V. Lewis Development Facility Renovation (Phase II) (2024), Student Village (2023), Marysville Civic Center (2022), North Kansas City Schools Early Education Center (2021)
64.2 C&G Partners New York, NY Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music (2026), Signage for Landmarks Preservation (2025), Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center (2024), Signs of Nature (2022), Signage & Graphics for a Floating Park (2021)
74.0 HealyKohler Design Washington, DC International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum Renovation (2025), Rare Book Room and Special Collections Galleries (2023), Lodgepole Visitor Center Rehabilitation (2023), Hollywood in the Heartland (2023), Wall of Remembrance (2022)
83.4 Ashton Design Baltimore, MD Franklin Park Wayfinding (2023), Hopkins Bloomberg Center Donor Recognition & Wayfinding (2023), Lexington Market Plaza Redesign (2023), Fernandez Center Wayfinding (2022), Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Wayfinding (2021)
91.6 Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners New York, NY Entry Lobby, Ruth's Bookstore & David Berg Rare Book Room (2025), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (2021)
101.4 Gensler San Francisco, CA Kayanee Flagship (2024), The Smart Factory by Deloitte @ Wichita (2022)

Also active in this category

Firms with eligible activity in the window that fall outside the ranked table — fewer than 2 eligible projects, or a score below the top 10. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.

FirmHQEligible projects
2x4 New York, NY Princeton University Art Museum (2025)
Arrowstreet Boston, MA Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Wayfinding (2022), Hildreth Elementary School Environmental Graphics (2021)
Entro Toronto, ON Powerhouse Arts — Brand Identity and Wayfinding (2023), Australian Museum Wayfinding Program (2021)
Isometric Studio Brooklyn, NY Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2024), AIANY Design Awards Exhibition (2021)
Mayer/Reed Portland, OR Art Gate (2024)
NBBJ Seattle, WA Forest Net(work) (2022)
Populous Kansas City, MO Synovus Park (2025)
Pure+Applied New York, NY Weeksville Transforming Community: In Pursuit of Freedom (2022)
Reich+Petch Toronto, ON Delaware Museum of Nature & Science Renovation (2022), Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada new facility (2022)