Our Team

Our team brings diverse strengths and skills to each project. We have master facilitators, planners, and designers—those who think concretely and those who think abstractly, those who bring pragmatic solutions and those who think outside the box. We believe this opening up of ideas and coalescing around novel, often state-of-the-art designs creates customized, innovative solutions for our clients—solutions that win awards and keep visitors coming back for years to come. 

Therese Huffman
Owner

Interpretive Planning & Design  |  Wayfinding Design  |  Graphic Design  |  Project Management  

Therese is the founder and principal of Signature Design—a niche, woman-owned business which she established in 1993. She has over 30 years of experience in conceptual to final design, strategic team building, and project management for branding, wayfinding, signage, and exhibit and environmental design projects across the U.S., as well as in China, Canada, Europe, and South America. Therese believes in working across disciplines—alongside architects, engineers, landscape architects, graphic designers, urban planners, and her clients and their communities—together as a team. By drawing information and inspiration from the team, Therese ensures that her designs provide lasting value and meaning to the communities and visitors she works with.

B.F.A., Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design
B.F.A., Minors: Printmaking and Photography. Thesis: The RISD Campus Signage System.

Juliet Cutler

Interpretive Planning & Design  |  Content Development  |  Stakeholder Facilitation

Juliet has worked on more than 40 projects in nearly a dozen countries. She is known for her professionalism, her ability to listen, and her skill in facilitating meaningful stakeholder engagement. As a talented writer and planner with graphic design as well as teaching experience, Juliet is unique in her field. She is gifted at understanding visitor demographics and needs, identifying core messages, and developing creative and appropriate strategies to convey those messages in ways that transform research and facts into compelling story-based narratives and engaging visitor experiences. She is a certified interpretive planner (CIP) and a certified interpretive trainer (CIT) through the National Association for Interpretation.

M.A., English & Communication Development, Colorado State University
B.S.Ed., University of North Dakota

Kim Wilson

Exhibit Design  |  Graphic Design  |  Illustration  |  Public Art

Kim comes from a theatrical and fine arts background. As a sculptor, painter, and designer, she has diverse design experiences including creating for theme-park environments and interpretive exhibits, as well as designing environmental graphics and public art, and illustrating in many mediums. Even during her childhood, Kim keenly observed her surroundings—the red of clay, the black of asphalt, or the smoothness of water-worn stones sparked her creativity. She continues to find beauty and inspiration in the play of color in particular surroundings and the feel of materials. Kim’s creative process begins with a pencil. She forms thumbnail sketches, which she revisits and expands in an iterative process that results in appealing and powerful designs.

B.F.A., Theatre Set and Costume Design, Florida State University
B.F.A., Fine Arts, Florida State University           
B.F.A, Set and Costume Design, University of Missouri, Kansas City

* Recipient of the full Hallmark Educational Fellowship for all three years of Graduate studies.

Scott Neale

Exhibit Design  |  Wayfinding Design 

Scott is an internationally recognized, award-winning scenic designer from San Antonio, Texas where he is assistant professor of scenic design at Trinity University. Scott specializes in designing interactive, immersive environments including theatrical sets, theme-park attractions, interpretive exhibits, and event settings. He also designs interpretive and wayfinding systems. Visitors have been enchanted by his work around the country and the world.

M.F.A., Scenic Design, Northwestern University
B.F.A., Scenic Design & Scenic Painting, Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University

Krupa Kanaiya

Animation  |  Social Media Specialist 

Krupa’s experience spans television production and animated shorts, as well and animated promotional and marketing materials including social media content. Krupa is an animator who leverages excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work closely with clients and other team members to produce outstanding visual content.

B.F.A., Media Arts & Animation, Art Institute of Atlanta

Phillip Yonfa

Exhibit Design  |  Construction Drawings

Phillip’s experience spans exhibit design, cost estimating, and technical drafting. He has designed exhibits for diverse environments including national and regional parks, natural science museums, civil rights museums, art museums, children’s museums, and heritage and history sites. Understanding client needs and budgets, and designing creative and immersive environments around these needs and budgets, is a fundamental philosophy demonstrated in Phillip’s work. Working both domestically and internationally has refined Phillip’s methods and strategies and resulted in the creation of dynamic exhibits that visitors will enjoy for years to come.

Bachelor of Industrial Design, Auburn University

Kathleen Robert

Graphic Design  |  Branding  |  Wayfinding Design 

With 20 years of experience, Kathleen brings extensive expertise in all facets of graphic design, often playing a critical role in bringing overall cohesiveness to projects. She is able to work collaboratively across disciplines, seamlessly integrating the distinct disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, environmental graphic design, and graphic design. Kathleen’s versatility and enthusiasm as a designer lends itself both to three-dimensional signage and environments, as well as two-dimensional print design. Using fresh contemporary approaches, Kathleen develops and designs exceptional, tailor-made solutions for clients around the world.

B.F.A., Graphic Design, University of Kansas
B.A., Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, College of Arts and Sciences

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