Category: Newsletter

LA Arboretum Welcome Plaza

In collaboration with EPT Design and Dunbar Architecture, Hunt Design is proud of its contribution to the new Visitor Plaza at the LA Arboretum. Marking the 75th anniversary of this historic San Gabriel Valley landmark, the transformative improvements set new standards in the visitor arrival experience, orientation, access for all,… Read more »

Las Vegas Convention Center

Hunt Design provided signage design and planning for the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall expansion.  Working with TVS Design as the architect of record, Hunt developed wayfinding and identification signage for the 1.4 million square foot building. Identification for the iconic building includes 16-foot-high letters visible from the strip…. Read more »

Emerald Queen Casino

Hunt Design partnered with The Puyallup Tribe of Indians and Cuningham Group to create a sign program for the Emerald Queen Casino that complements the refined interiors and references the natural environment that is so important to the Tribe. The program provides wayfinding and identification for the new amenities on the casino floor… Read more »

Planning for a New Safe Sense of Place

Amid the uncertainty of when major attractions will be allowed to reopen in California, Hunt Design is helping plan and design signage for longtime client, the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park in anticipation of opening day. Working with Park staff, Hunt is designing a series of temporary signs promoting… Read more »

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Hunt Design worked closely with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to complete an exterior signage and wayfinding program. The overhaul of the signage program coincided with the Museum’s extensive Centennial renovation project including access to the main entrance, a new outdoor pavilion, and backyard educational space. Wayfinding signs link… Read more »

Villa Esperanza Services

Hunt Design recently completed a campus-wide signage and donor recognition program for the ever-growing Villa Esperanza School, designed by Gonzalez Goodale Architects in Pasadena. Villa’s School offers an educational program serving students from 5-22 years old who have special needs associated with autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, intellectual and other… Read more »

TEA Masters announced for 2019

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) selected Founder, Wayne Hunt as a TEA Masters honoree for 2019. The TEA Masters program honors masters of their craft in the global visitor attractions industry.  The TEA Masters will be officially honored Sept 26, 2019 at the TEA SATE – Seattle conference on Experience Design. #TEAmasters #TEAsate

Hollywood Wayfinding

After two-plus years of planning, design, approvals and construction, the Hunt-designed Hollywood wayfinding project is complete. From the Hollywood Bowl to Sunset and Vine, the 78-sign project includes vehicular, pedestrian and identity elements to unite the many eclectic Hollywood destinations. In a departure from many civic wayfinding programs, branded vehicular signs… Read more »

Arnold Beckman Exhibit at Chapman University

Hunt Design has designed a permanent exhibit presenting the life and times of inventor/philanthropist Arnold Beckman at Chapman University. The four-cabinet display greets students at the main entry into the new Keck Center for Science and Engineering designed by AC Martin at the Chapman campus in Orange, California. In addition to… Read more »

Hunt Design at DC’s Commission of Fine Arts

Founding Principal Wayne Hunt presented the Rock Creek Park sign plan to the Commission of Fine Arts — approval from these presidentially-appointed commissioners is required for any major project in Washington, DC. After much discussion the sign program concept was unanimously approved by the commission. Rock Creek Park is a series… Read more »