InWithForward Exhibition

Designing an immersive exhibit and participatory experiences for IWF

Context

To mark ten years of innovation, systems change, and prototype development, InWithForward sought to create a large-scale public installation that would showcase its evolving body of work while engaging stakeholders, community members, and partners in immersive ways.

This required translating complex systems, services, and social innovation initiatives into an accessible, interactive physical environment.

Challenge

How might we transform a decade of complex systems innovation into an engaging spatial experience that communicates impact, fosters participation, and strengthens stakeholder connection?

Outcomes

The project delivered a large-scale experiential showcase that successfully transformed ten years of organizational innovation into a strategic public-facing systems narrative.

    • Exhibition floor plan

    • Spatial experience design

    • Prototype showcase installations

    • Visitor journey architecture

    • Interactive booth systems

    • Event operations frameworks

    • Vendor and stakeholder coordination

    • Brand-aligned visual environments

    • Public engagement activations

    • Elevated organizational visibility

    • Increased stakeholder engagement

    • Strengthened institutional storytelling

    • Created immersive public understanding of systems innovation

    • Unified multiple initiatives into one coherent narrative

    • Demonstrated organizational maturity and long-term impact

Approach

The project combined spatial design, strategic storytelling, service design, and event execution to create an immersive anniversary experience that transformed organizational history into participatory public engagement.

The strategy included:

  • Scouting and selecting venue spaces aligned with experiential and operational goals

  • Designing large-scale installation architecture and floor plans

  • Structuring visitor journeys through multiple prototypes and thematic spaces

  • Designing individualized prototype booths and interactions

  • Coordinating vendor relationships and production logistics

  • Managing visual identity, aesthetic cohesion, and experiential consistency

  • Developing participatory engagements to encourage direct audience interaction

  • Translating systems innovation into accessible physical storytelling

Roles: Lead Exhibit Designer, Project Manager, Vendor Coordinator

Collaborators: Raphael Katz, Clarence Kitt

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