BATTELLE LABS | ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

Branded Experience, Sculpture, Exterior Wayfinding, Concept Design, Production Design, Interactive Design
Columbus, Ohio

 

Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit research and development organization. Their tagline is “The Business of Innovation.” In branding the lobby and cafeteria of their global headquarters, we worked towards design solutions that embodied innovation. As a global leader in science, it was important for the environmental design elements to reflect and celebrate this prowess. Main features like a large, interactive lobby display and custom corporate sculpture offer informative visual celebrations of the company’s global position.

 

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Visitor using the digital interactive in the lobby of Battelle headquarters.

The lobby features an interactive video installation that has 4 modes. A “sleep mode” plays a subtle animation at 5’ tall by 30’ wide. The “follow mode” tracks users with a branded animation. This entices people to come closer. The “user mode” is a content-rich, playful way for multiple users to explore the scope of Battelle and its contributions. Finally, the “presentation mode” shows a series of video presentations triggered remotely. The interactive display is seamlessly integration into the environment of the lobby. The design, paired with the depth of information, makes this art installation unlike any other.

Detail of multi-story sculpture at Battelle headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Sculpture is abstract of a chemical structure in silver, white, and red.

Throughout the building, our design features monumentalize science in an abstract way. Nothing captures this better than the enormous, 3000-pound steel molecule sculpture. As visitors make their way through a glass wall, the entire sculpture is revealed. This custom, large-scale sculpture can be touched, experienced and interacted with first hand.

Left image: full view of multi-store sculpture designed for Battelle headquarters. Molecule spans multiple floors. Right image: detail of molecule points interacting with glass dividing wall on stairs.

View of the lobby reception desk at Battelle Labs in Columbus, Ohio. Digital map display sits behind desk and corresponds with other branded elements in the environment.

View of reception desk and digital display behind it. Behind the desk is a digital map with LED lights.

Two men stand in the waiting area of the lobby facing the interactive display wall.

Custom designed digital content flows across the interactive display in Battelle's lobby.

Detail of award display designed for Battelle in Columbus, Ohio. Dimensional letters "R&D" stand off a transparent acrylic panel.

Left image: hidden projectors track visitors and display interactions. Right image: detail of projection in lobby. Text reads "Battelle Welcomes You"

Detail of frosted window vinyl treatment as part of environmental graphic design (EGD) package for Battelle.

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