Taylor’s Experience to Expand Service Offerings for the Retail Industry

inPLACE Design – a Baltimore-based architecture, planning, and design firm – has named Curtiss Taylor its Director of Graphics.

With nearly 20 years of experience, Taylor has focused on the environmental graphics and wayfinding for the mixed-used retail and entertainment industries, both for national and international projects. In his new role, he will oversee the design and coordination of multifaceted signage and graphics projects while providing a hands on approach that clients need.

“We are excited to have Curtiss on board – his skill set will allow us to provide an increased set of services to our clients,” said Dustin Watson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB, CDP,Founder and Principal of inPLACE Design. “I have always been impressed with his natural creative talent as well as his practical, business mindset – a rarity among designers.”

Continues Watson, “Environmental graphics has become a key component of successful placemaking because it is the aspect that unifies the site, reinforces the placemaking experience, and provides a complete brand experience.”

Previously, Taylor was a senior graphic designer at DDG. During his career, he has worked on a variety of U.S.-based projects including the Rockville Town Square in Rockville, Maryland, Fairfax Corner in Fairfax, Virginia, and Eastgate Crossing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as well as the Egyptian 24 Theaters in Hanover, Maryland. Some of his international experience includes the Mall of Istanbul in Turkey, Dreamland in Egypt, and Saint John Airport in Canada.

Taylor is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD).

About inPLACE Design

inPLACE Design is an architecture, planning, and design firm with the experience and capabilities to create extraordinary, engaging, and inspiring placemaking in cities, towns and suburbs both nationally and internationally. We are dedicated to design excellence and innovative design strategies that are environmentally responsible and sustainable.

Focused primarily on the retail industry, the firm has designed inspiring places of all scopes and scales – from small intimate landscapes to large scale, mixed-use urban developments. Our principal belief is that great design can build a better world. For more information, visit www.inplace-design.com or follow the firm on Twitter @inplacedesign.