Client: Tusk Developers Category: Exhibits Location: Phoenix, AZ Date: Fall/Winter 2024 Tasked with an ambitious vision and timeline, Gizmo undertook a highly interactive project for the South Mountain Visitor Center, creating a custom model and carving of a 16’ x 9’ three-dimensional USGS-based topographic map of the mountain range, with five individually scripted and…
Client: Yosemite Conservancy Category: Exhibits Location: Yosemite Valley, CA Date: 2024 After several months of fabrication and hands-on installation, Gizmo has completed the brand new Exploration Center in Yosemite Valley, a space formerly known as one of the valley’s the Visitors Centers. This Exploration area offers several new experiences for guests including tactile elements, bright infographics, custom shelving housing valley…
Client: Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks Category: Exhibits Location: Watsonville, CA Date: May 2024 Featured image description: Over the years, people have left their mark on the adobe walls — literally. Many carved their names into the mud brick walls, and this glimpse into the storied history of the adobe will be preserved on the “graffiti…
Client: Museum of Sonoma County Category: Exhibits Location: Santa Rosa, CA Date: September 2023 This interactive exhibit is built around interviews recorded by former Press Democrat columnist Gaye LeBaron and also includes dozens of pieces from the museum’s collections. It is intended to deliver a more in depth history of Sonoma County that has been passed over with respect…
Client: Los Alto History Museum Category: Exhibits Location: Los Altos, CA Date: Summer 2023 In a fulfilling collaboration, the skilled team at Gizmo Art Productions embarked on a journey with the Los Altos History Museum, bringing to life their new permanent exhibit, “Making Connections: Stories from the Land.” We worked alongside The Sibbett Group, a trusted…
Installation Date: April 30th, 2024 Exhibition runs until: May 31st, 2024 Location: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Artist: Don Ed Hardy As of the beginning of May, Gizmo completed the installation of “2000 Dragons”, an original painting by the great Don Ed Hardy within Grace Cathedral. On Saturday morning, Gizmo was honored alongside the artists, authors…
Client: The City of Milpitas Category: Exhibits Location: Milpitas, CA Date: Fall 2022 Gizmo worked on interpretive graphics, accessioned objects, electronic media, custom elements, woodwork, minor restoration work, and 3D tactile elements. Includes all installation, project management, shop drawings and site visits. We worked with designers from The Sibbett Group to recreate the feel of the building from when…
Client: Signature Development Category: Exhibits Location: Oakland, CA Date: August 2021 Gizmo partnered with the designers at Gyroscope to create this interactive historical exhibit located at the 9th Avenue Terminal in Oakland, CA. This immersive installation is part of the broader community development project at Brooklyn Basin, a revitalized waterfront area that celebrates the rich cultural…
The Sibbett Group designed the Pheobe Hearst Exhibit in Berkeley and hired Gizmo to fabricate and install the exhibit furniture and graphics. Client: Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology Category: History & Heritage Museum Location: Berkeley, California Date: April 2017 The space displays some of Hearst’s 3 million anthropologic objects. Inside the display cases, you can find the unique masks…
Gizmo created all of the supports, casework, sculptures, signage, and even the retail furniture for the store at their San Francisco studio, then drove it to Pin Point where their crew waited to install it. Client: Pin Point Heritage Museum Category: Heritage Museum Location: Savannah, Georgia Date: 2011 Gizmo partnered with branding designers O&H of Dallas TX…
