INTERPRETIVE Displays
The Boston Rubber Shoe Company | Exhibit Panels
Role: Graphic Designer
Client: Wood Partners and the Melrose Historical Commission
These award winning interpretive panels describe the founding of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company and its contributions to the community of Melrose, MA. They are located at the historic site of the former Boston Rubber Shoe Company mill building, which was redesigned as an adaptive reuse luxury apartment complex. To fulfill their building requirements from the town’s historical commission, the developer, Wood Partners, approached VHB to produce a report and this panel installation. Our team’s historian found historic images and illustrations of the shoe mill at the local library which I integrated into the design to help tell the story. I chose a copper finish to complement the historic detailing on the building.
Correllus State Forest | Wayside Exhibit
Role: Graphic Designer, Illustrator
Client: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Manuel F. Correllus State Forest on Martha’s Vineyard is the largest undeveloped tract of land on the island. The DCR asked for a wayside exhibit to highlight and bring visitors’ attention to the rare plant species found in the grasslands. Working with a Botanist from VHB to develop the content for this exhibit, I designed the layout and illustrated plant specimens for the panel. I also used watercolor to paint the landscape, used as the background graphic.
Lion’s Foot Nabalus Serpentarius
Grass-leaved Ladies’-tresses Spiranthes Vernalis
Papillose Nut-sedge Scleria Pauciflora
Sandplain Flax Linum Intercursum
