WHO WE ARE

Founded in 1991, ECOS Communications provides innovative design, graphics and planning services. Our projects often involve a mix of experiential design and educational efforts, focused at the intersection of nature, people, and the built environment.

ECOS expertise in visitor behavior, design, exhibit fabrication, science and cultural history helps interpret complex ideas in accessible and enjoyable ways. We utilize our interdisciplinary talents and experience in non-formal learning environments to offer a diversity of skills, approaches, and knowledge. Often we are brought on early in a design process, working with architects and other planners to identify and engage significant storylines and desired experiences.

ECOS is best known to its clients for its creativity, quality, accuracy, and personal service. We often work on a multitude of small one-off projects in addition to full exhibitions and large, multi-institution partnerships. Many of our repeat clients use our services as a primary source for their planning and exhibition needs. We are very careful about matching the desires of our clients with the availability of our staff. We simply do not take on work if we cannot dedicate ourselves completely.

Finally, we like to do it all! Our work often spans from early conceptualization to the last nut and bolt. As one of our clients put it, “ECOS closes the design loop like no other design firm. They are there imagineering on day one, and with rag and polish on the last day as well.”

(Right) Senior Staff, L to R
Seth Frankel, Jenny Dyer,
Jill Isenhart, Chip Isenhart.

 

 



 

STAFF EXPERTISE

Planners, designers, interpreters, writers, scientists, and researchers— that’s who we are, both in education and experience. We work for nonprofit institutions, governmental agencies, and private-sector clients.

STAFF SIZE
8

   

SERVICES

3D and 2D design
All phases of drawing . .. ... ...preparation
Electronic media
Experience design/concept .... ..development
Exhibit / Graphics
production
Illustration

Installation and construction .. ..management
Master planning
Placemaking
Project management
Scientific / cultural writing
..and research
Video production
Web design

PRODUCTS

Audio/video interactives
Computer interactives
Environmental graphics/site ...theming
Exhibits
Fundraising Concept Drawings
Identity / branding packages
Illustration


Interpretive plans
Monumental sculptures
MP3/Cell Phone Audio Tours
Printed materials
Signage
Tactile sculpture interactives
Video

Our services range from concept development and design through exhibit installation, and every step in between.

 
   

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST

Boulder County, Colorado
Brookfield Zoo
Bureau of Land Management ..Colorado State Parks
City of Boulder, CO
City of Fort Collins, CO
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Conservation International
Colorado Division of
.. Wildlife
Colorado Chautauqua
.. Associaion
Como Park Zoo
Environmental Protection
..Agency

 

Denver Zoo
Houston Zoo
Minnesota State Zoo
National Park Service
Roaring Fork Conservancy
Shedd Aquarium
Shell Energy
Smithsonian Tropical Research ..Institute
Summit Park (Panama Zoo)
Urban Villages
U.S. Forest Service
The Nature Conservancy
The Wildlife Experience
Washakie Museum