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Client:
Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois
"Habitat Africa/Living Coast" |
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For over 20 years Proto has been fabricating exhibits,
making interpretive signage, and engineering and constructing
interactives for Brookfield Zoo. From the simple flip interactive
to major exhibits, one can see our workmanship throughout
the grounds.
Proto's work is prominent in most of the major exhibits,
including Australia House, Fragile Kingdom, Habitat Africa,
the Living Coast, and Tropic World.
Habitat Africa! - The
Forest and The Savannah which include porcelain enamel
signs.
In the Indian Lake Nature Trail, the outdoor interpretive
graphics had to be extremely durable and resistant to abuse
because of their remote location in the zoo. Proto worked
closely with the staff at the zoo to engineer durable flip
labels and swivel interactives that were also safe and
easy to use. The photo screen-printed signs were produced
using a palette of 12 colors requiring precise registration.
From
the screen-printed Plaza friezes to the numerous electro-mechanical
interactives in the Living Coast, the visitor is guided
on an exploration of the west coast of Chile and Peru. Then
on to the Swamp: Wonders of Our Wetlands, which showcases
a Southern Cypress Swamp and an Illinois River scene.
Proto
Productions' integral role in the renovation of Tropic
World is highlighted by extremely durable interpretive
signs and a wide variety of aluminum panels that were finished
and printed with UV acrylic polyurethane paints and screen
inks. We also engineered and produced many hands on components
for the interactives, such as "Quest to Save the Earth",
which is an outdoor exhibit which offers group activities
meant to inspire visitors (human primates) to make choices
and take actions in their own lives that will help keep
the Earth healthy for everyone. The basic exhibit was fabricated
so durably, that it accommodates Earth's changing problems
and new graphics have been incorporated to update the zoo's
goals.
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