With its mission to inspire the inventive genius in everyone, The Museum of Science and Industry is an iconic presence in Chicago and the largest science center in the western hemisphere. First to introduce interactive exhibits, it now houses 14 acres of hands-on educational environments experienced by almost two million people each year. Public programming includes costumed program interpretation, daily science demonstrations, learning labs and lectures. Among its major exhibits: The U-505 Submarine, The Coal Mine, Baby Chick Hatchery, Genetics: Decoding Life, and Take Flight.
www.msichicago.org

Design their experience, use ours: From exotic props to everyday presentations, the experts at Champion employ the latest in software and technologies: 360° photography, custom software development, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, DreamWeaver, Lightwave, and 3D modeling packages. From concept to rendering to custom fabrication and installation - Champion develops designs to support winning shows and events.
www.champion-nationwide.com

Hall-Erickson, Inc. is a leading exposition management company that provides tradeshow, conference and event management services to associations and publications. Hall-Erickson's mission is to produce successful events with an uncompromising commitment to professionalism, integrity, and quality. Founded in 1952, Hall-Erickson's roots trace back to the 1930's in Chicago. Hall-Erickson currently manages exhibitions and conferences in exhibit facilities across the country, including four Tradeshow Week "Top 200" events.
www.heiexpo.com

Your integrated solution for trade show products and services. Since 1980, Skyline’s commitment to innovation has inspired a continuous stream of firsts, making the Skyline brand synonymous with innovation in new designs, technologies and materials. Skyline is dedicated to providing you not only the best possible trade show exhibit, but the best overall trade show experience – from partnering to creating a great design to managing your trade show assets year after year. That means compelling and precise graphics, easy installations, intelligently designed cases and crates, and trade show exhibits and services that integrate seamlessly. Our goal is your success and peace of mind.
www.skyline.com

Pentagram is organized and run so that designers may achieve their best - because design at its best satisfies clients, pleases users and gratifies the designer. We design print and screen graphics, products, environments and buildings. We believe that ideas make design distinctive, and that identity, function, aesthetics and value make design work. We remain independent and owned by our partners, who are all designers.
www.pentagram.com

Transformit designs, produces and installs interior tension fabric structures to the high artistic standards of our founder, Cynthia Thompson, MFA. We are a team of artists, designers, craftsmen, builders and stagehands, led by a sculptor, who like doing good work. We provide full service from initial concepts to final installation. We focus on complete solutions and overall value. Our team combines artistic sense with technical expertise, and we work well with designers and builders.
www.transformit.com

Michael Vanderbyl has gained international prominence in the design field as a practitioner, educator, critic and advocate. Since being established in San Francisco in 1973, his firm Vanderbyl Design has evolved into a multi-disciplinary studio with expertise in graphics, packaging, signage, interiors, showrooms, retail spaces, furniture, textiles, and fashion apparel.
www.vanderbyldesign.com

The D4 banner stand's tensioned wires let you display banners of varying sizes and proportions. Its stylish designer looks make it the perfect display system for corporate events and receptions and a steel baseplate ensures stability, making it ideal for semi-permanent signage in museums, galleries, trade shows, stage sets and retail environments. Our banners can be printed on a variety of materials using high quality digital inkjet technology.
www.d4displays.com

Established in 1949, Diversified Graphics Incorporated has evolved into a single source provider of communication and marketing services for clients nationwide.DGI provides digital and variable data printing technologies, web-to-print marketing solutions, inventory management programs, distribution and fulfillment, mailing and data services, specializing with clients that require unparalleled quality.
www.dgi.net

EWI Worldwide is a global, live communications company that connects people to brands at every face-to-face touch point. From creative development to final product, we help customers tell their story and deliver real results. EWI Worldwide consists of four divisions, each offering its own unique resources, Studio Creative, Exhibit Works, Interior Works and Presentation Works.
www.ewiworldwide.com

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is dedicated to communicating the value of industrial design to society, business and government. IDSA provides leadership to and promotes dialog between practice and education. As a professional association, it serves its diverse membership by recognizing excellence, promoting the exchange of information and fostering innovation. IDSA has 28 chapters and over 3,300 members.
www.idsa.org

Sappi Fine Paper North America is the leading manufacturer of coated fine paper in North America, with an annual capacity of approximately 1.2 million tons of coated fine, specialty, and technical papers. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has four paper mills located in Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota. From these four mills, some of the industry's most well-known and requested brands originate, including McCoy, Strobe, Lustro, Vintage, Somerset, and Belgrade.
www.sappi.com

SFC Graphics has been adding color to the world of advertising and graphic communications for over 100 years – delivering both traditional and non-traditional print solutions for its corporate, agency and publishing clients. The company continues to innovate with technological advancements that deliver measurable value with real-world solutions in a number of diverse environments and industries.
www.sfcgraphics.com

Core77.com, the Industrial Design Supersite, is the world's leading on-line community for Industrial Design. Since 1995, the site has served a devoted global audience from the entire spectrum of the design industry. The site caters to working designers and design managers, providing articles, resources, information and community tools that bring the users back time and again.
www.core77.com

TAXI Design Network is a daily-updated international design media that bridges diverse creative disciplines and promotes collaborative interaction to propel unlimited innovations and breakthroughs. Attracting up to 13 million page views monthly from creative professionals, educators, and students worldwide, TAXI focuses on supporting the entire initiative in raising awareness in design. In 2007, TAXI partnered with AQUENT to launch the world's most extensive creative staffing Job Center, delivering a wide spectrum of services for the global creative industry, providing exposure for creative businesses and practitioners, and encouraging employment opportunities.
www.designtaxi.com

Eye, the acclaimed international review of graphic design, is beautifully conceived, written, designed and produced for a readership of graphic designers, art directors, photographers, publishers, typographers, design teachers, students and anyone with a serious interest in contemporary visual culture. An international title with global vision, Eye features critical writing, authoritative overviews, new developments in design, profiles of graphic designers and compelling examples of great work from around the world.
www.eyemagazine.com

I.D., the international design magazine, showcases innovative products and technologies for sophisticated readers who are at the forefront of shaping the world through design. The multidisciplinary coverage embraces design trends, theories, experiments and innovators. Issues include the Annual Design Review (America’s oldest and most prestigious juried design-recognition program) as well as the I.D. 40, and Design + Business.
www.IDonline.com