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Hello! I am a multidisciplinary designer with a passion for creating immersive experiences that tell compelling stories through space, graphics, and artifacts. My practice spans exhibition design, retail environments, and architectural projects, with a focus on concept development, technical drawing, fabrication coordination, and installation. Based in New York City, I collaborate across disciplines and target age groups to deliver engaging, accessible environments for museums, brands, and cultural institutions. I love turning ideas into tangible experiences through strong visuals, storytelling, and hands-on making.…Hello! I am a multidisciplinary designer with a passion for creating immersive experiences that tell compelling stories through space, graphics, and artifacts. My practice spans exhibition design, retail environments, and architectural projects, with a focus on concept development, technical drawing, fabrication coordination, and installation. Based in New York City, I collaborate across disciplines and target age groups to deliver engaging, accessible environments for museums, brands, and cultural institutions. I love turning ideas into tangible experiences through strong visuals, storytelling, and hands-on making.

Emily O. Mak

Designer, Set Designer, Interior Designer, +1

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Hello! I am a multidisciplinary designer with a passion for creating immersive experiences that tell compelling stories through space, graphics, and artifacts. My practice spans exhibition design, retail environments, and architectural projects, with a focus on concept development, technical drawing, fabrication coordination, and installation. Based in New York City, I collaborate across disciplines and target age groups to deliver engaging, accessible environments for museums, brands, and cultural institutions. I love turning ideas into tangible experiences through strong visuals, storytelling, and hands-on making.…Hello! I am a multidisciplinary designer with a passion for creating immersive experiences that tell compelling stories through space, graphics, and artifacts. My practice spans exhibition design, retail environments, and architectural projects, with a focus on concept development, technical drawing, fabrication coordination, and installation. Based in New York City, I collaborate across disciplines and target age groups to deliver engaging, accessible environments for museums, brands, and cultural institutions. I love turning ideas into tangible experiences through strong visuals, storytelling, and hands-on making.

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Hello! I am a multidisciplinary designer with a passion for creating immersive experiences that tell compelling stories through space, graphics, and artifacts. My practice spans exhibition design, retail environments, and architectural projects, with a focus on concept development, technical drawing, fabrication coordination, and installation.

Based in New York City, I collaborate across disciplines and target age groups to deliver engaging, accessible environments for museums, brands, and cultural institutions. I love turning ideas into tangible experiences through strong visuals, storytelling, and hands-on making.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Chinese

Advanced

Work Experience

Exhibition Intern at Shelter Island Historical Society

June 1, 2014 - July 1, 2014

Developed new visual identity system and related print materials; designed and proposed environmental graphics for a new building addition.

Junior Interior Architectural Designer at D-ash Design

October 1, 2011 - May 31, 2013

Developed SD-CD drawing set, produced Photoshop renderings, designed furniture, fixtures & equipment sketches and schedules. Projects included Renaissance Aruba SD-CD drawing set submission and Kelly & Chris China flagship & outlet retail design.

Exhibition Designer at Matter Practice

October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015

Assisted in exhibition design, drawing submission and installation; contributed to multiple projects including traveling exhibitions and institutional shows such as State of Incarceration (The New School, 2015) and In Pursuit of Freedom (Weeksville Heritage Center, 2015).

Store Designer at GUESS Inc.

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Assisted in rebranding and unifying the GUESS brand’s physical stores, visuals, shop-in-shop design across all branches domestically and internationally including GUESS Retail, GUESS Factory, G by GUESS, GUESS Kids, GUESS Accessories, etc.

Exhibit Designer at Reich & Petch Design International

April 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021

Exhibit design: prepared design proposals and DD drawing submissions; projects include London Children’s Museum (London, Ontario, Canada, 2020), Ordovician Gallery (Cincinnati Museum Center, 2020-2021), Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada (Winnipeg, Canada, 2020-2021).

Independent Senior Exhibit Designer at Independent

January 1, 2022 - Present

Lead and execute exhibit design in various stages, from concept to final design drawing packages; projects include All Aboard! (NYHS, 2023) and ongoing work with The Source, Creative Research Studio (Library of Congress, 2022-Present), Autism Center RFP (2024), Lexington Children’s Museum RFP (2024), Literacy Center Newark (ULEC, 2025).

Intermediate Exhibit Designer at SKOLNICK

March 31, 2017 - February 28, 2020

Participated in concepting for narrative experiences through spatial exhibits, analog interactives, digital interactives and environmental graphics; developed SD to CD drawing submissions; collaborated with architects & fabricators through shop drawings & as-builts in CA phase. Notable projects include Bishop’s Basilica Visitor Center (America for Bulgaria Foundation/Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2019-2020), Shanghai Planetarium Concept Design (Shanghai, China, 2018), JELD WEN HQ Showroom (Charlotte, NC, 2017), Luxembourg Science Center Master Planning (Differdange, Luxembourg, 2018), Miami Children Museum / Galleries Update (2017-2019), Rubin Museum Lobby Proposal (NYC, 2018).