About
Dome is an award-winning experience design studio that builds complex physical and digital spaces with impact. Founded in 2014 in Brooklyn, New York, Dome has successfully built teams that traverse multiple disciplines and mediums to answer complex projects with original solutions. We believe that every project we take on—large or small—is big, and that its impact has everything to do with how it's done and the people behind it. Dome is certified as a Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) in New York City and State.
Services
We approach each project simply. We co-create from the start, facilitating charrettes and strategy workshops with leadership and conducting audience research. We are medium agnostic, employing a suite of physical and digital design solutions appropriate for your audience and story. We build the right team of specialists to meet the bespoke needs of each project from concept through launch.
Strategy & Research
Stakeholder workshops
Interviews & audits
Exhibit strategy
Content strategy
Concepts & Prototypes
Exhibit planning
Prototypes & user-testing
Technology specification
Fundraising materials
Communication Design
Exhibit & experience design
Identity & graphic design
Interaction & media design
Product & web design
Development & Launch
Software & media production
Interactive installation
AV hardware coordination
Fabrication oversight
Partners
We are a studio of founding partners Lynn Kiang and Katie Lee, who design large-scale projects by collaborating closely with our clients, building teams with experts, and carefully managing production through launch. Past clients include the Cleveland Museum of Art, Electronic Arts, the Museum of the City of New York, JetBlue, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Clinic, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Nike, National Museum of American Jewish History, San Jose Museum of Art, and The Center for Urban Pedagogy.
Lynn Kiang
Lynn is the co-founder and partner of Dome. She has over fifteen years of experience leading award-winning projects, facilitating design thinking workshops, and managing multi-disciplinary teams and vendors. She is also Director and Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design, where she leads the graduate program in Digital Product Design and teaches interaction design, experience design, and product design.She received her MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, a Certificate of Collegiate Teaching from Brown University, and a BS in Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Katie Lee
Katie is the co-founder and partner of Dome. A creative director and multidisciplinary designer for over 25 years, Katie synthesizes her expertise in graphic design, motion graphics, interactive media, and built environments to deliver compelling experiences that require a command of the big picture without sacrificing the details that make a project unique. Previously she was a creative director at Local Projects, where from 2007 to 2014 she designed multimedia exhibits for museums, cultural institutions, and public spaces. Her work has received recognition and awards by Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Core 77, Fast Company, and SEGD. Katie holds a BA in Art from Yale College and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale University School of Art.