(graphics and signage) Shedd Aquarium, Chicago (sound, video) Victor Stanley Inc., Dunkirk, Md. (octopus) Proto Productions, Addison, Ill. They can shoot a powerful stream of water up to 6-feet into the air to knock bugs off of low-hanging mangrove leaves and into the water where the archerfish eats them. (carpeting) Neal Deaton and Assoc., Plymouth, Minn. Ready, aim, SPIT The archerfish hunts in a unique way. Suppliers and Fabricators: Barsanti Woodworking Corp., Chicago (fixturing) Schuler and Shook, Chicago (lighting) Larson, Tucson, Ariz. Video walls and murals of ocean photography add to the underwater ambience.ĭesign and Architecture: Schwartz Architects, New York City (signage and graphic design associate architect) Escherick, Homsey, Dodge and Davis, Chicago (project architect) Shedd Aquarium design team
Five departments fan out in scallop-shell fashion, identified by double-panel acrylic banner signage and fiberglass and acrylic sculptures of sea creatures mounted atop chartreuse, custom-made fixtures. Designed to simulate a deep-sea experience, Shedd Aquarium's 5000-sq.-ft., newly renovated shop features a huge sculpted-fiberglass octopus whose tentacles are wrapped around columns and suspended from the ceiling.
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