My design team collaborated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Events team to create ‘Showing Up, Together’, a suspended art installation to honor the life and legacy of the late Bill Gates, Sr.

‘Showing Up Together’


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350 folded cranes fly alongside a North Star Crane Kite carrying memories and messages of hope and inspiration gathered from around the world. A reminder of what we can accomplish when we are ‘Showing Up Together’.

Early thumbnail

Concept Crane

20 ft wingspan Crane Kite

Painting wing details

Assembling the Crane

Almost ready

Crane at lift off

6 stories high

Soaring

350 folded cranes

Dardi, Jessey, Me
Credits:
Beth Bates, Executive Producer, Senior Event Planner
Jill Dryer, Lead Visual, Concept Artist
Dardinelle Troen, Lead Visual, Experience Design
Nick Thomas, Lead Experience Engineer
Jessey Zepeda, Designer, 3D Rendering
Alex Callenberger, Composer, Musician
Rainier Industries, Seattle, WA, Fabrication, Installation