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
Early thumbnail
Concept Crane
Concept Crane
20 ft wingspan Crane Kite
20 ft wingspan Crane Kite
Painting wing details
Painting wing details
Assembling the Crane
Assembling the Crane
Almost ready
Almost ready
Crane at lift off
Crane at lift off
6 stories high
6 stories high
Soaring
Soaring
350 folded cranes
350 folded cranes
Dardi, Jessey, Me
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
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