Let’s Collaborate

Working with XL Creative Studio is like working with reliable, helpful, wildly creative friends.

Over our 15 years of operation, we have built strong relationships are proud to have a nearly 100% client retention rate!

We are proud of who we work with!

Whether beginning to brainstorm ideas, or needing a partner to help bring your vision to life; we tailor our process for each project to meet your unique needs.

We are dedicated to providing customized, committed service for each and every project. By providing meticulously detailed, innovative designs, communication is never an issue. We collaborate and partner with you every step of the way.

From early ideas and sketches, spatial planning and flow through, design development and fabrication, then bringing it all to life–we’ll be with you to ensure the creative vision and goals are met.

Make it stand out

our process

BLUE SKY

Your idea starts our process. Together, we dream up the most exciting possibilities for what it can become. We explore the most innovative ways to tell your story, while considering best practices, viable markets, and audience goals.

With projects spanning multiple industries including theater, themed entertainment, television and museums, we create fresh ideas that push the boundaries of storytelling in any type of venue.

CONCEPT DESIGN

We take your dream and begin to realize it. From the visitor’s journey to the look and feel of the world, our team brings deep experience to creating design concepts.

Our concept design starts with understanding what will transform the visitor as a part of the experience. Then, we consider everything the visitor sees, hears, and touches. We’ve created imaginative, interactive spaces for some of the world’s most beloved brands as well as innovative new environments for our clients. 

Schematic design

We love the design details. Once we know what we are making, we consider every angle to ensure your exhibition is the best it can be.

We value close relationships with vendors, partners, and industry experts through our design process.  As we create transportable or permanent exhibitions we make sure our designs maximize your budget while being as inventive and cutting edge as possible.

art directioN

We work with vendors and fabricators to value engineer the build process and ensure the physical exhibition is executed as imagined and on budget. Onsite, we bring all of the scenic elements together for a one-of-a-kind experience.

In the pivotal moments where design is realized, we steward the process carefully. Our work spans everything from color samples to technical design solutions, and we ensure the details of the project stay aligned with the goals of the project. 

  • "In my role as Vice President of Exhibits + Collections at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago for 15 years, I have worked with many talented designers; however, I would place Todd and Kevin at the top of the list! Todd and Kevin brought a fresh, innovative approach to the design of the visitor experience as demonstrated by the high level of visitor satisfaction with each exhibit— in excess of 95%!”

    —Kurt Haunfelner, V.P., Exhibits + Collections Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

  • "Much of the credit for this exhibition’s success with American and international visitors goes to Todd Rosenthal and Kevin Depinet of Evanston, Ill., for their spellbindingly effective physical design—The Exhibition’s expansive physical design brings literature and imagination to life even as it educates visitors in the forensic sciences, then and now.”

    —Jon Lellenberg, U.S. Representative Conan Doyle Estate

  • "XL’s ability to take an incredibly important story and turn it into an immersive, interactive, emotional and inspirational scenic experience showed the immense talent they have as artists. Additionally, they were collaborative in working with us as a team. Plus, they were down right fun.”

    —Betty Brennan, President and CEO Taylor Studios, Inc.

  • "Their work is impeccable. It is deeply thoughtful and considered, while remaining spontaneous, playful and wildly creative.”

    —Christopher Wilson, Director of Exhibit Project Manahement Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago