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Span Studio

Also known as: Span, Thirst (predecessor studio)

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Multiple 2025-2026 exhibition and signage projects for the Chicago Architecture Center and Intuit Art Museum, including "Currents: 60 Years of CAC" and "Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem" (both opened June 2026); active project listing on span.studio. (verified 2026-07-18)

Span Studio is a Chicago-based communication design studio working across visual identity, branding, exhibition design, and environmental graphics for cultural institutions, civic organizations, and museums. Founded in 2020 by Bud Rodecker and John Pobojewski, former partners at the Chicago studio Thirst; Nick Adam joined as Associate Partner in 2023.

HeadquartersChicago, IL
Founded2020
RolesExhibit Design, Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding
Websitehttps://span.studio

Projects (20)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
Currents: 60 Years of CAC Chicago Architecture Center Exhibit Design 2026
Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem Chicago Architecture Center Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2026
Chicago's Living Habitat Chicago Architecture Center Exhibit Design 2026
Gateway Through Time Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation Exhibit Design 2025
The Legacy of Wrigley Field Chicago Architecture Center Exhibit Design 2025
Intuit Art Museum Inaugural Exhibitions Intuit Art Museum Exhibit Design 2025
Intuit Art Museum Signage & Wayfinding Intuit Art Museum Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2025
Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns Chicago Architecture Center Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2024
Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Exhibit Design 2024
Luther George Park Signage & Wayfinding Luther George Park Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2024
South Side Sanctuary South Side Sanctuary Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2024
Archetypes: A Designed Object Pop-Up Shop Chicago Architecture Center Exhibit Design 2023
Framed Views Chicago Architecture Center Exhibit Design 2023
ReCovered: Chicago's Urban Tree Canopy Chicago Architecture Center Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2023
ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood Chicago Architecture Center Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2023
City in a Snow Globe Chicago Architecture Center Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2022
Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2021
Railyard Park Railyard Park Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2021
Powerhouse Adaptive Reuse The Powerhouse at Beloit College Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2020
Writers Theatre Writers Theatre Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding 2016

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