Top 10 Exhibit Design Firms: West US
Ranked by recency-weighted eligible project count, 2021–2026, firms headquartered in the West US (US Census Bureau regions; Canada listed separately).
The 10 highest-scoring firms hold a numbered rank;
2 more firms with eligible
activity are listed below the table.
Score = 1.0 per eligible project completed this year or last, 0.75 for
2–3 years ago, 0.5 for 4–5 years ago, +0.1 per independently-sourced
project (capped at +0.5/firm). Eligible: status: completed
projects with year_completed in the trailing 5 years.
Ties broken by most recent status_verified date. See
About for the full methodology.
Counts reflect the work this index has recorded, not a census of any
firm's total output — coverage depth varies by firm — and a position
here implies no judgment of design quality.
| Rank | Score | Firm | HQ | Eligible projects |
| 1 | 5.5 | Studio Matthews |
Seattle, WA |
Waterfront Park Donor Recognition (2026), Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital (2024), Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols (2023), Designing Motherhood (2023), What Do You Make of This? (2023), Overlake Medical Center Donor Wall (2023), Take Flight (2021) |
| 2 | 4.5 | Ideum |
Corrales, NM |
Pathway to Peace: USS Missouri's World War II Experience (2025), Volcano Discovery Center Interactive Projection Map (2025), Prometheus in the Desert (2025), Curiosity Hall (2024), Wildlife Explorers Basecamp Interactive Exhibits (2022) |
| 3 | 3.6 | The Exhibits Dept. |
Pacific Grove, CA |
Main Exhibit Hall Renovation (2026), Utility Exploration Center Exhibit Renewal (2024), Curiosity Farms (2024), Coastside History Museum Opening Exhibition (2023) |
| 4 | 3.0 | Plus And Greater Than |
Portland, OR |
David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation (2026), Early Learning Environments (2025), Building Stories (2024) |
| 5 | 2.8 | THG Creative |
Pasadena, CA |
Temple Square Visitors' Center (2026), Top of the Rock Reimagined (2024), The Priddy Family Foundation Freedom Theater (2023) |
| 6 | 2.6 | West Office |
Oakland, CA |
Space Race (2025), Autodesk Gallery 2.0 (2021), Nature Detectives (2021), Water Challenge (2021) |
| 7 | 2.5 | Storyline Studio |
Seattle, WA |
Cedar and Sea: The Maritime Culture of the Indigenous People of the Pacific Northwest Coast (2024), ntsayka ilíi ukuk — This is Our Place (2024), The Resilience Zone (2024) |
| 8 | 1.9 | OMSI Creative Services |
Portland, OR |
Creatividad silvestre | Wild Creativity (2023), Snow: Tiny Crystals, Global Impact (2022), AlegreMENTE: Celebrando Conexiones Tempranas | Happy Brain: Celebrating Early Connections (2021) |
| 9 | 1.6 | Gyroscope, Inc. |
Oakland, CA |
La Nube (2024), The Blinky Climber (2023) |
| 10 | 1.0 | Upswell |
Portland, OR |
The Future of Forests (2022), Freeze the Day: A History of Winter Sports in Oregon (2021) |
Also active in this category
Firms with eligible activity in the window that fall outside the ranked
table — fewer than 2 eligible projects, or a score below the top
10. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.