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Gardner Design

Kansas Health Foundation

Making serious work feel open and playful

We teamed up with Ten Works Fabrication to help turn the Kansas Health Foundation’s headquarters into a hands-on space that invites curiosity from the moment you walk in.

As part of a larger interior transformation, our role focused on creative direction for a series of experiential installations. We originated the concepts for an illuminated “Lite-Brite” wall behind the reception desk, an interactive pegboard, and a history display with rotating panels that encouraged visitors to touch, explore, and engage.

Each piece was designed to balance clarity with play. The illuminated lobby wall turns complex health data into something visually compelling. The pegboard wall follows the flexible form of the room. And the rotating panels wall invites people to literally turn stories over in their hands to learn more about the Foundation’s mission.

Together, these elements prove that thoughtful design can make even serious work feel open, welcoming, and alive.

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