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Strengthening Campus Identity

University campuses are dynamic environments where learning, research, culture, and community come together. Creating successful campus experiences requires more than clear navigation—it requires environments that reflect institutional identity, celebrate achievement, and foster meaningful connections between students, faculty, alumni, and visitors.

For more than two decades, Linespace has partnered with universities, colleges, architects, and campus planners to create integrated experiences through branding, wayfinding, environmental graphics, donor recognition, industrial design, and placemaking. Our multidisciplinary approach helps transform campuses into cohesive environments that are welcoming, intuitive, and reflective of each institution’s mission.

Working alongside campus leadership, facilities teams, architects, and development offices, we create experiences that strengthen identity, improve navigation, celebrate institutional history, and support evolving campus communities.

Great campus experiences are created when identity, environments, and every student, faculty, and visitor touchpoint work together to inspire learning and connection.

Our Multidisciplinary Approach

Every campus presents opportunities that extend beyond a single discipline. Our team combines industrial design, branding, environmental graphics, donor recognition, wayfinding, and experiential design to create connected environments that support learning while reinforcing institutional identity.

Campus Identity
Campus Branding
Environmental Graphics
Campus Gateways
District & Building Identity

Campus Experience
Wayfinding Systems
Visitor Navigation
Student Engagement
Public Space Activation

Recognition & Storytelling
Donor Recognition
History Walls
Campus Heritage
Interpretive Installations

Implementation
Design Development
Fabrication Documentation
Vendor Coordination
Installation Support

Selected Higher Education Projects

From campus master plans and wayfinding systems to donor recognition, environmental graphics, and student-centered spaces, our work reflects a multidisciplinary approach to strengthening identity, improving navigation, and creating memorable campus experiences.

Fresno State Campus Identity & Wayfinding

Campus-wide signage master plan rooted in agricultural heritage and future-focused storytelling.

Client: California State University Fresno
Design Team: Nick Groh, Clint Woesner, Jesus Galaz, Liezl Estipona
Fabricator: A-Plus Signs
Date Completed: 2014

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USC Kaufman School of Dance

Building signage and integrated donor recognition system for USC’s premier dance facility, celebrating the center’s supporters through refined, architectural graphic elements.

Client: University of Southern California
Design Team: Nick Groh, Max Beach
Date Completed: 2016

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USC Doheny Library

A refined donor recognition program for USC’s Doheny Memorial Library, combining etched glass, bronze finishes, and interactive storytelling to honor legacy and inspire tradition.

Client: University of Southern California
Design Team: Nick Groh, Max Beach
Date Completed: 2014

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Cal State Northridge

Environmental graphic design for court and entry experiences at CSUN’s Matador Gymnasium, celebrating team identity and elevating the Division I athletic environment.

Client: Cal State University Northridge
Design Team: Clint Woesner, Max Beach, Liezl Estipona
Architect: Harley Ellis Devereaux
Date Completed: 2013

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USC Health Sciences Campus

Master plan and implementation for campus-wide wayfinding at USC’s growing medical school complex.

Client: University of Southern California
Design Team: Clint Woesner, Nick Groh, Jesus Galaz, Zoey Zhang
Date Completed: 2017

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USC Village

Signage and branded environmental graphics supporting student life across a major residential expansion.

Client: University of Southern California
Design Team: Clint Woesner, Nick Groh, Joseph Escobar, Zoey Zhang
Date Completed: 2017

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USC Annenberg

Branded environmental graphics and signage for USC’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.

Client: University of Southern California
Architect: Harley Ellis Devereaux
Design Team: Nick Groh, Max Beach
Date Completed: 2015

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Zura Hall – San Diego State University

Bold identity and interior wayfinding system designed to enhance navigation and reinforce the modernized student housing experience at SDSU.

Client: San Diego State University
Design Team: Nick Groh
Architect: HMC Architects
Date Completed: 2015

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Camino Nuevo Kayne Siart Campus

Wayfinding and campus identity system for a K–12 urban charter school with bilingual community needs.

Client: Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
Design Team: Nick Groh
Date Completed: 2014

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Caltech Gates – Thomas Laboratory

Monument and donor signage commemorating alumni while reflecting Caltech’s legacy of innovation.

Client: California Institute of Technology
Design Team: Nick Groh, Clint Woesner
Architect: AC Martin
Fabricator: CA Signs / Pulp Studio
Date Completed: 2016

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UCLA B-Fit Student Fitness Center

Environmental graphics energizing a student fitness center through motivational messaging and color.

Client: University of California Los Angeles
Design Team: Nick Groh, Max Beach, Zoey Zhang
Architect: John Friedman Alice Kim Architects
Date Completed: 2015

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