The spacious loft is kept dark, which calls attention to the office’s LCD screens with constantly moving imagery. A 3-D model of a frog mounted on the wall comes to life with skin that changes color—a projection mapping created for the Shedd Aquarium’s “Amphibians” exhibit. A virtual Air Jordan shoe, a project created for Nike, rotates on a touch screen and explodes into its components when tapped. The workshop includes a Computerized Numerical Control machine and 3-D printer to create parts for projects, and the main floor is kept clear for building projects. “We spend a lot of time taking things apart and making things better,” Dressel says. “We have so many opportunities and all these toys to play with; if we can try to work them into a job utilizing that technology, it’s win-win.”
