Jakub Janiga
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ABOUT

Founded in 2013, Janiga Design is an award winning Boston based design studio working on a wide range of exhibit projects including cultural history, military history, nature centers, zoos, aquariums, children’s museums, corporate exhibits, art museums, and private collection exhibits.

Jakub Janiga

Founder & Creative Director

Jakub was born in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), where he earned his master’s degree in art and design.
A 3D designer for more than 20 years, Jakub started out as a furniture designer and has spent over a 14 years in exhibit design field, including at renowned Boston-area exhibit design firms Christopher Chadbourne and Associates and Cambridge Seven Associates. In 2013 he founded his own studio, Janiga Design, LLC. 

Jakub has extensive experience across the entire design process, from concept through final design, fabrication, and installation. Throughout the creative process he engages with clients through dynamic design visuals including immersive 3D renderings and, in some cases, animated walkthroughs, so clients can easily visualize the presented design concepts. His design sensibility is characterized by clean lines and attention to details and proportions, and he enjoys merging design with story to create cohesive and engaging exhibit environments. 

COLLABORATORS

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Ernesto mendoza

Graphic Designer

Ernesto has been in the museum design industry for well over 25 years. His body of work includes major installations from children’s and science museums to nature centers and cultural museums. His award winning projects include the Great Platte River Road Archway which portrays the stories of the westward migration, Pony Express, and the Lincoln Highway and The U505 Submarine at Chicago’s famed Museum of Science and Industry. His work can also be seen at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

As owner of One By Design, Ernesto currently collaborates with museums, design firms, and fabricators to create immersive experiences around the world. His extensive knowledge coupled with his unique artistic abilities allow for limitless ways to make history, art, science and technology come to life. His graphic design work—whether whole scenic environments or interpretive panels—attests to his sensitivity to the story he is interpreting. It’s stunning or muted, as the case requires.


Kezia Simister

Content Developer, Writer

Seeking out stories and sharing them with the public is the backbone of Kezia Simister’s profession. As an exhibit developer, she collaborates with designers, curators, architects, and media specialists to translate exhibit themes and interpretive goals into unique visitor experiences. With eighteen years of experience in the museum field, Kezia has worked on various cultural and natural history projects from initial concept through final design.

Kezia enjoys collaborating with colleagues and clients to develop inspiring and memorable experiences for visitors of all ages and learning styles. Whether crafting broad exhibit goals or fine-tuning text, Kezia brings her innate curiosity and dedication to authenticity to every aspect of her work. She recently completed an online course, Decolonizing the Museum in Practice, to challenge her own ways of thinking and hopefully bring more authentic storytelling into her work with museums