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AMNH Climate Week Diorama Interventions
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2025
American Museum of Natural History
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Graphic Designer
Exhibition Designer
Collaborators
Catherine Weese
Debra Everett-Lane
Links
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AMNH Website
For Climate Week at the American Museum of Natural History, I led the design of large-scale graphic interventions in the Hall of North American Mammals and the Hall of North American Forests. The project transformed classic dioramas with transparent vinyl overlays that revealed how a warming climate is reshaping the ecosystems depicted.
Working with curators and exhibition staff, I designed bold, attention-grabbing graphics that intentionally contrasted with the museum’s traditional aesthetic to create a sense of urgency. Through rapid prototyping, material testing, and observing visitor behavior, I refined each design to balance clarity, scale, and storytelling, helping visitors see these familiar scenes in an entirely new context.
Hall of North American Mammals
In the HAM, the intervention transformed familiar diorama scenes by overlaying transparent, high-impact graphic elements directly onto the exhibits. These visually striking treatments were designed to stand in contrast to the museum’s traditional aesthetic, immediately drawing visitor attention and creating a sense of urgency.
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By deliberately intersecting with and partially obscuring the historic displays, the graphics made tangible the ways warming climates and ecological pressures are altering North American animal habitats and biodiversity, encouraging visitors to reconsider what they think they know about these ecosystems.
Mosquito Intervention
In the context of the forest hall, the mosquito was elevated into a focal graphic element that disrupted the viewer’s line of sight through exaggerated scale and placement. This treatment was purposefully bold and unmissable, designed to obstruct as a way to highlight the increasing prominence of vector species as environmental conditions evolve.
Hall of North American Forests
The design intentionally obscured portions of the original scenes to evoke the disruptive effects of climate change on forests, from increased wildfire risk to shifting wetland dynamics. These interventions were crafted to be immediately attention-grabbing and thought-provoking, using contrast and scale to shift visitor focus and underscore the fragility and transformation of these critical ecosystems.
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Exhibition
AMNH Climate Week Diorama Interventions
Info
2025
American Museum of Natural History
Role
Graphic Designer
Exhibition Designer
Collaborators
Catherine Weese
Debra Everett-Lane
Links
đź”—
AMNH Website
For Climate Week at the American Museum of Natural History, I led the design of large-scale graphic interventions in the Hall of North American Mammals and the Hall of North American Forests. The project transformed classic dioramas with transparent vinyl overlays that revealed how a warming climate is reshaping the ecosystems depicted.
Working with curators and exhibition staff, I designed bold, attention-grabbing graphics that intentionally contrasted with the museum’s traditional aesthetic to create a sense of urgency. Through rapid prototyping, material testing, and observing visitor behavior, I refined each design to balance clarity, scale, and storytelling, helping visitors see these familiar scenes in an entirely new context.
Hall of North American Mammals
In the HAM, the intervention transformed familiar diorama scenes by overlaying transparent, high-impact graphic elements directly onto the exhibits. These visually striking treatments were designed to stand in contrast to the museum’s traditional aesthetic, immediately drawing visitor attention and creating a sense of urgency.
Â
By deliberately intersecting with and partially obscuring the historic displays, the graphics made tangible the ways warming climates and ecological pressures are altering North American animal habitats and biodiversity, encouraging visitors to reconsider what they think they know about these ecosystems.
Mosquito Intervention
In the context of the forest hall, the mosquito was elevated into a focal graphic element that disrupted the viewer’s line of sight through exaggerated scale and placement. This treatment was purposefully bold and unmissable, designed to obstruct as a way to highlight the increasing prominence of vector species as environmental conditions evolve.
Hall of North American Forests
The design intentionally obscured portions of the original scenes to evoke the disruptive effects of climate change on forests, from increased wildfire risk to shifting wetland dynamics. These interventions were crafted to be immediately attention-grabbing and thought-provoking, using contrast and scale to shift visitor focus and underscore the fragility and transformation of these critical ecosystems.
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Projects
About
Exhibition
AMNH Climate Week Diorama Interventions
Info
2025
American Museum of Natural History
Role
Graphic Designer
Exhibition Designer
Collaborators
Catherine Weese
Debra Everett-Lane
Links
đź”—
AMNH Website
For Climate Week at the American Museum of Natural History, I led the design of large-scale graphic interventions in the Hall of North American Mammals and the Hall of North American Forests. The project transformed classic dioramas with transparent vinyl overlays that revealed how a warming climate is reshaping the ecosystems depicted.
Working with curators and exhibition staff, I designed bold, attention-grabbing graphics that intentionally contrasted with the museum’s traditional aesthetic to create a sense of urgency. Through rapid prototyping, material testing, and observing visitor behavior, I refined each design to balance clarity, scale, and storytelling, helping visitors see these familiar scenes in an entirely new context.
Hall of North American Mammals
In the HAM, the intervention transformed familiar diorama scenes by overlaying transparent, high-impact graphic elements directly onto the exhibits. These visually striking treatments were designed to stand in contrast to the museum’s traditional aesthetic, immediately drawing visitor attention and creating a sense of urgency.
Â
By deliberately intersecting with and partially obscuring the historic displays, the graphics made tangible the ways warming climates and ecological pressures are altering North American animal habitats and biodiversity, encouraging visitors to reconsider what they think they know about these ecosystems.
Mosquito Intervention
In the context of the forest hall, the mosquito was elevated into a focal graphic element that disrupted the viewer’s line of sight through exaggerated scale and placement. This treatment was purposefully bold and unmissable, designed to obstruct as a way to highlight the increasing prominence of vector species as environmental conditions evolve.
Hall of North American Forests
The design intentionally obscured portions of the original scenes to evoke the disruptive effects of climate change on forests, from increased wildfire risk to shifting wetland dynamics. These interventions were crafted to be immediately attention-grabbing and thought-provoking, using contrast and scale to shift visitor focus and underscore the fragility and transformation of these critical ecosystems.
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Roman DiStefano
đź”—
đź”—
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February 2021 – March 2025
NortheasternUniversity
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EDUCATION
Northeastern University
BFA in Graphic and Information Design
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Tattooing
Personal tattoo practice blending machine and hand-poke techniques into fluid, abstract forms—tattooing for 3+ years.
đź”—
Check out my Instragram
Skills
Web Design
Motion Design
Spacial Design
Brand
Photography
Illustration
Back to Homepage
Projects
About
Exhibition
AMNH Climate Week Diorama Interventions
Info
2025
American Museum of Natural History
Role
Graphic Designer
Exhibition Designer
Collaborators
Catherine Weese
Debra Everett-Lane
Links
đź”—
AMNH Website
For Climate Week at the American Museum of Natural History, I led the design of large-scale graphic interventions in the Hall of North American Mammals and the Hall of North American Forests. The project transformed classic dioramas with transparent vinyl overlays that revealed how a warming climate is reshaping the ecosystems depicted.
Working with curators and exhibition staff, I designed bold, attention-grabbing graphics that intentionally contrasted with the museum’s traditional aesthetic to create a sense of urgency. Through rapid prototyping, material testing, and observing visitor behavior, I refined each design to balance clarity, scale, and storytelling, helping visitors see these familiar scenes in an entirely new context.
Hall of North American Mammals
In the HAM, the intervention transformed familiar diorama scenes by overlaying transparent, high-impact graphic elements directly onto the exhibits. These visually striking treatments were designed to stand in contrast to the museum’s traditional aesthetic, immediately drawing visitor attention and creating a sense of urgency.
Â
By deliberately intersecting with and partially obscuring the historic displays, the graphics made tangible the ways warming climates and ecological pressures are altering North American animal habitats and biodiversity, encouraging visitors to reconsider what they think they know about these ecosystems.
Mosquito Intervention
In the context of the forest hall, the mosquito was elevated into a focal graphic element that disrupted the viewer’s line of sight through exaggerated scale and placement. This treatment was purposefully bold and unmissable, designed to obstruct as a way to highlight the increasing prominence of vector species as environmental conditions evolve.
Hall of North American Forests
The design intentionally obscured portions of the original scenes to evoke the disruptive effects of climate change on forests, from increased wildfire risk to shifting wetland dynamics. These interventions were crafted to be immediately attention-grabbing and thought-provoking, using contrast and scale to shift visitor focus and underscore the fragility and transformation of these critical ecosystems.
Related Projects
Print · Exhibition
IMPACT: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs
Print · Exhibition · Brand
Infinitude
Roman DiStefano
đź”—
đź”—
Resume
EXPERIENCE
American Museum of Natural History
Exhibition Designer
April 2025 – PRESENT
iFactory
Interaction Designer
February 2021 – March 2025
NortheasternUniversity
Creative Co-op
July 2021 – December 2021
KIND Snacks
Design Co-Op
July 2019 – December 2019
EDUCATION
Northeastern University
BFA in Graphic and Information Design
May 2022
HOBBIES
Tattooing
Personal tattoo practice blending machine and hand-poke techniques into fluid, abstract forms—tattooing for 3+ years.
đź”—
Check out my Instragram
Skills
Web Design
Motion Design
Spacial Design
Brand
Photography
Illustration
