Just off an early AM flight from Traverse City to MSP, and I had a marvelous time. Not.

Generally when I fly, I try to be as innocuous as possible: greet the flight attendant, make myself as small as I can in the seat (at 6′3″ it’s not that easy), bring a book to read, and quietly mind my own business. On this morning’s flight, I decided that I… More...

We love it when things turn out this way: our relationship started when Mark VanderKlipp and Woody Smith were invited to participate in a monthly book group. More...

Corbin Design and NAVTEQ have entered into a partnership aimed at giving our clients the opportunity to reach a potential audience of millions. While attending the IDA Annual Conference in Milwaukee, we met with NAVTEQ representatives to discuss the advantages of this partnership for our clients.

From our friends at the IDA… More...

Remember the adage that this old guy’s kids don’t have any shoes? No longer true in Traverse City: our own downtown now sports a Corbin Designed wayfinding system!

Given that Traverse City is a year-round destination for shopping, festivals, epicurean events, outdoor recreation and all-around fun, the environment needed to respond to the expressed needs of visitors getting lost, and merchants who wanted to bring those visitors to their… More...

This was submitted today on our Web site’s contact form. Always great to hear from the people using our wayfinding systems!

Dear Corbin Design folks,

I moved away from TC about 15 years ago. When I got to Bloomington, Indiana, my next town, signs I recognized as a Corbin project popped up all over downtown, then I found them in Indianapolis. Two months ago, I move back to… More...

Sometimes it’s just better to do things the old way – here designers Jeff Frank and Gene Ullery-Smith are developing wayfinding logic and locations along a stretch of Interstate 64 in St. Louis. If they’d had some matchbox cars, they would have REALLY had fun!

Cori Chesnutt is a graduate of Detroit’s College for Creative Studies (CCS), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design. More...

The firm moved into Traverse City’s historic Hannah Lay Building in 1986 (when we had just six employees). As the business grew over the next 22 years, our office space… More...