Mike Cook

Design · Fabrication · Estimating · Project leadership

For more than 20 years I've taken hundreds of exhibits, events, and custom builds from first sketch to final install, for museums, event producers, and corporations across North America.

Selected work

Photo: Finished tents at the estate, ideally at dusk
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Private Estate Wedding

Private client

The largest project in company history: four tents fully clad, trimmed, and furnished, delivered through two weeks of rain.

Photo: A centerpiece open, showing the ring box inside
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Super Bowl LIX Ring Ceremony

Philadelphia Eagles

Centerpieces that hid each player's ring in plain sight, designed and prototyped in three weeks.

Photo: Wide shot of the event floor on the Fiserv Forum court
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Sixth Man Soirée

Milwaukee Bucks Foundation

Seven custom experiences built on the Fiserv Forum court, in and out in 18 hours.

Photo: The finished gallery with kids on the climbing wall
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Body Shop

Discovery Center Museum

A dated, signage-heavy gallery reimagined around movement, play, and empathy.

Photo: The finished Rehlko sign hung in the event space
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Basketball Themed Annual Meeting

Rehlko

A flat logo turned into a hand-finished dimensional sign, plus a jumbotron and maple court stage, built largely as a crew of one.

Photo: Kids building and tinkering in the makerspace
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Be A Maker Space

Betty Brinn Children's Museum

A museum makerspace designed, equipped, and programmed from scratch, then taken beyond the museum's walls.

Photo: The finished Irish Market sign lit up
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Irish Market Sign

Deer District

A detailed logo redrawn for dimension, cut character by character, and lit with custom-wired LED neon.