Frank Douglas is the founding partner of The Douglas|Group and has served as Principal-in-Charge from the 1987 inception until 2011. Upon planning for retirement, Frank has transitioned the ownership of the firm to Lee Jones, thereby creating DG Studios. Frank is still serving the firm in a consultancy capacity bringing his established direction and management skills to projects.

Henceforth, the Douglas|Group will be known as DG Studios. To help visualize this transition, DG Studios has refreshed their own brand identity, corporate collateral and website.

The Douglas|Group is pleased to announce the completion of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. On the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2009, President George H.W. Bush rededicated the newly renovated and expanded National Museum of the Pacific War. In his remarks, President Bush noted that “within the walls of this wonderful Museum, you will learn the facts, the true story and the living history of what happened during that memorable time so many years ago”. The Douglas|Group designed the exhibits and managed a team of A/V producers, A/V specifiers, lighting specialists and writers to produce 6 major immersive experiences as well as all the interactive media displays. D|G also designed custom casework for the artifacts selected from the Museum’s collection of over 45,000 artifacts. The expansion features 33,000 square feet of exhibit space that tells the stories of how ordinary people met the challenges of World War II.

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Houston, Texas - The Douglas|Group announces that Michael Glatting, SEGD, has joined the firm in their Washington, DC office. Michael has over 30 years in the Environmental Graphic Design industry including many years previously working with D|G. Michael manages the DC office and the principals and senior staff members of D|G are glad to welcome him back. Recently, the firm was awarded St. Luke Episcopal Hospital’s Vintage campus in Northwest Houston, is supporting Texas Medical Center’s efforts to improve the identification of their parking garages, and is continuing to work with Chevron, Memorial Hermann and Texas Health Resources to develop and implement wayfinding and branding graphics throughout their many campuses and facilities.

Houston, Texas - The Douglas|Group recently started working with Robert A.M. Stern Architects to develop both the exterior and interior signage program for the George W. Bush Presidential Library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas Texas. D|G is also working with Kirksey Architects to develop an interior program for Calhoun Lofts; University of Houston’s newest loft-style campus apartment facility specifically designed for graduate and law school students and is developing the signage program for Texas A&M University’s new College of Agriculture Headquarters Building which will serve as the department’s new administrative, research and teaching facility. Exhibit Design implementation services are being provided for the University of Texas at Austin’s H.J Luther Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports’ 10,000 square foot physical fitness history and educational exhibit gallery.

Houston, Texas - The Douglas|Group announces that it has added to its staff and is pleased to welcome Rene Fernandez and Chris Baareman to the Houston office. In addition, it has recently been awarded a number of projects for both existing and new clients. Texas Children’s Hospital awarded D|G the Signage and Wayfinding program for all three of its new facilities, the new 790,000 square foot Maternity Center, the 344,000 square foot Neurological Research Institute and the 534,000 square foot West Campus. Each facility is being designed by a different architectural firm and each has an independent completion schedule. After completing the re-identification of all building mounting signage for Texas Health Resources, D|G will be continuing to work with THR to rebrand all exterior signage of their campuses in the Dallas/Ft. Worth/Arlington, Texas region. Working with the City of Rochester, Minnesota, D|G documented a Wayfinding Master Plan and is currently developing the design package for the first phase of implementation. And, D|G is also working with the City of San Angelo’s Convention and Visitor’s Bureau to develop a Wayfinding Master Plan for the City of San Angelo, Texas.