Exit Design

A loooong overdue overhaul of our brand and website has finally arrived! Check out our process and work in branded environments, wayfinding, donor recognition, and placemaking. Welcome to the new Exit!

Trick or treat from Exit + J2!

🎬 Episode 11 of Voices of Experience is here! This week, we celebrate SEGD Fellow Alan Jacobson—Founder of Exit Design (@exploreexit ), Co-Founder of J2 Design, and Chair of SEGD’s Fellow Committee—whose career has been devoted to using design to bring people and purpose together. With empathy at the core of his practice, Alan believes great design begins by listening. His work—spanning universities, hospitals, cultural institutions, and civic spaces—translates vision into experiences that help people feel connected, seen, and inspired. Projects like Open Source, a citywide exhibition with the Mural Arts Program that earned a 2016 SEGD Global Design Award, and The Rwanda Healing Project, which used art to transform loss into healing and connection, embody that belief in design as a force for care and community. As a leader and mentor, Alan fosters collaboration, trust, and care—values that extend far beyond any single project. His belief that design can strengthen relationships and build communities reminds us that the true power of our work lies in how it brings people together. Because when we lead with empathy, design becomes a shared act of care. 📍 Filmed and produced by @loremipsumcorp 
🎞️ Directed and edited by @amhonor 🎥 Watch Episode 11 now 📆 New episodes drop every two weeks 🔗 Tap the link in bio to watch and explore the full series. #SEGD #VoicesOfExperience #ExperienceDesign #DesignLeadership #Placemaking #DesignWithPurpose #CreativeLeadership #EnvironmentalDesign #DesignThinking #EmpathyInDesign #DesignCommunity #DesignMatters #DesignWithCare #PublicDesign #DesignInspiration

Thank you to our @drexelwestphal co-op Cailin! We are so grateful for the curiosity, talent, and positivity you shared with us here at Exit!

🎉 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to welcome Sarah back to the Exit Design team! After a great internship with us this summer, she’s officially joining us full-time. And is already using her experience on some exciting park + education projects!

A fitting post for our first day back in 2025 and a snow day here in Philly ❄ 👼. First up, we want to thank every one of our angelic (sorry, couldn’t resist) J2 and Exit clients that made 2024 awesome. We celebrate you and your good work and it’s our honor to be part of it. 2024 was a big year for us on the inside too. J2 and Exit create lots of work separately, but in 2024 we worked collaboratively on more projects than ever before. We are looking forward to much more collaboration together and with all of you in 2025. Much love. Now get out there and make a snow angel. 💙 / 🎥 @liamntz

Look Who’s Got a New Website 👋🏼 Anyone who’s done it knows how glorious and painful a new agency website process can be. You gotta just commit and tuck on in when the time is right. Our time was now. We had a lot more to say about our process and practice along with a ton of new work to share. So we set off on the long and winding digital road that led us here. With much pride and without further ado…check out the shiny new j2made.com 📹 @liamntz / ✂ @colingiering

Happy 15th Anniversary to @kelbennett - our meeting maestro, whiteboard maven, relationship builder extraordinaire, and super mom! Thank you for caring so much about each of us, our studio and our clients…but especially, thanks for 15 years of leadership and being our work bestie.

Join us in celebrating the promotion of Karen Mulry to Strategy + Planning Lead at Exit Design! Karen has been working with our team over the past 10 years to deliver our wayfinding strategy and programming work across all of our sectors. We’re thrilled to support Karen as she advances in her leadership of our wayfinding strategy and programming team.

Join us in congratulating Alex Cohn on his promotion to Project Management Lead at Exit Design! Alex has been actively providing support and strategic problem-solving to Exit’s clients for the past 9 years. We’re thrilled for him to continue to guide our work and lead best practices for our project management team.

We love seeing the wayfinding methodology on display at the opening of @uw_health Eastpark Medical Center. Congratulations to the design and clinical team!

Today we are excited to announce that Amy Rees and Kelly Jennings have been named Partners of Exit Design. With 11 and 14 years at Exit, respectively, Amy and Kelly's strategic and creative leadership has helped grow Exit to what it is today. Their care for our team, passion for EGD, and dedication to our clients shows in their everyday hustle to get it done. Please join us in congratulating Amy and Kelly. We’re excited for Exit’s future with them as Partners!