Geoff & Zoe Thatcher write in Blooloop about how AI design and writing tools are transforming the way we design experiences. "While everyone was busy talking endlessly about how the would change experiences, AI broke down the back door. Like many, we hadn’t given AI much thought until we first experienced it in June 2022. And like millions of others, our world was rocked!"
Congratulations to FM Global on the grand opening of the FM Global Centre in Singapore. Insurance Business calls it an "experiential risk management facility" that "houses multiple interactive simulation labs, learning spaces and a theatre." The company's CEO said it's a place where clients can get a "first-hand experience in the science of risk management." A video tour is available on YouTube.
Creative Principals is partnering with JRA on the visitor experience inside JEA’s new H2.O Purification Center in Jacksonville. The overall project team is led by Haskell with architect Yves Rathle and engineering partners Black & Veatch. Our scope includes creative direction, design and writing. The project is scheduled to open in 2025.
Creative Principals launched a web site called www.ask.buzz that allows attraction designers to ask the legendary Buzz Price questions.
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The Experience Model is the core blueprint for how we create our experiences.
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Creative Principals is led by a creative family with a love for experiences. From theme parks, to museums and visitors centers we work hard to imagine and create the next great experience for clients around the world!
Geoff is the Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Creative Principals. As an experienced creative director, he excels at leading projects from concept to reality. These projects are most often about creating world-class experiences in corporate visitor centers, museums, theme parks and live events. He is also the author of The CEO's Time Machine.
Zoe is a talented designer and illustrator. Zoe worked in costume design for two years before being recruited to work full-time with Creative Principals. In a short time, she has distinguished herself working on projects around the world. She is also the illustrator of The CEO’s Time Machine.
Joel specializes in creative writing and research for projects. As an intern, he’s already proven himself as a valued asset to the Creative Principals team. He also uses his video editing skills to help Creative Principals tell its stories around the world. This includes the YouTube show Park Pals that he hosts with his sister Mia.
Mia Thatcher is a junior in Sequential Art at the Savannah College of Art & Design and interns in the summer at Creative Principals where she has worked on storyboards and illustrations for several projects, including the AMG Experience Centre. She also is an extreme “coaster nerd” with extensive knowledge on roller coasters that she happily shares with anyone willing to listen on the YouTube Show Park Pals.
A veteran of the United States Air Force, an elite runner, a nurse, teacher and natural leader, For us, Tanya is the heart of the company. As we are in the business of creating experiences, Tanya is also the only one on the team that can give us the perspective of a mother. Considering that mothers make most of the choices about what their family’s experience, this perspective is invaluable.
