Interpretation and Graphics

RDG's interpretive design work combines environmental education, graphic communication, and placemaking to help people understand why a place matters. Interpretive panels, trailhead displays, educational graphics, and orientation elements get woven directly into parks, trails, creek restoration projects, and open spaces. Custom illustrations, maps, photographs, and concise narratives turn complex ecological and cultural topics into something visitors can actually connect with.

This work reaches a wide range of audiences, from park visitors and families to school groups and volunteers, while helping public agencies and landowners communicate their stewardship goals and the value of their investment. The result is a public that understands and cares about the landscapes supporting their community.

Interpretive Design

Interpretive shelter with signage and a bench on the grassland at Coyote Ridge
Weathered steel interpretive sign with a bird cutout at Coyote Ridge
"Shaped by Water" interpretive panel illustrating how tides shape the marsh
"From Channels to Ecosystems" interpretive display for Ohlone Creek
"The Changing Shoreline of Hercules" interpretive graphic with historic maps
Bilingual "Sweet Spot" infographic explaining honey extraction

Graphics

Illustrated diagram of an unhealthy meadow with an incised stream channel
Illustrated diagram of a healthy meadow with a connected floodplain
Aerial rendering of the Marsh Creek restoration plan
Before-and-after views of the Mount Tamalpais West Peak restoration
Technical diagram comparing stream channel cross-section forms