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We’ve been in college for 15 years.

Capturing tradition and spurring a lifetime of pride.

Home. That’s what we want every student to feel the moment they step onto your campus that’s bleeding with school pride. Every intentional design decision we make is to ensure that choosing to come to your school is the easiest decision they make. From residence halls to custom immersive experiences, everything we touch, build, and invent captures the traditions and spirit of your school in ways that new generations will carry on for life. There will be nothing else like it. And no other place they’ll want to go.

Projects

110,000 Square Feet

We fortify our design and technology services with a large build and innovation factory space, ready to house your next project.

250+ People

Our team of experts include designers, coders, architects, animators, painters, engineers, strategists, writers, fabricators, and planners—all under one collaborative roof.

 

Clients

Process

Our multidisciplinary approach is focused on efficiency and collaboration within one team to create an outstanding experience for you. It’s the DI Way.

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Explore

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Design

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Make

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Install + Launch

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Optimize

3-D Modeler

A/V Engineer

Animator

Architect

Artists

Brand Strategist

CNC Technician

Content Specialist

Creative Director

Creative Technologist

Customer Experience Manager

Data Scientist

Design Engineer

Designer

Documentarian

Engineer

Estimator

Fabricator

Fleet Driver

Front End Developer

Full Stack Developer

Imaging Technician

Industrial Designer

Innovations Engineer

Installer

Interactive Designer

Interior Designer

Interactive Systems Engineer

Marketing Strategist

Metal Fabricator

Motion Graphics Designer

Painter

Practice Director

Production Artist

Project Coordinator

Research & Development Engineer

Software Developer

Solution Architect

Sourcing Analyst

Technical Customer Support

Technical Designer

Technology Designer

Technology Installer

UX Designer

Video Editors

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Whether you have a fully-baked idea or are just exploring the possible, our proven-effective approach makes it easy to help you determine where to start and how DI can help. We'd love to learn more!

 

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Drew Berst

Drew Berst

Executive Director

Drew Berst is an Executive Director and oversees the Collegiate Sports and Higher Education practices at Dimensional Innovations. Berst lives and breathes the college experience and is the single point of accountability for all... more about Drew Berst Drew Berst Drew Berst Executive Director

Drew Berst is an Executive Director and oversees the Collegiate Sports and Higher Education practices at Dimensional Innovations.

Berst lives and breathes the college experience and is the single point of accountability for all collegiate clients. Professionally, Berst has been working in the sports facility industry for over twelve years and has been involved in over $2 billion worth of athletic facility projects. Leading the team to over 400% revenue growth and tripling the company’s market share since 2015, he attributes DI’s unique, design-build approach to project delivery, master brand planning partnerships, facility graphics, branding and interactive technology experiences to his success.

Born and raised in Kansas City and earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, as well as an MBA from the University of North Carolina – Wilmington, Berst is steadfast in his belief that there is no such thing as a family vacation, unless a sporting event is involved.

Most importantly, Drew is a husband to Betsy and a parent to three girls – Edie, Nora and Margot.

Rick Smith

Rick Smith

VP/ECD Experiential Design

A truly versatile designer, manager and creative leader, Rick Smith brings more than 20 years experience to DI. Rick inspires excellence in DI’s creative team, crafting fully integrated designs and rich experiences with end users in... more about Rick Smith Rick Smith Rick Smith VP/ECD Experiential Design

A truly versatile designer, manager and creative leader, Rick Smith brings more than 20 years experience to DI. Rick inspires excellence in DI’s creative team, crafting fully integrated designs and rich experiences with end users in mind. He manages creative direction and team efforts, streamlining design processes for all of DI’s projects.
Rick’s strength lies in his ability to connect brands and their customers to the physical environment. His collaborative and comprehensive approach details the project vision through words, ideas and images.

Not only a leader at DI, Rick is heavily involved in the Kansas City design community. A member of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) and AIGA, Rick chairs the local SEGD chapter, is on the AIGAKC Board of Directors and on the Kansas City Design Week Planning committee.

Married for over 10 years, Rick and his wife have two children. An outdoors-kind-of-guy, Rick enjoys climbing, camping, mountaineering, and just generally being outside. He also plays guitar and coaches his daughter’s softball team in his not-so-abundant spare time.

 
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