Envoy Chicago

Envoy Chicago is an experiential design and creative technology studio founded in Chicago in 2010 as Leviathan. Its work connects architecture, digital media, interactive software and physical environments, creating installations for workplaces, cultural institutions, entertainment destinations and public spaces. The studio combines visual content with engineered systems to develop experiences that respond to their surroundings and audiences.

Its practice spans permanent digital art, branded environments, corporate experience centers, museum exhibits and immersive events. Projects bring together creative direction, motion design, animation, custom software and interactive interfaces. The team also provides systems engineering, hardware consultation, content management, dynamic scheduling and on-site testing and commissioning, connecting the design of an experience with its technical delivery.

Work across physical and digital space

The studio’s portfolio includes 150 Media Stream, a permanent digital sculpture at Chicago’s 150 North Riverside, and interactive installations for McDonald’s Global Headquarters and Hamburger University. These projects combine architectural scale with digital storytelling, using displays and responsive content as integral parts of the environment.

Other work includes the digital ceiling at The Canopy at 900N, the Mirror Mirage lobby installation at MGM Grand, and interactive exhibits for Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Its entertainment projects extend from projection-mapped concert environments for Amon Tobin’s ISAM and Wooden Toy tours to the Flyover in Chicago flying theater attraction. The portfolio also encompasses corporate experience centers, retail activations and interactive media for themed entertainment.

Continuing within Envoy

Envoy acquired Leviathan in September 2018, expanding the studio’s access to complementary strategy, design and technology disciplines while retaining its Chicago production base. In November 2021, Envoy unified its agencies under the Envoy brand, with the former Leviathan studio becoming Envoy Chicago and leading the network’s digital environments and spatial experience practice. The studio continues to present its historical work through the Leviathan portfolio alongside its current Envoy identity.