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The Dinosaur Hall at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened this weekend, and fans of fossils are enthusiastic about the exhibit’s fresh approach to displaying and understanding these magnificent creatures. Our favorite reviews so far include the pithy prose of LA Observed, the fantastic photos in LA Curbed, and the insightful article in our hometown paper, The New York Times. Congratulations to the team for the years of creative collaboration. Visit our Work page for pictures — more coming soon.

Taking break from exhibition news, we would like to share the impressive achievement of Senior Content Specialist, Rondi Davies.  Many of Rondi’s extracurricular activities involve long distance running and open water swimming all around New York City and environs. Recently she and friend Dave Barra organized the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, a 120 mile marathon down the Hudson River from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill to Brooklyn’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Over 7 days in July, Rondi, Dave and 19 other swimmers dove into the river at a different bridge each morning, sometimes swimming as many as 20 miles a day, navigating changing currents, large boats, and sweltering heat. The event raised money for environmental and open-water swimmers groups, and plans are underway to do it again in 2012. Our congratulations to Rondi and Dave on the success of the 8 Bridges Swim! Learn more about the event, see pictures, and read lots of great news coverage at the link above.

For 31 years, the Industrial Designers Society of America has presented the International Design Excellence Awards, a collection of the year’s best design. “The IDEA program is considered by many as the ‘Oscars’ of design competitions because the judging process is rigorous and judged by the experts in their field,” said IDSA’s CEO Clive Roux.  This year the jury reviewed over 2,000 entries, a record number, to select  27 designs for a Gold Award.

Science Storms won Gold in the Environments category. “This is such a visually rich and interactive exhibit which communicates the immense scale and principles of nature and connects all individuals regardless of age,” notes Lance Hussey, Vice President and Creative Director of IDSA. Read more about the award at IDSA or at its media partner, Fast Company.

Congratulations to all our Science Storms partners.