Richard Cress
Richard Cress has been providing design services for cultural, educational, corporate, and nonprofit clients for more than 30 years. He is principal of Alusiv, a design studio opened in 2001 that focuses on branding, communication design, and exhibition design. He provides creative direction in graphic and exhibit design, photography, and other visual communications and has built, led, and managed cross-disciplinary teams with expertise in marketing, content, exhibit design and fabrication, digital media, and web development. His professional work has included branding the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the five-star French restaurant Lacroix at The Rittenhouse, and national nonprofit Safe Routes to School National Partnership. Cress has also designed exhibits for Science History Institute, National Constitution Center, Penn Museum, Design Philadelphia, and American Swedish Historical Museum. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and has taught in the University of the Arts Museum Studies Department since 2003.