About Us
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About Us
Founded in 1985, McMillan Group leads each project with a design and communication focus as an alternative to the limitations of projects driven by fabrication. This approach sets us apart, gaining clients' recognition for thoughtful and unusual solutions. We have purposely chosen a strategy of running all of our work from a small creative core team. Each project is then orchestrated with strategic partners under our direction of production services for: fabrication, media, programming and installation. We have been recognized as providing the most professional standards for design and management to clients ranging from the Field Museum, to the Walt Disney Company, to GE.
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APPROACH
Creative
Through comprehensive planning and unique visual interpretation, our mission is to solve marketing and curatorial challenges with inspired creativity that delivers unprecedented distinction for our clients and meaningful experiences for their customers and visitors.
Process
With our detail oriented turnkey process, from research, strategy and concept development through project management of the production team, McMillan Group delivers solutions that uniquely express the content, provide quality control and guarantee that the project is: on time, budget and message.
Management
As Executive Producers, we champion our design vision and manage production teams, taking full responsibility for the results of every project to ensure each client's success.
LEADERSHIP
With over thirty years in the exhibit industry, McMillan Group's Principals, Charlie and Nancy McMillan, are designers and executive producers adept at being both their clients' advocates and in leading large production teams by understanding the importance of building relationships based on trust, understanding and diplomacy.
Nancy McMillan
Charlie McMillan
Nancy McMillan is partner and Principal at McMillan Group, an exhibit, architectural and communication design company, founded in 1985. In addition to her primary role as designer, she is also responsible for marketing and business management. She specializes in planning, content development, media and interactive creation, graphic and interior design as well as a lead project manager.Nancy has developed a process for the strategic implementation of multi-divisional trade show programs including the creation of exhibit architectural and graphic standards guidelines.
Besides winning multiple design awards with her partner Charlie McMillan, Nancy has written numerous articles on design for industry publications including: Exhibitor Magazine and Briefings published by the Association of Briefing Program Managers.
She has a B.A. degree from Principia College with further education at the New York School of Visual Arts, Boston Museum School, Massachusetts School of Art, DeCordova Museum School and Silvermine Guild School of Arts. Prior to becoming partner at McMillan Group, she worked as a graphic designer at Earl Flansburgh and Associates, Architects and then became a freelance editorial illustrator for major publications in New England.
Charlie McMillan is a partner and Principal at McMillan Group, which he founded in 1985. As art director and executive producer his work has won multiple gold and silver design awards from top industry design competitions.Charlie has been a speaker on the subject of design in programs for: Cornell University, University of Bridgeport, Urban Land Institute, Gravity Free Design Conference, Exhibitor Show, Health Care Exhibitors Association, Computer Event Managers Association, International Exhibitors Association, GE Corporate Marcom Design Council, Exhibit Design Symposium and the Event Design Conference. Charlie has been on the Advisory Board for the Exhibitor Show and Gravity Free Design Conference as well as being the chairman of the first Exhibit Design Conference in Monterey, CA in 1991 sponsored by Exhibitor. He has written numerous articles on design for publications including Exhibitor Magazine and Innovation Magazine published by the Industrial Design Society of America.
Charlie has a B.A. degree from Principia College with further education at Boston Museum School and School of Visual Arts in New York City. Prior to founding McMillan Group, he worked at two exhibit design and production companies, Design Dynamics in Denver, CO and as Art Director at Admore in Worcester, MA.
CLIENTS
Museums
- MOA Ft. Lauderdale
- Michael C. Carlos Museum
- Mt. Holyoke College
- Los Angeles Museum of Art
- Franklin Institute
- Massachusetts Heritage Parks
- The Israel Museum
- Peabody Museum - Harvard
- UPENN Museum
- The Field Museum
- Sikorsky Museum of Rotary Flight
Healthcare
- Alcon
- Codman
- Datascope
- Elscint
- GE Healthcare
- Glaxo Welcome
- Hewlett-Packard Medical
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kaiser Permanente
- Mallinckrodt
- Marconi Medical Systems
- Mindray
- Picker International
- Serviscope
- Shimadzu
- U.S. Surgical
- Zimmer
Transportation
- American Isuzu Motors
- BMW of North America
- Delphi
- GE Transportation
- General Motors
- Hyundai
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Broadcasting
- ABC
- Grass Valley Group
- MSNBC
- NBC
- NEC
Entertainment
- Discovery Group
- The Walt Disney Company
- Konami
- Mattel
- Rosco Laboratories
Finance
- Maryland National Bank
- Deloitte
Food
- Coca-Cola Foods
- Coffee Council
- General Foods
- Hershey
- McLane Co.
- Pepsi
- Purina
Industrial
- 3M
- Caradco
- Electronic Theatre Controls
- General Electric
- ICI Americas
- Johnson Controls
- MagneTek
- Moss
- Parker Hannifin
- Philips
- Square D
- Toto U.S.A.
Information Technology
- Advantest Corporation
- ATI Technologies
- AT&T
- Cisco Systems
- Citrix
- David Sarnoff Research Center
- FactSet
- Flight Data Center
- IBM
- Indus International
- Minitab
- Microcom
- Plant Equipment
- Racal Datacom
- Ricoh
Space
- NASA
- The Jet Propulsion Laboratories
- Stennis Space Center
Energy
- Aramco
- GE Energy
- Conoco
Publishing
- Christian Science Publishing Society
- Delmar Publishers
- Exhibitor Publications
- Hanley Wood
- Time Warner
- UMI
- University Products
- Ziff Davis
