Tellart

What Tellart does

Tellart is a privately held, for-profit design and fabrication studio founded in 2000 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode States. The firm creates interactive products, installations, and exhibitions for two principal client groups: global commercial brands and cultural institutions such as museums and exhibitions. Its offering is positioned within the experiential design and physical-computing market, where deliverables are bespoke, project-based interactive experiences rather than mass-produced goods.

The operating core is a small team (11–50 employees) led by the two original co-founders, Nick Scappaticci (CEO) and Matt Cottam (Chief Design Officer), indicating a founder-led creative and technical practice spanning more than two decades. The firm's website (tellart.com) functions as a portfolio-driven distribution channel, typical for studios that win work on the strength of prior installations and brand reputation rather than inbound marketing or SaaS funnels.

Business model mechanics are not disclosed in the supplied record. By inference from the experiential-studio category, revenue is most likely generated through project-based fees for design, prototyping, and fabrication services, paid by brand marketing departments and institutional exhibition budgets. Specific pricing tiers, contract structures, customer logos, revenue figures, funding history, and product-line details are absent from the inputs, representing material data gaps for any investor-grade assessment.

Name

Tellart

Website

https://tellart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tellart is a Providence, RI-based design studio founded in 2000 that creates interactive products, installations, and exhibitions for global brands and cultural institutions, operating with 11–50 employees under its two co-founders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experiential Design Services

NAICS

Industrial Design Services (54142), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Exhibition, Retail & Experiential Design (BPAHAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Experiential Brand Design (Retail/Exhibit/Signage) (MPAAAEAG), Event Strategy & Experience Design (BPAFAGAA)

Keywords

• Interactive product design
• Experiential installations
• Exhibition design
• Design studio services
• Brand activations

Headquarters

HQ city

Providence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Tellart creates interactive products, installations, and exhibitions for global brands and cultural institutions. The studio designs, prototypes, and builds physical and digital interactive experiences, combining industrial design, electronics, and software to deliver bespoke installations for commercial and cultural venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Moment Factory: Montreal-based multimedia entertainment studio that creates immersive installations and interactive experiences for museums, brands, and public spaces — the most direct analogue to Tellart's offering.
• ESI Design: New York-based experience design firm (now part of NBBJ) specializing in interactive exhibits and digital-physical installations for cultural institutions and corporate clients, overlapping directly with Tellart's core work.
• Local Projects: New York experience design studio known for award-winning interactive museum installations and brand experiences, serving the same cultural-institution and global-brand client base as Tellart.
• Bluecadet: Philadelphia-based interactive design and experience studio building exhibits, apps, and installations for museums and major brands — a closely comparable boutique-scale peer.
• Second Story: Portland-based experience design studio (part of Downstream) focused on interactive exhibits and brand storytelling environments for cultural and commercial clients.
• Ralph Appelbaum Associates: Globally recognized exhibition design firm for museums, cultural institutions, and brand environments; a longer-established direct peer in interpretive and exhibit design.

Broad incumbents

• Pentagram: Large, partner-led independent design firm working across branding, exhibit, environmental, and digital design — broader in scope but with overlapping experience design work for major brands and cultural clients.
• NBBJ: Global architecture and design firm whose Experience Design practice (including ESI Design) competes directly for large interactive installation and exhibit projects with deep resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tellart
• Facebookfacebook.com/tellart

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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