What Dome does

Dome (Dome Collective LLC) is a Brooklyn-based experience design studio founded in 2014 by Lynn Kiang and Katie Lee. The firm designs and delivers complex physical and digital spaces for cultural institutions, foundations, and corporate clients, with a documented portfolio spanning the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Gates Foundation, National Medal of Honor Museum, Nike, JetBlue, Electronic Arts, and Cleveland Clinic, among others. The studio is certified as a Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) in New York City and State, and operates as a project-based professional services firm rather than a product or platform business.

Service delivery is organized into four interconnected phases: Strategy & Research (stakeholder workshops, audience research, exhibit and content strategy), Concepts & Prototypes (exhibit planning, prototyping, user-testing, technology specification, fundraising materials), Communication Design (exhibit and experience design, identity and graphic design, interaction and media design, product and web design), and Development & Launch (software and media production, interactive installation, AV hardware coordination, fabrication oversight). Dome is described as medium-agnostic, assembling bespoke multidisciplinary teams of specialists per engagement rather than maintaining a large permanent staff.

The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with projects sourced via direct relationships, referrals, and RFPs within museum, cultural, and corporate brand sectors. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are scoped individually based on client needs, complexity, and team composition. Marketing relies on organic social (Instagram, LinkedIn) and a single inquiry email, consistent with a boutique studio that converts through portfolio and reputation rather than demand-generation. The firm has no disclosed funding, no parent organization, no subsidiaries, no patents, and no proprietary software product.

Name

Dome

Legal name

Dome Collective LLC

Website

https://domecollective.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dome is a Brooklyn-based experience design studio founded in 2014 that designs and builds complex physical and digital spaces for museums, cultural institutions, foundations, and corporate clients through bespoke, project-based engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experience Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Other Specialized Design Services (54149)

akta.pro primary industry

Staging, Scenic & Set Fabrication (Stages, Backdrops, Scenic Builds) (THAHAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Signage, Props & Custom Installations (HSACAOAG), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Experience design
• Museum exhibition design
• Brand experience design
• Interactive installation design
• Exhibition strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Experience Design Services: Project-based engagement model for designing and building complex physical and digital spaces. Services span strategy & research, concepts & prototypes, communication design, and development & launch.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Dome is an experience design studio that designs and builds complex physical and digital spaces for museums, cultural institutions, and corporate clients. The studio delivers end-to-end project services across four phases: Strategy & Research (stakeholder workshops, audience research, exhibit and content strategy), Concepts & Prototypes (exhibit planning, prototypes and user-testing, technology specification, fundraising materials), Communication Design (exhibit and experience design, identity and graphic design, interaction and media design, product and web design), and Development & Launch (software and media production, interactive installation, AV hardware coordination, fabrication oversight). Projects are bespoke and staffed with multidisciplinary specialist teams assembled per engagement.

Product overview

Dome is an award-winning experience design studio that operates as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company provides end-to-end services for building complex physical and digital spaces, organized into four interconnected service phases: Strategy & Research (foundational planning and audience research), Concepts & Prototypes (design development and testing), Communication Design (visual, graphic, interaction, and web design), and Development & Launch (software production, installation, and fabrication). These services are delivered by co-founder Lynn Kiang and partner Katie Lee, who assemble bespoke specialist teams tailored to each project's specific needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy & Research Services
• Concepts & Prototypes Services Design development and testing services including exhibit planning, prototypes and user-testing, technology specification, and fundraising materials preparation. Delivered to museum, cultural, corporate, and healthcare clients as part of bespoke experience design engagements.
• Communication Design Services Visual and experiential design services encompassing exhibit and experience design, identity and graphic design, interaction and media design, and product and web design. Delivered to museums, cultural institutions, corporate brands, and other clients.
• Development & Launch Services Implementation and deployment services including software and media production, interactive installation, AV hardware coordination, and fabrication oversight through project launch. Delivered as the final phase of Dome's end-to-end experience design engagements.

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ESI Design: New York-based experience design firm specializing in interactive exhibits, brand experiences, and digital-physical installations for museums, retail, and corporate clients. Now part of NBBJ. Directly comparable in service mix, medium-agnostic approach, and museum/cultural client base to Dome.
• Mather & Co: Experience and exhibition design firm serving museums, visitor attractions, and brand environments internationally. Comparable to Dome in full-lifecycle exhibition and experience design for cultural and corporate clients, though with a larger team and broader geographic footprint.
• Gallagher & Associates: Experience design firm focused on museums, visitor centers, cultural attractions, and brand environments. Comparable to Dome across the full project lifecycle from strategy through fabrication oversight, serving the same institutional and cultural client base.
• Local Projects: NYC-based experience design studio that designs interactive exhibits and immersive experiences for museums, cultural institutions, and public spaces. This is Dome's most direct peer — co-founder Katie Lee was previously a Creative Director at Local Projects from 2007 to 2014, and the two firms serve substantially overlapping client bases (museums, foundations, cultural institutions) with similar multidisciplinary design-to-installation offerings.
• Ideum: Interactive experience design and development firm producing exhibits, installations, and software/hardware solutions for museums, public spaces, and brands. Comparable to Dome in the digital/physical hybrid museum and cultural practice, with more emphasis on in-house product development.
• C&G Partners: NYC-based design firm spanning brand, exhibit, and experience design for cultural institutions, transit environments, and corporate clients. Overlaps directly with Dome's museum exhibition and brand experience practice and similar mid-sized professional services structure.
• Luci Creative: Experience design studio developing exhibits, brand activations, and immersive environments for museums, corporations, and cultural organizations. Comparable in service mix (strategy, design, fabrication oversight) and in competing for the same institutional client segment as Dome.
• Ralph Appelbaum Associates: One of the largest and most established museum exhibition and experience design firms, with a global footprint and decades of work for major cultural institutions. Comparable to Dome in core discipline (museum and cultural experience design) but at significantly greater scale and with broader geographic reach.

Broad incumbents

• Pentagram: Large, partner-led design firm with broad practice across identity, editorial, digital, environmental, and exhibition design. Overlaps with Dome in exhibition and brand experience work, but as part of a much wider portfolio of design services and at a significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Riggs Legeay (RLMG): Boutique experience design studio working on museum, cultural, and brand experience projects with a similar bespoke, founder-led model to Dome. Comparable in service scope and project types, but smaller and earlier in its growth trajectory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/domecollective
• Instagraminstagram.com/domecollective

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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