Tell your colorful story with all the senses.

Chris Poehlmann Design

With over 25 years of experience in innovative hands-on exhibits, CP Design can solve your design, fabrication and cost challenges to bring that story to life. Whether it is an individual one-off exhibit or a room full, we will listen, collaborate, create and deliver on time and budget an engaging solution to your concept that meets and exceeds your expectations.

About CP Design

CP Design fabricates unusual and challenging interactive exhibits. Our finished exhibits have ranged in style from not-so-simple games to electromechanical, sculptural, live animal, and computer-controlled. We will work from client’s finished designs or fill in design needs beginning at any stage of project development.


Since 1981 we have been providing discerning educational institutions exceptional service and creativity. Whether providing design/build services with one or multiple exhibits, we ask, listen and understand the story you want to tell and collaborate to bring to life the most creative, durable, and inspired solutions.


We pride ourselves on our unbroken chain of completed projects that have been delivered on time and at prices that have made it possible to still include these one-of-a-kind exhibits in limited project budgets.


Please visit the portfolio pages of this site to view some of the many exhibits that have been installed for a long list of respected client institutions. CP Design services provided for these exhibits have ranged from mechanical elements and controls construction to full concept development, design, documentation, fabrication, and installation.

Client List

Monterey Bay Aquarium ongoing past 20 years

California Academy of Sciences San Francisco

The Oakland Museum

Lindsay Wildlife Museum Walnut Creek

San Francisco Zoo

Coyote Point Museum San Mateo

Sonoma County Museum

Real Goods Solar Living Center

The Bay Model Sausalito

Contra Costa County

City of Monterey

Santa Cruz County

Hong Kong Science Museum

California Science Center Los Angeles

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

Children’s Discovery Museum San Jose

EHDD Architecture

Alum Rock Science and Nature Center

Bay Area Discovery Museum Sausalito

East Bay Regional Parks

County of San Luis Obispo

Academy Studios

Cinnabar California Inc.

Portfolio

Siamese Fighting Fish
Mating Games Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sea of Love Interactive
Jellies As Living Art Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Feeding Interactive
Splash Zone Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Whale Milk Interactive
Flukes, Flippers, Fun Exhibit New Wing
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Oil Spill Interactive
Ocean Travelers Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crunch, Nibble, Gulp, Bite Interactive
Splash Zone Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Population Interactive
Ocean Travelers Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sea Turtle Interactive
Ocean Travelers Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Dwarf Caiman Interactive
Mating Games Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Calls of the Wild Interactive
Mating Games Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

First Breath Interactive
Flukes, Flippers, Fun Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Green Cities
Hot Pink Flamingoes Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pit Tag Interactive
Behind the Scenes Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Canyon Wall Interactive
The Deep Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cold Seep Interactive
The Deep Exhibit New Wing
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tiny Drifters Interactive
New Wing
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Earthquake Cart Interactive
The California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California

Tidal Pier Piling Interactive
Natural History Gallery Oakland Museum
Oakland, California

Map Table Interactive
Museo Interactivo De Economia Mexico City
Academy Studios Novato, California

Stone Fish Interactive
Deadly Beauties Exhibit
The Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California

7 Interactive Exhibits
Recycling Education Center
SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority San Luis Obispo, California

Resource Center
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Walnut Creek, California

Stereo Viewer Interactive
African Hall
The California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California

Oil Loop Interactive
Science Discovery
San Luis Obispo, California

Solar Power Interactive
Real Goods Solar Living Center
Hopland, California

10 Ft Wingspan Manta Ray
Natural History Gallery Oakland Museum
Oakland, California

Diamond Ring Vitrine
Sonoma County Museum
Santa Rosa, California

Chainsaw Wine Costume
Sonoma County
California

Bronze Clam Sculpture Cold Seep Interactive
The Deep Exhibit
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Bakery Headwear
The Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Walnut Creek, California

Observation Bee Hive
San Jose Children’s Museum
San Jose, California

Live Termite Habitats
Hong Kong Science and Industry Museum
Hong Kong

Telephone Pole Termite Colony
Children’s Discovery Museum
San Jose, California

Ark for Earth Day
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Walnut Creek, California

Orientation Pyramid
Castle Rock State Park
Santa Cruz, California

Display Cabinetry
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Walnut Creek, California

Global Warming Thermometer
Real Goods Solar Living Center
Hopland, California

Moving Sands
Children's Museum
Ithra, Saudi Arabia

CP Design

40555 Sleepy Hollow Road,
Annapolis, California 95412