Indian Hill Exempted Village School District is located on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio. Despite being less than 20 miles from downtown and surrounded by suburban developments, the village has a rural feel, filled with rolling hills, elegant estates, horse paths, and wooded parks.

Featuring nature motifs would be a design detail that our team and the school district agreed on early in the planning phase. Color, texture, and materials would all play a role in depicting a serene nature-filled atmosphere that plays off the Village of Indian Hill.

Our Graphics Department worked extensively with leadership, students, and locals to understand their educational philosophy and goals to effectively implement these into their physical spaces. Featuring nature motifs would be a design detail that MSA and the school district agreed on early in the planning phase. Color, texture, and materials would all play a role in depicting a serene nature-inspired atmosphere that plays off the surrounding Village of Indian Hill. The environmental graphics throughout the schools were intentionally crafted to evolve with the students as they grow through the various learning spaces. Playful yet appropriate graphics can be seen throughout the elementary school for students to engage with, and these graphics mature as the student ages into the different school buildings.

The Elementary School hosts grades 3-5 and underwent a new addition to their existing school building to make updates to support the school districts goals.

Additionally, each school had custom, age-appropriate graphics that contribute to the education of the student. Our graphic designers worked with school staff to determine what could be featured in our graphic murals that could play a role in their teaching curriculum. Water, earth, and sky were a common theme in the environmental graphics throughout all the Indian Hill Schools.

It was pivotal for our internal teams to collaborate to provide the client with exceptional design solutions for their students and staff. To compliment the interiors use of wood, natural tones of greens and blues, and organic shapes, our Graphics Department continued the natural scheme by designing murals and signage that unified this theme with key aspects of the Indian Hill brand and identity.

Much of the school district’s goals in the renovation projects of their schools centered around offering more STEM resources to their students at all ages. In all the STEM spaces of the schools, our team thought it was only fitting to focus on the “sky” theme as science and engineering are critical in space travel and exploration.

The new STEM lab features a collapsable glass wall that can open into the student commons. Specially designed glass graphics were applied to surfaces with the Indian Hill logo and visual patterns relating to STEM. The STEM Lab also features a massive mural with abstract patterning and Pi tastefully incorporated in the design.