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Where imagination takes shape.

Curio Dynamo is an experiential design studio in Portland, Oregon, building immersive, spatial, and interactive experiences across physical and digital space.

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We build worlds you can step into.

Curio Dynamo is an experiential design studio in Portland, Oregon. We design immersive, spatial, and interactive experiences — across physical and digital, real and otherwise. Keep scrolling to come inside.

What we do

Immersive & Spatial

  • Extended reality (VR / AR)
  • Physical installations
  • Projection mapping

3D & Motion

  • Modeling
  • Animation
  • Art direction

2D & Graphic

  • Illustration
  • 2D animation
  • Graphic design

Interactive & Build

  • Websites
  • Apps
  • Games

Who we are

Curio Dynamo is an adaptive creative collective. For every project we assemble a different mix of artists, technologists, makers, and storytellers, shaped to fit the work.

3D artists, animators, designers, engineers, sound designers, game-makers, and more.

Heather Dunaway Smith is the Founder and Creative Director of Curio Dynamo, an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and storyteller who builds immersive experiences that connect people to the world and to one another. A former Adobe AR Art Resident, she has exhibited internationally and led creative work for clients including Adobe, Snap, Coachella, Meta, Nickelodeon, Target, and many more.
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