Elkan & Levinsohn

Founded in Berlin, Ga. in 1909, the firm specialized  in window display and graphic design. The character Der Plakatshreiber which translates to “The Poster-maker”  was created by them as well as a collection of books, images, typographies and inventions related to the scenic industry.

Today, the firm has been revived by Leopold Levinsohn’s great-grandson, Adam Thabo.

Adam Thabo has been working in exhibition design, fabrication and installation for over 30 years both as Design Director of South Side Design & Building, with Odd Division as lead design engineer and independently as Field Trip Design, LLC. He  specializes in interactive immersive technologies.

Currently, Adam Thabo is also professor of interior architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and professor of Exhibition Design at New York University.

Recent

Contemporary

Projects

Museum of The City of New York

New York at It’s Core, 2017 - Design Engineering / AV

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The Cooper Hewitt Museum

“Casa Desenterrada” by Ronald Rael in “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial” , 2025 - Engineering, fabrication, installation

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BNY 92: Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum

Full museum exhibitry contracting, including build-out and graphic design management, fabrication, installation

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

M Is For Museum
Fabrication / Installation

Wall To Wall Design
Dia: Beacon

Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999 , 2025 Fabrication

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Liberty Science Center

The Dream Machine debuted at New York’s Panorama Festival in 2017, and now has a permanent home at the Liberty Science Center. - Design Development

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David Bowie Residence

Roof terrace decking and furniture fabrication / installation - New York, NY.

Better Homes and Gardens Article
klaus biesenbach residency

Home of PS1 Moma’s head curator - NY Times Article

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Hyatt Hotels

Electro-mechanical photo-booth installation for commercial shoot and public installation in Newport, Ca.

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