Rickey is an award winning artist, designer, fabricator, experience maker, and higher-ed instructor, combining nearly 20 years of creative experience, spanning multiple disciplines from art to architecture.His most recent endeavor, in conjunction with his partners, is the development of their new location-based immersive entertainment concept, Department of Wonder. As Head of Fabrication, his role is multifaceted and primarily focused on leading the design and fabrication efforts of the built environment, including overall technical planning and coordination, as well as design and development of one-off interactive activations (animatronics, micro-controller based triggered experiences, et al). In the short few months since its opening in October of 2022, Department of Wonder has already been recognized on a world stage through a diversity of publications, and most significantly by receiving first place in the Blooloop Innovation Awards for the category of Storytelling.