Design Your Space

  • Envisioning an American Space

    This full color resource provides public diplomacy staff, the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, institutional partners or anyone tasked with identifying an effective physical venue for public diplomacy with suggestions and considerations for assessing suitability as an American Space. The resource explores options for spaces of different sizes and identifies important facility, design, and programming capability considerations. (PDF 6 MB)

  • American Spaces Logos

    Here is a folder with official American Spaces logos in various formats and colors.

  • American Spaces Color Palette

    (PDF 893 kb)

  • Top 10 Design Tips

    (PDF 2 MB)

  • Graphics
  • Design Examples

    (PDF 1 MB)

  • Idea Book 2.0

    This detailed full-color guide is a branding and design resource for American Spaces. It provides recommendations for space design, furniture and finish selections, graphics, and more to support a variety of programmatic goals and facilitate visitor engagement. Please note that this is a historical document, last updated in 2016, and many products and other details have changed.