BBM Designs
BBM Designs is a full-stack web development studio founded by Dave Kobrenski.
I specialize in designing and coding custom websites and applications, with a focus on front-end interfaces that delight users and back-end content management solutions that clients love.
Over the past twenty years, my skills have been put to use by large museums around the world, and are collectively used by millions of users each year. From UI design and coding, to data management and server configuration, I rise to any creative challenge.
Recent Work
Below are just a few of the dozens of projects that BBM Designs has worked on in recent years. Many of them are powered by my flagship CMS solution, Doppio CMS.
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
I am pleased to announce that the new hall at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is completely powered by a custom CMS solution that I designed and coded, in partnership with RLMG.
Two years in development, I designed and coded a custom content management system with a user-friendly web interface that allows the Hall of Fame to keep all data, media, images, and related content up-to-date.
The CMS powers 8 interactive touchscreen exhibits, a large-scale LED video wall, and a customizable ticker display for announcements and event information.
Smithsonian Deep Time App
I partnered with RLMG and the Smithsonian to create a mobile application that provides blind and low-vision visitors access to fossils, interactive activities, tactile displays, and videos in the Smithsonian’s Fossil Hall. The app is designed for both iOS and Android devices and uses a phone’s pre-established accessibility settings and screen reader, allowing visitors to explore on their own and go at their own speed.
For this project, I created a custom content management system and coded the application in Angular JS, and deployed the application to the Apple Store and Google Play.
New England Holocaust Memorial
In 2021, I worked with the New England Holocaust Memorial to code a microsite that functions as a guided tour for visitors to the the memorial. I wrote all CSS/HTML/JS code and worked with a team of designers to create an intuitive and modern mobile-first website.
View the site here: tour.nehm.org
Shot Heard Around the World
I worked with the Concord Museum to produce a dynamic, responsive website that displays the timeline of the events that unfolded on April 19, 1775, and that sparked the Revolutionary War.
Working closely with the designers at RLMG, I coded the site from scratch to be intuitive, elegant, and scroll responsive. The website itself draws from the remarkable collection of the Concord Museum, as well as other public and private collections.
National Music Centre of Canada
In their new home at Studio Bell, the Canadian National Music Centre preserves and celebrates Canada’s musical legacy and inspires a new generation of music lovers through education programs, performances, artist incubation and exhibitions.
The visitor experience is powered by a custom content management application I created, that includes a friendly web-interface that allows the museum to keep all content up-to-date.
Canadian Museum of Immigration
Working with the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 as they underwent a transformation from a regional to a national museum, BBM Designs collaborated with RLMG to create a suite of media exhibits to illuminate the immigrant experience.
Panama Biomuseo
Eight galleries and eight “devices of wonder” tell us about the origin of the Panamanian isthmus and its gigantic impact on the planet’s biodiversity.
I worked with RLMG and the museum to create interactive maps and data solutions to power the exhibit.
Smithsonian Human Origins
The What Does It Mean To Be Human website is an interactive, media-rich site that highlights the museum’s exhibits digitized collections.
I worked closely with the Smithsonian’s team of researchers and archaeologists, and partnered with RLMG, to design, code and implement their interactive website.
The California Museum / Sacramento, CA
Health Happens Here is a community health exhibit at The California Museum, that features interactive games and an extensive back-end CMS solution.
The visitor exhibit is powered by my flagship CMS solution, Doppio CMS.
SI National Postal Museum
In September 2013, the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum unveiled its 12,000 square foot William H. Gross Gallery, the world’s largest gallery dedicated to philately.
The visitor exhibit is powered by my flagship CMS solution, Doppio CMS.
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Fueling Unique Ideas
Doppio CMS is my flagship CMS framework. Light, modular, and extensible, Doppio CMS enables me to provide powerful and intuitive content management solutions for clients with unique needs.
With Doppio, I aimed to overcome a problem that many of my clients face: existing CMS solutions are either not flexible enough or are too bloated with “one size fits all” approaches to functionality. That’s where Doppio comes in. Doppio allows me to quickly and easy code and deploy custom applications that fuel unique ideas.
Who uses Doppio? Museums, galleries, government institutions, national parks, private schools, science centers, and more, all around the world.