I had the pleasure of taking Katie Meaney's excellent exhibition design studio as my last. I learned so much, and made so much. We chose books from D.H. Hill library (the main collection on campus) that piqued our interest. Some we thought should be treated as rare (many were quite old) and entered into "Special Collections", others were quirky, and some just beautiful.
From these books we created a kit of parts, collecting images of the books (glamour shots) and mutated images from which to design. We designed giant banners, posters, labeling systems, display cases and supplementary materials (many books, a blog, case explorations, invitations, posters, comprehensive exhibition-wide labeling, and more). The semester concluded with an exhibition (The Book is Dead! Long Live the Book in the Allred Gallery in Kamphoefner) that really was quite stunning. It was a great mix of individual and team work, with truly fantastic results. My classmates were amazing!
I really hope to continue in exhibition design. My post at the NCMOH is very much just graphic design, but I hope, as time goes on, to be able to integrate these interests and departments. I loved mixing shop work (ooh, power tools, oh, laser cutter!) with laptop time, thinking about the intimate (a handheld book) as well as the 3d and spatial needs.
Image above stolen from Meg O'Brien. I don't think she'll mind =)
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