image credit: Ethan Labowitz Design/Build is a trend that I'm seeing more and more in the environmental graphics work that I do. Clients are increasingly looking for the turn-key approach that can provide them with a full-service solution from design through to installation. I understand the motivation from the client's perspective -- they only have… Continue reading>
I'm taking the week off from just about everything, but thought I'd offer up something from the archives that you might enjoy if you missed it the first time around -- Lessons From the Library It's a post about the difference between searching and browsing, and what we've gained and lost as search becomes ever… Continue reading>
If there's one thing that's guaranteed to elicit a sharp intake of breath by a museum curator or conservator, it's the idea of having visitors handle artifacts. We're used to seeing objects in museums either out of reach and from a distance or safely ensconced in cases. It's an unfortunate necessity, this barrier between the… Continue reading>
A collection of follow-ups and links to some stories and developments that I found interesting or important in the past week, that I think you’ll find worth reading about too. Computers as Museum Interactives Ed Rodley has done a couple of very interesting posts here and here at his Thinking About Exhibits blog on computers… Continue reading>
A collection of follow-ups and links to stories and developments that I found interesting or important in the past week, that I think you’ll find worth reading about too. Google Maps Goes Indoors There was an interesting announcement from Google this week about the roll-out of a new variant of their Google Maps technology. It… Continue reading>
My previous post on the effect of GPS navigation on wayfinding in public spaces got me thinking a bit more widely about this whole GPS & Smartphone-fueled revolution in information consumption that we find ourselves in. Right up front I'm going to confess to being a very committed iphone user. Like a lot of people,… Continue reading>
It's no secret that there's been a rapid deployment of ever more screens and displays in public places recently. They're popping up everywhere, a lot for DOOH advertising and plenty for public information displays and kiosks of various types. It feels like there is a lot of band-wagon jumping going on, and that it's time… Continue reading>
I continue to be very excited about the possibilities for using Apple's iPads in public spaces for exhibits, interpretation and wayfinding. I've written about this in the past, but I thought I'd share a really interesting enclosure designed specially for public environments that recently came to my attention via Tuaw.com. nClosures is producing an iPad… Continue reading>