The MIT Museum: Exhibition Design
The MIT150 Exhibition in Cambridge showcased 150 objects and events from the institute’s long influential history. The range of objects offered a fresh, intimate view into MIT and demonstrated the interwoven nature of its campus and programs. The broad collection was organized into 10 themes distinguished by a system of color and typographic treatments. The identity was designed to convey the inventive spirit of MIT and its historic significance.
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Exhibition Design Process
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Space-planning infographic
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MIT 150 Exhibition scale model (1/4" = 1')
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Exhibition banners, signs, and display cases
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Digital space planning using Adobe Illustrator and Sketch-Up
(All work pictured with the permission of Malcolm Grear Designers)
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Role Space planner & Designer
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For Malcolm Grear Designers, The MIT Museum
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Date January 2011
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Type Graphic Design, Exhibition Design
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Installation Orion RED
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Curator Deborah Douglas
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Senior Designer Tim Tait
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CD & Logo Design Malcolm Grear
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Production Joel Grear
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