Designs – Finding the Physical form This is the fourth article in a series about designing and building the Museum of Internal Auditing in eight months. The previous article covered our design kickoff meeting and how it helped refine our narrative. This article explores our design process and how we started defining the physical space. Design is a process and …
Building a Museum in Eight Months – Part 3
Design Kickoff Meeting – Putting our assumptions to the test and finding the right voice for the story This is the third article in a series about designing and building the Museum of Internal Auditing in eight months. The previous article explains how and why we developed an Exhibit Plan for the museum. This article is about how we started the design …
Building a Museum in Eight Months – Part 2
First Step – Putting together an exhibit plan The previous article in this series explores why this museum was important and why we wanted to help make it happen. This article is about how we started making it a reality. Research, writing, editing, scheduling, budgeting, more writing, and more editing. It is that simple. We were hired by the Institute of …
Write the Story
When I sit with clients for the first time to discuss their exhibits, they frequently begin the conversation by talking about different ways they want to tell their story even though they aren’t yet totally clear on what that story is. Sure, they know the subject and some of the plot points, but it is not yet a story. It …
Takers to Givers
Takers to Givers Shifting Imagery to build community leaders Takers to Givers is the first in a series of articles about the groundbreaking work we are doing for the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast. We Started with Pirates When we first talked to the leadership at the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast, we knew that we had some …
The Voice of the Arts
Who is the voice of the arts in your town? After graduating college, I went to work at a commercial classical radio station in Houston Texas. The call letters were KRTS and we advertised that we were the voice of the arts in Houston. It wasn’t just advertisement, we worked really hard to give the arts community a platform to …
Studio Makeover – What we changed and Why
When you are at your most creative and productive, how do you work? What sort of environment would help you stay inspired? How do you keep a work environment fresh and inviting? We asked ourselves these questions when we decided to renovate our design studio. The Problem Our Design Studio had evolved over the years into a space that worked …
Lessons from a lemon tree
From the Desk of Marilee Not long ago I cut down my lemon tree. Believe it or not, it was a big event. I had been waffling about removing the tree for nearly 18 months. It was obviously not healthy, but I held out hope for a return to its fruitful glory. I watered. I fertilized. I tended. And, I …
No Capes Required
From the desk of Marilee Emerson, Client Navigator I snapped this picture when I was in Asheville. I had arrived on the evening of last day of Belle Chere, a local music festival. While I did not participate in the festival, I did observe a remnant of the event. Like Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs, I saw several chalk-scrawled messages …
Well Traveled Exhibit
A Little Inspiration from the World Rock and Roll In the museum-exhibits business, solutions are often discovered in usual places. Rock and Roll was the inspiration for how to protect one of our traveling exhibits, although the exhibit had nothing to do with music. Diverse backgrounds can lead to diverse solutions, and that’s exactly what happened when we set out …