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Cover Page
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Musical Machines & Living Dolls
by Scott Briggs
Project Manager and Senior Associate, Museum Services
The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection, with,
Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership
New York, NY
(Mar/Apr 2008)
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The Morris Museum (Morristown, NJ), one of the largest cultural institutions in New Jersey, serving more than 200,000 visitors from across the region each year, celebrated two milestones.
Click here to read more.
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Featured Stories
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Enhancing Design Flexibility With Audio/Visual Technology
by Dr. Scott F. Gray
Professor
Pepperdine University. CA
(Feb 2008)
A children's interactive at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, demonstrates how audio can be added to an exhibit colorfully and whimsically. A unique example of audio flexibility, the exhibit plays nursery rhymes forwards and backwards with the switch of a giant lever. Siginal-Innova's FlashAudio 16M was used with its Sight & Sounds controller in this exhibit built by Murphy Catton, Inc.
Photo courtesy of Murphy Catton, Inc.
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Dr. Gray notes that the style of the viewer/listener is important in the audio/visual approach that is used. For example, he posits that there are three types of visitors to a zoo or museum: the streaker, the stroller and the scholar... The streaker, he explained, is interested in the visual and wants to see as much content as possible. It’s the person who moves quickly through a gallery, absorbing as many items as possible. Can you describe which kind of viewers' are attracted to your exhibit?
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The Website Fallacy
by Margit B. Weisgal, CME
Partner
Sextant Communications
Baltimore, MD
(Feb 2008)
Margit B. Weisgal
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Web sites are just one of the many tools you need to use to generate business. The reason it’s called a mix is because you have to use a variety of advertising and promotional media to reach your target audience.
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The 2007 Exhibit Builder Magazine Transportation Survey was mailed to 150 exhibit builders and 100 transportation suppliers, which included exhibit carrier head offices, corporate branch offices, agents, and exhibit transportation consultants. Potential exhibit builder respondents were selected from a variety of sources that comprise a database of approximately 1,500 potential respondents.
The Exhibit Builder Economic Survey is mailed to potential respondents who are selected from a master database. Three-hundred and fifty potential respondents were selected to receive the survey. Over the years, the size of the database has varied from between approximately 750 and 1,500 records. While the selection of individual companies is random, the database itself has been maintained to reflect the national statistical segmentation of the exhibit design and fabrication field.
In traditional museum exhibits, graphic design is relegated to small lines of text on object labels or on information panels and maybe a gallery name sign or two. Click on the picture above to read how Wayne Hunt created a better way to read this important information.
Let Pink help you to imagine an exhibit where center stage is truly at the center of the venue with events
Wayne Nicolette, owner and founder of Xibitz, demonstrates the advantages of the “lighter than air” Helium line of luggage when a case soars to a level just above the 14' high rim – literally on a column of air. Click here to read how he makes his luggage lighter then all the rest.
Approximately two million visitors, from around the world, each year, visit The Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago (MSI). Since it is the oldest museum in the Western hemisphere, dedicated to science, it was a natural for the museum to create an entirely new exhibition dedicated to the incredible inventions and genius of Leonardo Da Vinci. Click here to read how David Woody and Kevin Snow created an incredible setting for Leonardo Da Vinci’s astounding creations.
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Museum News
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Feeling Green About Museum Exhibits
by Dr. Scott F. Gray
Professor
Pepperdine University. CA
(Mar/Apr 2008)
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Can your exhibit be considered Environmentally Green?
Green Floors of Fairfax, VA, has 10 criteria that make its flooring materials "Green" – and they don’t all relate to materials and how they are manufactured, used or reused, or even what they are comprised of. Click here to read what Green Floors considers a Green Exhibit.
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How to preserve the valuable artifacts in our museums. If we don't follow the meusem's Hippocratic Oath, many of our great works of art will be lost due to light, temperature and other damaging environmental conditions. Read here to learn how to save our priceless treasures.
Classified Ads
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Business Development
Design and Production
59-year old Northern VA custom museum exhibit Fabrication Company is seeking a qualified Business Development candidate experienced in large-scale museum, visitor centers and/or corporate environments. Bachelor's degree or equivalent, ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments, excellent written and verbal communication skills, proficiency in MS-Office suite, and the ability to work in a team environment are required. Your attention to detail and an insistence on success will help to earn your opportunity to work with the industry's best, as you craft this important and influential position. Full benefits, including medical & 401/k. Salary commensurate with effectiveness.
Requirements
Please email resume with cover letter, including salary requirement to:
careers@d-and-p.com
or
Fax to (703) 339-0296.
Please call (703) 550-6942 for any additional information.
EOE
Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidate.
www.d-and-p.com
Patty Wysocki
Human Resources
D&P
7110 Rainwater Place
Lorton, VA 22079-1521
(703) 550-8640
03-24-08
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WENTWORTH RECRUITING
Senior Project Manager – Senior Project Engineer
Carlson & Co.
February 5, 2008
Specifications
The Situation
"Carlson & Co. is…the eminent art fabrication and engineering company that has extended – even exploded beyond recognition – the legacy of industrial fabrication in postwar art." (Artforum International, October 2007)
Carlson provides specialized technical services for artists, architects, and other creative professionals. Areas of expertise include digital design development, engineering, fabrication, and project management. Clients include internationally known contemporary artists Jeff Koons, Charles Ray, and Ellsworth Kelly, among many others.
The Position
Carlson Project Managers oversee all aspects of engineering and fabrication of large-scale, technically challenging projects and enjoy opportunities to employ or develop knowledge of many fabrication methods and materials. Commonly employed processes include 3D data capture, digital modeling, rapid-prototyping, CNC machining, molding, metal casting, welding, lamination of composite materials, and rotational molding.
They are involved with R&D, estimating, contracting, sub-contracting, design development, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation, as well as oversight and management of in-house staff and consultants (FEA, structural, mechanical, control systems, etc.). The close monitoring and control of project budgets, schedules, and risks are of paramount importance.
The Company
Carlson & Co. was founded by Peter Carlson in 1971. The company is located in the Los Angeles area and employs approximately 85 people.
Recent projects include the engineering and fabrication of Big Sweep, a 32' sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, installed at the Denver Art Museum; and a feasibility study for Train, a 160' sculpture by Jeff Koons that consists of an operating, full-size steam locomotive suspended in mid-air from the boom of a large German construction crane. Carlson & Co. also engineered and fabricated the prismatic stainless steel cladding system used in the construction of Helios House for energy supplier BP and Boston design firm Office DA.
Please visit Train by Jeff Koons, Helios House, More About Helios House and, for two articles about Carlson & Co.’s role as a fabricator, Artforum Articles.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is someone who wants to, and can, deliver at an extraordinary level of excellence all that is described in this document.
An interest in art, architecture, or industrial design is beneficial. Strong leadership, project management, and technical skills are essential. Strong people skills are indispensable to working successfully with clients, management, staff and vendors.
The Opportunity
The successful candidate will lead the engineering and fabrication of projects to join the company's portfolio of already completed work located across North America, Europe, and Asia. Projects are unique and often require advanced or newly emergent technologies. In addition, the scale and complexity of projects has increased steadily during recent years.
The Compensation
Carlson is looking for exceptional individuals and expects to compensate accordingly.
If you know someone who might be interested, please call, or ask them to call.
Judy Shirley
Wentworth Recruiting
479 West Sixth Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
(310) 732-2351
judyshirley@wentco.com
03-20-08
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PROJECT MANAGER
We have an opening for an individual with moderate experience in guiding and implementing projects from approved concept to completion. Trade show exhibit fabrication experience is required; millwork, construction, theatrical production or associated background will be valuable. This position involves in-house estimating, procurement and construction coordination. The position requires excellent time management and interpersonal skills. Experience with MS Office products is required and knowledge in AutoCad is a plus. On-time delivery, high quality and assignment ownership is essential. Environment is very fast-paced, fun, dynamic and requires a team player.
Impact Unlimited, Inc.
250 Ridge Road, P.O. Box 558
Dayton, NJ 08810
E-Mail: hr@impactunlimited.com
EOE
02-20-08
Business Trends
New Options/Creative Solutions in Exhibit Flooring
by David Walens
President
Brumark
Marietta, GA
Today’s exhibit designer has more options than ever before. Click here to read why.
Exhibit Transportation
Survey - The Results
by Dr. Scott F. Gray
Professor
Pepperdine University. CA
The 2004 Exhibit Builder Magazine Transportation Survey was mailed to 150 exhibit builders and 100 transportation suppliers.
Click here to read the results...
Exhibit Economic Survey - The Results
by Dr. Scott F. Gray
Professor
Pepperdine University. CA
Exhibit builders have reached a point when, more than ever, they have to find new ways of doing business to remain competitive.
Click here to read why...
Intelligent Business Alliances - A new look in a new book
An emerging business trend is the making of alliances, as suggested in Larraine Segil's new book,
Intelligent Business Alliances (Time Press).
(We have seen these "alliances" recently within our own industry, only they had been called "mergers and acquisitions"!) In her book, Larraine's predictions for 2000 and beyond are:
more...
Trade Shows
Exhibitor Show
March 10-12, 2008
Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
American Association of Museums
Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™2008
April 27 - May 1, 2008
Coloardo Convention Center
Denver, CO
TS-2
July 28-31, 2008
Philadelphia Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
ETS-LDI
November 16-18, 2008
Orlando Convention Center
Orlando, FL
EDPA AC&SS
December 3-5, 2008
Doral Golf Resort and Spa
Miami, FL
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Exhibit Builder 2008 Media Fact Folder