Is it working?: The Best in Exhibition Design

Title	The best in exhibition design 2nd, 7th, 8th ed
Published	Washington, D.C. : RC Publications, c1977-

Victorian Boston

Client: Boston 200

Design firm: Carlos Ramirez and Albert H. Woods, Inc., New York

Designers: Carlos Ramirez and Albert H. Woods

Fabricator: Richard F. Ryan Co., Inc.

Consultants: Donald L. Bliss (architectural lighting); Admore, Inc.

One of three exhibitions showcasing life, society, and culture in Boston and the 18th, 19th, and 20th century forces that shaped the city.

Human Variety

Client: American Museum of Natural History

Design firm: Lopez Salpeter, Inc., New York

Designers: Bob Salpeter, Dick Lopez, Madeline Silverman, Bob Blechman, Bob Colton

Fabricator: Lynch Industries

Five-sided pylons revolve at different speeds, every two minutes or so the correct portions line up.

Draws visitors into the exhibit.

Fifty Books of the Year

Client: American Institute of Graphic Arts

Design firm/fabricator: Carlos Ramirez and Albert H. Woods, Inc., New York

Designer: Carlos Ramirez

American Freedom Train

Client: The American Freedom Train Foundation

Design Firm: Barry Howard and Associates, Inc., Scarsdale, NY

Designers: Barry Howard, Emelie Howarrd, John Moy, Frank De Santo, Fred George, Alex Sarris, Ronald Petruschka, Gary Bowers, Don Neubauer, Robert Tidemann, Norman Chin, Tom Fung, Masood Safai, Jabit Rarenhala Schiffman

Fabricators: General Exhibits, Inc.; GRS & W, Pittsburgh; Design and Production, Inc.; Today's Displays; By-Word, Inc.

Consultants: Dr Milton M. Klein, Oliver Jensen

This is really cool.

The exhibition is ten carriages of exhibits pulled across the country by a steam locomotive.

Here is the freedom train website, if you would like to see images of the outside.

limited space, huge vague subject matter ("the essence of the American experience from 1776 to 1976"), the carriages treated like chapters. Visitors went through on a moving walkway, the whole viewing experience taking 20minutes.

Signs of Life

Client: The Renwick Gallery, The National Collection of Fina Arts, Smithsonian Institution

Design firm: Venturi & Rauch, Philadelphia

Designers: Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown, Missy Maxwell, Janet Scheuren

Consultants: John Baeder, Stephen Shore (photography); Decorative Products (murals); Cibachrome (prints and transparencies)

Shinjuku--The Phenomenal City

Sponsoring Organisation: Toyota Motor Sales of America

Design firm: Peter L. Gluck, Architect, New York

Designers: Peter L. Gluck, Henry Smith, Koji Taki

Consultants: Yale University School of Architecture; Columbia University School of Architecture and Planning.

Weyerhaeuser Forestry Exhibit

Client: Weyerhaeuser Co.

Design firm: David Strong, Joe Maricich, Gary LaComa, Marc Brown, Warren Peel

Client staff designers: Marchall Johnson, Tom Mighell

Fabricators: Exhibit Group; Rauda Scale Models; Kaye-Smith/van Ackeren; Tube-Art Displays; Aimex

5. 'perhaps exhibits of all types were being too strongly influenced by marketing.'

'To be successful, an exhibit must fill three dimensions pleasingly, meaningfully and fully...'

Client: Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative

Design firm: Exhibits Dept., Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, OH

Designers: Chuck O'Connor (executive vice-president for exhibits and planning), Glen Gilbert, Matt Rothan

Consultants: 36-member Advisory Committee

Fabricators: COSI; Boss Display Fixtures; Chroma Studios; Wolf Metals; Mid Ohio Screen Print; Morrison Sign; Jerry Gibson

Gymnasium, standing figures

Client: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (NYC)

Design firm: Greenboam & Casey Associates, New York, NY, with Daniel T. Casey, architect

Designers: Robert Greenboam, Thomas Casey, Stephanie Fields, Michael Gibson, James Ho

Consultants: Andrew Dolkart (architectural historian), Robert Moulthrop (communications consultant)

Project coordinator: Charlotte Guarino (communication consultant)

Fabricators: D. F. P. Construction (enclosure); Graphics Signage Systems (signing and graphics); APF Framing (framing, pedestals, and cases); Characters, Inc. (typesetting); George Barnaik (installation); Rik Shaw Associates (photo enlargements)

Unable to use the walls of the foyer due to risk of marking, erected. Designers bolted wide sheet rock walls to the ceiling and used these to display works instead.

Exhibit marked the 75th year of the company in the building, which was the tallest occupied building when it was built and used innovative building techniques.

Pedestals to stop visitors from getting too close.

Flat items mounted on display board which was mounted on plywood and framed in aluminium.

Lighting from ceiling mounted light grid.

Client: California Afro-American Museum (LA)

Sponsors: Olympic Arts Feastival, Thrifty Corp, Adidas, Fenor Corp., Atlantic Richfield Corp., Los Angeles Dodgers, Luella Morey Murphy Foundation

Design Firm: LAX Studios, Laguna Beach, CA

Designers: Dextra Frankel, Thomas Hartman

Consultants: David Inocencio and Minette Siegel (slide-sound production); Patrick Griffin (video and sound)

Fabricators: Arden Lichty (photomurals); Bob Olsen (photomurals); Sal Vallone (photomurals); Wavell-Huber Wood Products; James Volbert (coordinator); Tom Moore (construction foreman); construction and installation by a crew of artists, students and independent contractors.

Client: New York Landmarks Conservancy

Design firm: Works, New York, NY

Designers: Keith Godard (partner-in-charge), Janet Giampietro

Curator: Deborah Nevins

Fabricator: Gary Faro

The Palace of Commerce: U.S. Custom House

exhibit in front of custom house in miniature of the building itself.

Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838--1842.

Client: Office of Special Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)

Sponsors: Smithsonian Institution; ARCO

Design firm: Miles Fridberg Molinaroli, Inc., Washington DC

Designers: Richard Molinaroli (principal), Ellen Eder (graphics)

Consultants (NMNH): Dr. Herman Viola (chief curator); Carolyn Margolis (project manager); Jane Walsh (anthropology collections liason)

Fabricator: Design and Production

The Art of Polish Posters

Client: University of Hawaii Art Gallery (Honolulu)

Designer: Tom Klobe (gallery director)

Consultants: Karen Thompson (associate art director, researcher); students: Thomas Tsuhako (graphics and announcement designer), Sharon Tasaka (gallery management assistant), Jeanne Wiig (colour and design)

Fabricators: Student gallery assistants: Scott Katano, Malia Van Heukelem, Carla Tam, Robert Shintani, Florencio Paraon, Velma Yamashita, Monica Bacon; student volunteers: Wayne Kawamoto, Lisa Yoshihara and class members of Art 360 (Exhibition Design and Gallery Management)