National Museum of
Toys and Miniatures
Exhibition Design
2015
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The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures hired West Office Exhibition Design for a complete overhaul and masterplan redesign of their museum. I was tasked with graphic design, illustration, art direction, exhibit development, and fabrication monitoring of the exhibits.
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The donor wall was toy building blocks laser etched with the donor names.
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For these vitrines in the Dolls and Dollhouse exhibit, I illustrated the dollhouses to be cut out in vinyl and placed on the backside of the glass. Giving the impression that the artifacts are displayed in various rooms of dollhouses.
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This interactive is a hand cranked zoetrope. The frame by frame animation I made is of a biplane (a symbolic artifact of the museum) flipping around, dropping the pilot, then catching the pilot as he falls.
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In the Toys from the Attic exhibit we hired an illustrator to give all the vitrines and furniture the impression that they came from a story book. I found, worked with, and art directed the illustrator and also developed custom type for the exhibit entrance sign. The exhibit also won a national award for a local history exhibit.
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This large scale marble game follows the story of a young boy who made it to the National Marble Championship in the early 20th century.
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Throughout the exhibit are small peep holes for visitors to discover hidden artifacts.
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This is the interior of the Toys Inc. Exhibit. It focused on the manufacturing history of toys. It features two interactives and a large scale custom patent accent wall.
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