Tag Archive for exhibit design

Building a High-Resolution Multitouch Wall (Part 1)

For the latest installments see: Building a High-Resolution Multitouch Wall (Part 2), Building a High-Resolution Multitouch Wall (Part 3) , Building a High-Resolution Multitouch Wall (Part 4) and Building a High-Resolution Multitouch Wall (Part 5). (Update 9/7/12: You might want checkout the Presenter Touch Wall, a 65″ multitouch wall built for public spaces.) We’ve just begun work on our most ambitious installation to date: a 7′ round, high-resoultion, multitouch wall. The exhibit is being built for a major North American aquarium…

Introducing Open Exhibits

Introducing Open Exhibits

On September 21st, I announced that we received funding for Open Exhibits from the National Science Foundation.  It is great to be able to announce today, just two months later, that Open…

New Features Added to ExhibitFiles

ExhibitFiles is an NSF-sponsored community site for exhibit designers and developers. Together with Project Directors Wendy Pollock and Kathleen McLean, as well as a dedicated group of advisors, Ideum has helped develop and operate the site. Over the past few years, we’ve seen the community site grow from a couple dozen people to nearly 1,600 members and there are now over 200 member-contributed exhibit case studies and reviews. Last week, we rolled out some new features, including improvements to the Members section,…

ExhibitFiles New “Bits” Feature

The ExhibitFiles Website is a community site for exhibit designers and developers. Almost three years ago now, Ideum worked with the Association of Science -Technology Centers and Independent Exhibitions to help design and develop the site. Created with funding from the National Science Foundation, the purpose of the site is share design practices and provide access to resources that can improve exhibit design. Last week, we launched a new feature called “Bits,” which best described on the ExhibitFiles site itself: A Bit is an…