June 2011 Blog Posts (16)

Now that the location is finalized the 3D design team can get to work. With both a digital and physical model of the space we began brainstorming ideas about flow and display design. Also now that each group is well on their way with the tasks at hand, we got together as a team to inform eachother…

Prudential Center, Boston MA. Need I say more? We’re all extremely excited to announce that our exhibit in the making “Retail: Retell, Recycle, Rethink.” will be located in the Prudential Center right outside of the Barnes & Noble. Could there be a better spot to display an exhibit about "what you…

Yesterday I attended the InSource Boston Regional Roundtable hosted in Continuums beautiful Brick Walls conference room. InSource is a nation-wide organization…

This class meeting was entertaining to say the least. We filmed for our fundraising video and put our skills in front of and behind the camera to the test. It was a great success. Now for a bit of editing and the video will be ready for our kickstarter page. Things are really coming together, although we still have so much to do; we are staying on point with our deadlines. During our filming session we got some great news regarding the location of the exhibit. Which we will let everyone know…

Our team is inches away from locking in the location for our exhibit "Retail: retell. recycle. rethink".  This place is perfect in all regards and would be an awesome location to make this exhibit shine.  More details to follow!

The Kickstarter campaign is still in the works…

Now that we've got a good trajectory set, we've got to fill in the blanks. First and foremost, last Studio class was geared towards preparing our fundraising. Arguably, this is the most important thing in the development stages, because without funding, we won't be able to put the rest into motion.…

Design Museum Boston Studio @WIT has made some critical advances!  The Branding Team has undoubtedly struck gold; as they introduced to us the much-anticipated brand identity we’ll be rocking for the future exhibit, setting the bar and (our spirits) beyond high.  Nearly…

UPDATE: You can see some more great photos from the night by Ben Gebo here.

On Thursday night Continuum and Design Museum Boston were…

Now that we've got a name, a solid foundation has been laid. Last class, the content development moved forward to establish a high-level outline that can assist the rest of the groups with their tasks. First up, it was the Graphics Team's job to being ideating on some potential logos and our brand…

After having a field trip and classes off for Memorial Day it was time to group up and get back into it. During our off time each of us went out and documented some current exhibits around Boston. The goal was to see what they did right, and what they did wrong. We saw a huge range of exhibits from big to…

Last week I mentioned Hong Kong would hold it's annual weekend Art Fair and excitement for galleries worldwide to be showing pieces at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. I was utterly impressed…

There where no classes on Memorial Day but we won't leave you hanging, as promised here is a short video on our Creative Capital tour. We hope you enjoy it and definitely come back check out designingamuseum.org for more weekly…

The guys at PRAUD have been hard at work and have come up with some pretty nifty ideas for Design Museum Boston's mobile exhibition/store/storage/whatever we need it to be pavilion and we want to know what you think. Check them out after the…