All Blog Posts Tagged 'WIT' (25)

It’s been a while since our last update and a LOT has happened! First and most importantly, we’ve made our Kickstarter goal! And in just 15 days at that! So far we’ve raised $5,401 dollars and the number keeps rising with two days to go. We couldn’t have done it without our supporters (that means YOU!)…

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Back in March, the students @ WIT who put on the exhibit…

This week at Design Museum Boston's summer studio at WIT, the students presented their progress to the professors, as well as a local professional who is the vice-chair for the IDSA's Boston conference. Jordan Nollman stopped by to see the classes progress as well as assist with the process thus…

This week at WIT, the DMB studio class really kicked into high gear. All of the teams have been progressing by leaps and bounds as deadlines approach fast and get left in the dust as we progress to our final goal of giving the IDSA/IDEA an exhibition they'll never forget. This week saw the…

   This week, in the collaboration with the Design Museum Boston team the students at WIT got a chance to visit an ongoing exhibit, "Getting There" as well as making a lot of headway in producing their own. The class has been working hard on specific workflows to help lay the fundamental…

                 The project officially kicked off this week as the students split up into several different teams that focus on different tasks involved in creating an exhibit, such as exhibit content, graphic design, fund raising and site scouting. Everyone around the studio is very excited about the…

      Design Museum Boston STUDIO @ WIT returns to create an exhibit for this years IDSA conference in Boston, MA. Sam and Derek kicked off the project by introducing the team to some of the Award Winners that will be featured for the IDEA (International Design Excellence Award). The team has begun…

We wanted to let the DMB faithful know that we plan on entering the Retail exhibit in the Core77 Design Awards. Wish us luck, we're coming for that trophy!…

Wentworth launched its Fall 2011 issue of WIT, the school alumni mag that's only published three times a year. This semesters issue highlights Retail, the student collaborated exhibit that stood in the Prudential Center this past August. The article went on to say many great things, "In addition to…

Things are moving fast around here, and the most exciting news of all: we are fully funded through kickstarter.com! Twenty seven days and a whole lot of promoting - we are fully funded! As of this morning we reached $5,111 with 3 days to go, and 87 backers -- so cheers to everyone for your support. Of course we're still accepting donations through kickstarter which include cool promo items such as waters bottles, eco-friendly tote bags, t-shirts, and tickets to our opening reception at…

Sorry for the delay, it’s been a busy week to say the least. The big news to share is that we’re only 1K away from reaching our Kickstarter goal! We can’t say enough how much we appreciate everyone’s help in trying to make our exhibit a reality. Check out our new update on our…

The content development/3D design teams were hard at work Wednesday night creating our exhibit boards.  We started…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…