All Blog Posts Tagged 'witstudio' (25)

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

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…

The exhibit came down a couple of weeks ago now (see the photos below) but we had a such a positive response that we're working to move the exhibition to a new location. So, if you didn't get to see it at the Prudential Center you'll have another chance very soon. Stay tuned for updates and until then keep up…

If you haven't had a chance to check out our exhibit at the Prudential you still have two days left! It's set to close on the 25th so head on down to the Huntington Arcade and visit…

For the past 15 weeks you have been following the progress of students at WIT as they designed and developed an exhibit for Design Museum Boston. Well, I am…

A big THANK YOU to all our Kickstarter backers! You are amazing! You've propelled us to successful funding on Kickstarter. We couldn't be more thankful. Our graphics are in the process of being printed, fabrication is almost complete, and the opening…

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…

These days the DMB STUDIO team is busy at work creating some exciting 3D elements for the exhibit. With fabrication, lighting, and lots of space planning to consider, the team has started mocking up what kinds of displays you’ll be seeing at the exhibit. The design teams have also cleverly devised some…

We just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund our next exhibit: Retail: Retell. Recycle. Rethink. We need your help! Please consider backing the project, the exhibit opens this August at the Prudential Center Mall in Boston, MA. We have some…

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…

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…

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…