The solution is a new type of text panel, integrated into the museum’s existing label rail system and color-coordinated with the Halo. These panels place the content directly adjacent to the objects, rather than on a gallery wall some distance away. In the past, this information was often positioned behind the visitor and therefore easily overlooked.

As part of the larger exhibition design, our team also coordinated several large scale special installations, including a large scale mosaic wallcovering (“Peony” by Maharam), a 3D wall paper (“Bloom” by LuzElena Wood and twenty2), and an immersive color changing environment with RGB wallpaper by Carnovsky.

This exhibition was conceived and curated by Susan Brown of the Cooper Hewitt and Jennifer Cohlman-Bracchi of the Smithsonian Libraries. The exhibition design was a collaboration of Field Guide and William Watson of Castro Watson.  Meredith Woolfolk added special expertise on color matching.

All photographs by Sean Hemmerle.