It’s hard to follow some of our recent posts – especially some very well written pieces by Jenny and Kate. But I must, and today the focus is European Design. It’s shaping up to be a pretty decent weekend in Indianapolis. Around the IMA, lots of us are preparing for the arrival of all-star designers, scholars, designophiles, students, playas, and many more. European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century kicks off tonight with the opening party. Tomorrow and Saturday will be dedicated to the European Design Symposium – a collection of speakers ranging from Alberto Alessi, IMA’s own R. Craig Miller, matali crassat, Jerszy Seymour and lots more. And of course there is the exhibition itself – 250 works of incredible, daring, surreal, beautiful design. And this is all happening in Indianapolis!!!!
May I present to you – The Davis LAB & ArtBabble
Drum roll please. After months of planning, coding, designing, critiquing, laughter, inappropriate laughter, sweat, blood, encoding, decisions, indecisions, mistakes, moments of ctrl-alt-del, late nights, early mornings, epiphanies, and many other things, I am pleased to announce both The Davis LAB, and officially ArtBabble. To quote the artist, Willis ‘Bing’ Davis – It’s been a whole journey of love.
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about plans for The Davis LAB, and shared some early design concepts. Well, on Saturday it opens and you can see it for yourself. Phil & Noelle in marketing, just sent out a Facebook invite to all of the IMA Fans. If you’re free on Saturday, stop by our new space to meet staff, check out the final designs, maybe get some free stuff and…that’s about it.
Computer interface for The Davis LAB -We have some amazing designers on staff.
Escape in Your Pajamas: Get Thee to The Toby
There are actually more than 10 reasons to visit
What, you haven’t been to the IMA’s new Tobias Theater yet? Consider this your personal invitation…along with ten good reasons to get thee to The Toby to catch a film in the next two weeks:
1. To be surprised: Little Fugitive, a black-and-white beauty made in 1953, is probably a film you’ve never heard of. Let that be a good thing. This 80-minute indie gem is about a boy who runs away to Coney Island. Think of it as Leave It To Beaver infused with art, subtlety, and cinematography to die for. Sneak away and see it at The Toby Tuesday, December 30.
2. The sound rocks: As the museum’s senior AV technician, sound hound Chris Cruz made sure the sound system in The Toby is top notch. Three refrigerator-sized speakers lurk behind the movie screen to give you blasts of aural delight.
Placing digital into the physical
New Media, Developers, our IT staff, members of the Design Studio, and Marketing are currently working on a new space in the museum. It’s an area that in the past has experimented with visitor-focused technology. Some of these projects have included an interactive approach to exploring highlights of IMA’s collection, a chance to interact with Asian objects in a dream-like, 3-D environment, and the opportunity to explore the Roman Forum, virtually of course.
The X Room, shortly after the IMA reopened in 2005
2009 will bring a new approach to this tech environment, that I hope encourages our museum visitors to talk back to us.
My kind of crazy…
That sums it up. You can always tell how stressed out I am by how messy my desk is. To the untrained eye my desk might look pretty neat. But only I know that I have stuffed papers that ought to be filed into that little tray and I have five new projects with documents waiting for a file folder. (So maybe I am a little crazy with the organization…I think it keeps us all together in the long run.)
Check out this photo on Flickr to see a diagram of my crazy.
This is a super-busy time for the Nugget Factory and it just sort of happened. For a couple of days last week, Daniel was out of the office with Dan shooting some video in San Francisco for the upcoming show, Power and Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty. I found myself sitting at my desk, working at a normal pace…and bored out of my mind. Two days later, with the full factory back in action, things sort of erupted, with new tasks flying in at every angle. I guess I prefer it that way…Check out this selection of stuff we have coming soon: Read the rest of this entry »
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