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.

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So, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. Vacation, traveling, great adventure. I’ve had it all. I thought I would use this weekly opportunity to share some of the stuff the Nugget Factory has in the works. Daniel told you a little about our trip to NYC, and our fab-u-lunch with Shelley Bernstein. We arrived back in Indianapolis Friday night and I will head out on the road tomorrow with Dan Dark to interview Dr. James Steward at the University of Michigan. Why? It’s our little secret…but with a little research I bet you could construct an educated guess.

While in NYC, Daniel and I worked on many projects, and one of them landed us in a meeting with IMA’s own, Lisa Freiman and the artist-duo Type A. You will definitely be seeing more from those guys, and from us, featuring those guys. Keep an eye out for more on that later this spring.

The Nugget Factory: Danny Beyer, Despi Mayes, Daniel Incandela and Dan Dark (left to right)

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