Discovering Nature’s Designs: A Biomimicry Interactive Exhibit at Museon-Omniversum

We humans have drastically changed the world in the last few centuries. We have upset the balance of nature. Humanity is forgetting that we are part of nature and dependent on the earth's resources. Our take-make-dispose mindset needs to change. <br/><br/>Biomimicry may be a solution. It is a relatively new movement, a philosophy, that looks to...

Post-museum: the story about multiple attitudes: The museum of contemporary art in the city of Antwerp

M HKA institution has its roots in the avant-garde, bottom-up initiatives of artists who were escaping the rigidness of institutions and sought for alternative spaces to practice art. There is a fundamental contradiction between what M HKA’s history is and what future it wants. Therefore, I decided to take over the building that exists on the...

Pedalling towards sustainable urban mobility: design of an interactive exhibit to inspire visitor's attitude transformation

Environmentalists recently attracted a lot of international attention with controversial actions, including throwing food against famous paintings in art museums. Which is worth more, art or life? The fragility of art is similar to the fragility of the earth itself. But as quickly as the bunch of climate activists appeared in all the newspapers,...

Queer Scenographies: From the 'Obscene' to Care and Repair

A critical discussion of contemporary exhibition design in relation to diversity and inclusion policies of museums and heritage institutions, as part of the NWO sponsored Smart Culture project: The Critical Visitor, Intersectional Approaches for Rethinking &amp; Retooling Accessibility and Inclusivity in Heritage Spaces.

MoMove Modern Movement and Industrial Heritage: Contributions to the Docomomo virtual exhibition - momove

MoMove Modern Movement and Infrastructure: Contributions to the Docomomo virtual exhibition - momove

Authenticity and meaningful futures for museums: the role of 3D printing

This article uses the COVID –19 crisis to re –evaluate the importance of reproductions – 3D prints – for art’s authenticity, and their significance in keeping art museums meaningful in a rapidly changing world. The fixation on ‘auratic experiences’, inherent to artworks’ materiality is integral to contemporary art theory and museum practice,...

Changing the concept. A toolkit for exhibition designers who want to create new, sustainable and visitor-focused exhibitions.

Ever since the first time that the term sustainable development has been used, the attention to approach design with the environment in mind has been growing and several sustainable design strategies have been developed. However, museums do not seem to follow these developments, especially when it comes to the design of (temporary) exhibitions....

Context-driven Interactive Exhibition Design; a practical application for the Vermeer Centre Delft

A design for a new interactive exhibition for the Vermeer centre in Delft. The design was approached based on context analysis done by the ViP approach. The report describes the analysis, the resulting product and analyses how well the final result fit the design visions that were formulated based on the context analysis.