This was their opening sign, which I did really like as the inside of the "O" moved so it looked like it was spinning. I felt it grabbed the visitors attention because of it's placement within the exhibit. It wasn't directly in the front, but more in the middle of the exhibit which allowed for the visitor to immerse into the room.
This signage really got my attention just because of how small the font was. It was a really cool exhibit, but it was hard to want to read a lot about it as the font size was small and there was a lot of text. I felt that the creator of the exhibit could have just created a little blurb about what was happening.
Lastly, in the design lab most of it was APE and hands on which didn't require a ton of signage, which was why I did like these signs. I thought the abstract viewpoint was interesting and it was different from any other signs I had seen in a musuem.
I could tell from your captions this time that you're becoming a more critical (in a good way) reader of museum signage. I agree that the sensor robot-y exhibit sign was too wordy, and that the "spin the wheel" exhibit wasn't wordy enough. I wonder if some of the signage was under development? We can ask Jill when she comes in to see your final work on Thursday (if you're comfortable with that.) If there are good reasons for the different amounts of text, I'd like to know what they are. I bet you would, too.
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