ARTICLE — An article on considering visitor needs when employing digital technology by Trent Oliver, Principal of Blue Telescope.

ARTICLE — LEDs have proven to be a groundbreaking device in the toolbox of museum exhibition professionals but, like any technological revolution, traditional lighting 101 basics are now outdated and are in need of revision and expansion.

DESIGNER’S VOICE — Like everyone who will read this post, every day I do my best to advocate for the public we serve, the clients we represent, and the profession we are privileged to share. Some days I even get the heady feeling that I have traveled enough miles to have gained some vision.

DESIGNER’S VOICE — All anyone can talk about these days is how the world is shrinking and the universe of communication is expanding. One can’t help wonder if these two countervailing forces will eventually collide and we will all dissolve into a digital cloud – a second cultural Big Bang.

ARTICLE — Man, we lighting designers are in a rough spot. As students, it was beaten into us to focus on visibility, composition, balance, color and movement. We were trained to consume - sustainability was not a part of the equation.

ARTICLE — If you haven’t worked in the museum or visitor attraction industry before, you are what I like to call a “civic entrepreneur” – you are undergoing a massive project (no matter how big or small) that needs careful planning, a creative team, and attention to details you never could have imagined.