Museum Planning » Exhibition Designer http://museumplanner.org A blog of museum planning by an experienced exhibition designer Tue, 08 May 2012 05:47:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The 3/6/9/12 Rule http://museumplanner.org/the-36912-rule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-36912-rule http://museumplanner.org/the-36912-rule/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:08:46 +0000 Mark Walhimer http://museumplanner.org/?p=505 Great guideline from the Association of Children’s Museums 2010 Interactivity panel “The Changing Face of Technology in Children’s Museums”.

The 3/6/9/12 rule:

No computer screens before age 3, no internet before age 6, no electronic gaming until age 9 and no unsupervised internet before age 12.

]]> http://museumplanner.org/the-36912-rule/feed/ 0 Why Would Anyone Hire a Designer? http://museumplanner.org/why-would-anyone-hire-a-designer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-would-anyone-hire-a-designer http://museumplanner.org/why-would-anyone-hire-a-designer/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:06:00 +0000 Mark Walhimer http://museumplanner.org/why-would-anyone-hire-a-designer/ Almost all of my favorite projects didn’t have design help.

City Museum
Mutter
Exploratorium

The places grew out of a passion to create. No one can design that, it happens. You can create a culture and an environment that fosters creativity, exploration and discovery, but you can’t design it.

]]> http://museumplanner.org/why-would-anyone-hire-a-designer/feed/ 0