An article in today’s Los Angeles Times explores the fresh approach to displaying and understanding dinosaurs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Evidence Design’s approach leverages the museum’s wonderful collection by bringing daylight into a once dark hall, linking previously discreet galleries and carefully planning the design of the specimen layout and platforms to limit the necessity of glass- allowing nearly unfettered viewing of these amazing fossils.

This is a big one! Many congratulations to the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and the amazing team who created Science Storms. We’ll let the press release take it from here:

“The annual Thea Awards, presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), recognize and honor excellence in the creation of extraordinary visitor experiences, attractions, exhibits and places,” says incoming TEA president Rick Rothschild of FAR Out! Creative Direction. “Storytelling and teamwork are the heart of the Experience Design Industry and its projects. TEA’s Thea Awards celebrate storytelling across the globe – educational and entertaining stories of heritage, history, fiction, fantasy, magic and even hard science – delivered with artistry and the appropriate use of technology at museums, theme parks, world expos, special events and other settings. The Thea Awards also honor teamwork at its very best – the creative handshake between the visionary project owner and the multidisciplinary collective of designers, artisans and technicians who realize the vision.”

Science Storms won an Architectural Lighting Magazine “A|L Design Award” for lighting design. The jury liked the project so much, they created a new category, “Commendable Achievement in Exhibit Lighting”. Congratulations to Focus Lighting and their team! Read more details here.