Striking Power was an exhibition developed and toured by the Brooklyn Museum that showcased and explained the intentional damage of the ancient Egyptian artifacts on view. The design directives were to make this look approachable and fun. I used yellow as an attention getting color, and employed imagery from the Egyptian Book of the Dead to provide some texture to otherwise flatly colored spaces.
The exhibition was comprised of about 30 objects, so the gallery space needed to be built in considerably. The space also needed to be relatively open for the security team’s sight lines. I used angled walls to meet visitor sight lines and to encourage visitor flow. Museum storage is always in short supply so the storage space was built into the gallery. This exhibition was staged after covid, so you can see an indicator of social distancing for spacing needs in the black star - from the point in the center, the lines radiate out to 6’.
I developed and designed all of the custom display cases. Some of the objects required specialized display cases that held a unique micro climate. I also incorporated all of the didactics in graphics that sat flush with the wall, to give the space a seamless quality that allowed the objects to stand out from the wall.
Striking Power contained two touchscreen interactives, and as exhibition designer, I advised on the look and feel of the content for said screens. I worked collaboratively with an outside vendor to ensure the visual continuity.
For Striking Power, I worked closely with the Marketing department to develop all the graphics for print and digital applications. This included all onsite signage and outdoor banners. I made digital slides for local news and projection at local theaters, as well as print ads for local weekly periodicals. We also had posters installed on local bus terminals.
