Louisiana Children's Museum

Gyroscope was hired by the Louisiana Children’s Museum to plan and design their new Museum. The new Louisiana Children's Museum celebrates the child's view of the world. I was lead graphic designer on this project and designed over 400 unique graphics – this included environmental, instructional, gallery titles, interactive, and media treatments. I worked closely with Gyroscope's exhibit designer Tim Phillips, who also served as creative director on this project. The graphics incorporated children's artwork in an elevated and intentional way; we collected black and white drawings from local students and modified them with color and by layering in real-world photographs.

The graphic design for this project won BRONZE at the International Design Awards (IDA) 2020
EXHIBIT GRAPHIC DESIGN
A GYROSCOPE, INC. PROJECT.
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GALLERY: PLAY WITH ME / ENTRY. This wall serves as an introduction to the various concepts and themes found throughout the museum. For some of the graphics throughout the museum I transformed the children's artwork using not only color, but also by layering in a real photograph to place them in the "real world." In this case, you can see the pond photograph used in the frog artwork bottom left, as well as a photo of the Mississippi River used in the drawing of the bird on the top. All artwork on this panel also shows up again elsewhere in the museum.

GALLERY: PLAY WITH ME / ENTRY.

GALLERY: MOVE WITH THE RIVER. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

GALLERY: MOVE WITH THE RIVER. Overview of the gallery. The satellite image of New Orleans, in the water table, was the result of several conversations with NASA and multiple revisions to ensure we had the right post-Katrina imagery. Also note the various circle graphics along the water table, these feature children's artwork alongside fun facts about the river and the cities (the shape of the water table is the Mississippi River). 

GALLERY: MOVE WITH THE RIVER. Entry graphic next to the water wall, along with hand dryers. 

GALLERY: FOLLOW THAT FOOD. The "cafe" walls featured all of the children's artwork used in this gallery, recolored and printed on frosted acrylic. 

GALLERY: FOLLOW THAT FOOD. ​​​​​​​

GALLERY: FOLLOW THAT FOOD. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

GALLERY: FOLLOW THAT FOOD. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

GALLERY: PLAY WITH ME. Throughout the museum we featured real members of the Louisiana community. In this image, the quote is from "Grandmother Chase."

GALLERY: DIG INTO NATURE. ​​​​​​​

GALLERY: DIG INTO NATURE. This bird graphic made an intentional earlier appearance at the entrance to the museum.

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