National museum & G-Works
We have maintained a long-standing partnership with the National Museum for several years, working together with the museum’s exhibition team to produce a wide variety of exhibition projects. For the exhibition “Explorations into the Ancient Middle East,” we helped design and produce the exhibition’s graphic materials and an iPad app.
Photos of the exhibition space on this page: © Soile Tirilä, National Board of Antiquities
A Deep Dive into the Ancient Middle East
We delved deep into the history of the Middle East to learn about the region’s ancient empires and cultures. The most important part of the graphic design for an exhibition is understanding the exhibition’s theme and how to communicate it visually and engagingly to the exhibition’s target audience and visitors.
Close cooperation among the various stakeholders involved in the exhibition
We worked closely with the exhibition team, the exhibition architect, and the team of researchers to achieve the desired visual results. In designing the exhibition’s visual identity, the goal was to showcase a piece of Middle Eastern history in a modern style. The exhibition’s color palette consisted of two harmonious primary colors: sand and water.
Graphic Design & iPad App Development
We designed and produced a wide range of graphic materials for the exhibition. These materials included, among other things, object labels, text panels, window decals, wall banners, display case graphics, and other individual graphic elements for the exhibition, such as table decals and translucent tape graphics. We oversaw the quality control of the materials’ production in collaboration with Grano and the exhibition designers.
In addition, we designed and developed an interactive iPad app for exhibition visitors. Using the app, visitors could explore the exhibits in greater detail on iPads placed next to them. The app also included a feature supporting 3D images, allowing visitors to rotate views of the exhibits on the iPad screen.
