Extravagant Inventions

Description

Six interactive kiosks were placed throughout the exhibition to showcase the hidden features and mechanical marvels of Abraham and David Roentgen furniture. The kiosks featured Met-produced content - as well as licensed videos and animation of six highlighted artworks.

The custom iPad app created for this exhibition could be remotely updated and tracked for perpormance.

During the exhibition, market research found that 68% of exhibition visitors used the interactive. In fact, the research found that all but one of the six kiosks were in use at any given point.

Following the exhibition opening, these films were featured in the New York Times, Gizmodo, and Make: Blog. To date, the films have been viewed 4.5 million times on YouTube.

My Involvement

• Role: Interactive Producer

  • Produced custom video player iPad app
    Managed team of programmers and video editors
    Developed and designed UI and graphics
    Worked with exhibition designer, carpenters, and electricians to install kiosks in-gallery
    
• Tech: Photoshop, XML, Redmine, iPhone Configurator Utility
• Year: 2012
• Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Exhibition: Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens
  October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013

  
  Extravagant Inventions exhibition was the first comprehensive survey of the Roentgen family’s cabinetmaking firm from 1742 to its closing in the early 1800s. Some 60 pieces of exquisite furniture, many of which had never before been lent outside Europe, and several clocks were complemented by paintings, including portraits of the Roentgen family, and prints that depict the masterpieces of furniture in contemporary interiors. It was the first exhibition in America devoted to the creative ability of the Roentgens to exploit the natural characteristics of a variety of woods and other precious materials, transforming them into furniture of compelling artistic and historic significance.

• Link: Extravagant Inventions