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Small Space, Big Impact
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art has invested in high impact design of its space to enable 21st-century learning. The museum experience of 40 years ago is easy to imagine—a friendly front desk, a map of current exhibitions, and … -
Right-Sized Futures
An architect offers advice for museums of all sizes on master planning. As an architect and planner who has spent many years working with museums of all types and sizes, I’ve heard it all when it comes to master planning. “We’ve done … -
From the President: Why Design Matters
I spent several formative years at the Chicago Architecture Center, helping create programs, exhibitions, and tours that inspired people to better understand and care for the built environment around them. We often returned to a line from … -
A Futuryst Look at the Museum of Tomorrow
I’ve been following the work of Futurist Stuart Candy since the inception of CFM. The Sceptical Futuryst—his blog dedicated to “how we might feel about tomorrow”– is a staple of my scanning feed, and I’ve made good use of The Thing … -
Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta
I blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like in these potential futures, which in turn helps … -
Museum Design 2034: The Distributed Museum
Museum practitioners are pre-adapted to be futurists. Why? Because futurism is, basically, the process of telling compelling stories about things that haven’t happened yet. These stories help people explore what alternate futures … -
Forecasting the Future of Accessibility in Museums
I am getting ready for a presentation at the Leadership and Excellence in Accessible Design (LEAD) conference to be held at the Kennedy Center later this month. The presentation will ask and try to answer two big questions—what will the …
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2026 AIC & CAC Annual Meeting & Conference
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