Media Strategy and System Design

strategy, PROTOTYPING, A/V System design, budgeting

Sometimes we join workgroups during early design and planning stages to help develop an exhibit’s media strategy. Whether or not you have a formal interpretive plan, our experience with all forms of museum media and technology will help you confidently choose the very best way to include media in your exhibition’s storytelling.

When time and budget allow, we love to participate in formal evaluation and prototyping to assure your audience will receive the messages and understand your stories.

We also provide system design. We’ll specify A/V technology and develop exploratory budgets to aide your planning, design and fund-raising tasks.

Exhibit Media Production

conceptS, films, interactives, Soundscapes, Immersive spaces

We’re best known for producing tightly focused films, animations, and digital interactives, but we also create soundscapes, atmospheric and environmental installations. 

We’re happy to starting with a blank slate or helping our partners bring a high degree of polish to existing concepts. So everyone feels confident during early stages, we offer the full arc of content development services, including scripting, storyboarding, wire-framing and design. We’ve traveled all over the planet to produce media, and we’re just as comfortable at an archaeological site as we are in a studio environment.

Our collaborations with museums have received 10 MUSE Awards from the American Alliance of Museums.

A/V Technology Consulting and Sales

Specification, integration, testing

We don’t provide A/V hardware for every project, but no matter who does, we’ll make sure your technology spec will work well for your space and audience over the long term.

If another integrator will be providing A/V equipment, we’ll work them to confirm the hardware is up to the demands of the physical environment and the media that will be displayed.

If we do provide your exhibit’s technology, we’ll acquire, configure and test the full inventory in our shop for a smooth installation. We often provide detailed drawings and cut sheets, as well as samples of monitors, speakers and buttons to exhibit fabricators so they can work efficiently.

Installation and Service

expert installation & after-the-sale service

We’ve provided expert installation services from single kiosks to entire museums, all across North America, in newly constructed and renovated spaces. If you have a GC on site, we’ll speak their language to coordinate our work with their subcontractors in an efficient and painless manner. If we’ll work directly with your team, we’ll clearly communicate our needs and anticipate potential roadblocks to make sure installation goes smoothly for everyone.

After installation, we’ll be there for you. We’ll train staff and provide manuals and warranty materials. We’ll help set up standard procedures such as daily walk-throughs, regular maintenance, and what to do if something goes wrong. If you have trouble with a component, we’ll respond quickly to troubleshoot and formulate the best response to get it back up and running for your visitors.