All Episodes
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How to Build a Museum, with David Greenbaum, FAIA
What if there were just five important things to remember when you build a museum? What if the most important one of them all — had nothing to do with architecture? W...
Experiential Tech Insights, with Will Bullins
What’s the #1 thing to know about experiential technology? How long do LED walls last? (The answer will surprise you.) Is a project done when it opens, or are growing...
"Rapid Experience Design", with Clare Brown
What if there were a better way? Are the normal exhibition planning and design methods actually way too risky — and is there a way to “de-risk” them? Are our concepts ...
DEAI: Meeting ADA Standards Isn’t Enough, with Beth Ziebarth & Jan Majewski
What’s the A in DEAI, and why are the ADA guidelines not enough anymore? What’s intersectionality? What’s a “user expert”? If ADA isn’t our goal, what comes after? Thi...
"Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook", with Dr. Dori Tunstall
How can exhibition teams help to decolonize design? What are the pitfalls cultural organizations should watch out for in their DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) i...
The Visitor Engagement Lifecycle, with Samir Bitar
What if the best way to market an exhibition — wasn't marketing?What do we need to do better to help visitors find us in the first place? When they do, how do we engag...
Learning from "Matters of Experience", with Abigail Honor and Brenda Cowan
Three podcast hosts join forces in a single show to discuss the latest in experience design. It’s a fast-paced three-way session covering half a dozen broad themes, an...
Behind the Scenes at "Exhibition" Journal, with Ian Kerrigan
What if there were a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal for the whole exhibition community? What if it featured the leading organizations, practitioners and ideas tha...
We Are All Temporarily Enabled, with Phillip Tiongson
What if accessible design was for everybody, starting with … ourselves? What if we are all only temporarily enabled? How can a broader philosophy of access benefit eve...
8 Principles of Traveling Exhibitions, with Carol Bossert
What is this thing we call a traveling exhibition? Do they make money? Are traveling exhibitions the same as temporary ones? How can anyone plan a project for a space...
From Leading Designer to Leading a Nonprofit, with Cybelle Jones
It’s a rare moment when a leading designer swaps jobs to lead a nonprofit member organization. And then has to lead that organization through a global pandemic. What u...
Black Belt Cost Control Tips, with Jonathan Alger
(P.S. Will you be at AAM in Denver? Drop a line if you’d like to catch up there, or see if we can find Phil & Monique at the grab-and-go café.) If a project is over bu...
A Museum is a Business, with Kris Collins
What’s it really cost to build a museum? How can we find out if a project is financially viable — before we start? What are the most common ways museum projects get in...
Secrets of Complex Cultural Project Management, with Beth Van Why
How do you keep a huge cultural project on track? How do you guess the future? What’s a contingency — and why is it the difference between success and failure? Project...
Sneak Peek at the Upcoming “Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook”, with Tim McNeil
What are “streakers, strollers and studiers”? How can we plan better projects using the “attract, reveal, reward” system? What’s a “wunderkammer”? What can we expect i...
L.A.T.C.H. - The Five Ways to Organize Any Content (The Podcast)
What’s the best way to organize the content in our experiences? What tricks are we forgetting to try? And what if you learned there were five ways to do it — and only ...
8 Ways to Be “Phygital”, with Alin Tocmacov
Is everything “phygital”? Are all our projects now neither physical nor digital, but both? How can a “phygital mindset” lead to better experience design? Exhibition de...
Revealing the Story with Light, with Steven Rosen and Ted Mather
Is lighting art or science?If you’re a curator tasked with lighting design, where do you start? Is lighting about light, or about shadows? If an exhibit ain't lit, is ...
Secrets of Creative Collaboration, with Trent Oliver
How do we keep cultural projects from going off the rails, without sacrificing creativity? It’s not impossible. In fact, there are some simple secrets to unlock the pr...
Six Provocative Questions, with Matt Kirchman
Do exhibits really teach? Do they really present big stories well? Is personalization really a must? Are exhibits getting ... better? Interpretive planner and designer...
Prototyping With ELVIS, with Paul Orselli
Prototyping saves projects money and time, every time. But how do you do it right? Exhibition designer and prototyping expert Paul Orselli joins me to discuss his prov...
Five Questions Fabricators Always Hear, with Cathlin Bradley
Exhibit fabrication expert Cathlin Bradley joins host Jonathan Alger to discuss the Five Questions Fabricators Always Hear. Guest Bio:Cathlin Bradley has worked in the...
Six Secrets of Exhibit Technology, with Tony Warner & Bryan Abelowitz
Audio visual technology experts Tony Warner and Bryan Abelowitz join Jonathan Alger to discuss the Six Secrets of Exhibit Technology. Guest Bio:Tony Warner, CTS-D, LE...