The Senses: Design Beyond Vision — Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
The Senses: Design Beyond Vision, a 10,000-square-foot temporary exhibition inviting multi-sensory engagement with design objects, opened at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York in April 2018, exhibition design by Studio Joseph; it received a 2020 SEGD Global Design Award Merit Award in the Exhibition category.
| Venue | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
|---|---|
| Project type | Temporary Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2018 |
| Technologies | tactile displays, braille labeling, audio description (T-coil) |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Joseph | Exhibit Design | |
| Capitol Museum Services | Fabrication | |
| Prime Access Consulting | Accessibility / Inclusive Design Consulting | Developed the accessible labels mobile/web app connecting braille gallery labels to expanded text, zoomable images, visual descriptions, and human-read audio (June–July 2017). |