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Exhibitions
Bellevue Arts Museum: George Nelson Exhibit
Drooling over well-designed furniture is one of our favorite after hours hobbies. So you can imagine our excitement when the
Bellevue Arts Museum opened an exhibition featuring the king of sexy modern furniture; George Nelson. On loan from the
Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the Seattle area is one of four lucky US stops to be able to take a peek.
The exhibit, open through February 12, features his accomplishments in office, house, exhibition, and corporate design. Each piece inspires, making us a little bit happier having seen it in person.
The man himself
Marshmallow Sofa, delicious but oddly colored
Clock wall at the exhibition
Exhibitions
Nirvana Exhibition Drawing Crowds
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses, an exhibition that pays homage to this significant Northwest band and the music scenes that surrounded it, has only been open a month, but is bringing museum visitors out in droves to
EMP in Seattle.
Both local and national press have been covering the exhibit, including
The Seattle Times,
MTV and
Rolling Stone, and praise the exhibit design approach for it's complexity, innovation and style.
Exhibition Curator: Jacob McMurray
Exhibition Graphic Design and Interactives:
Belle & Wissell, Co.Exhibition Design:
Wonder Mine
Exhibitions
Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses Exhibit Opens
After nearly two years of preparation, fans and contributors came together to view the April 16th opening of the Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses exhibit. A unique combination of artifacts from Nirvana's heyday including hand-written notes, clothing and instruments are incased amongst streaming video interviews, life-sized photographs, and graphic-based maps. The collection is designed to depict the musical layout of the Pacific Northwest landscape and tell the story of a band that helped shape Seattle's history.
Along with exhibit graphic design, Belle & Wissell, Co. designed a confessional booth that serves as an interactive recording station for visitors and fans to contribute their personal Nirvana experiences to an ongoing video database stream. To use the interface, viewers watch other, prerecorded, Nirvana "confessions" and answer a queued question about an experience they remember having with or about the band. For example: "When was the first time you heard Nirvana?"
Beyond gathering the perspective of guests, the exhibit contains several interactive touch tables (Belle & Wissell, Co.) which display streaming interviews, music and album art, all selectable by by the viewer. Since the viewers' relationship to the band varies greatly, the interface allows the user chose how expansive or general their experience of topics is.
Addressing such a complexly personal piece of Seattle history was challenging, but by combining past artifacts with new technology, the Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses exhibit is a powerful and dynamic composite of experiences - connecting fans of all ages to a band and an era that changed music history.
Exhibit Graphic and Interactive Design:
Belle & Wissell, Co. Exhibit Design:
Wonder Mine.
Curatorial: Jacob McMurray and the
EMP curatorial team
Exhibitions
Nirvana Exhibition Opens April 16
Exhibit runs: April 16,2011-April 22, 2013http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1548Belle & Wissell, Co. collaborated with EMP to create an exhibition celebrating the music and history of Seattle grunge luminaries, Nirvana.
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses will be a large-scale exhibit that includes media interactives, large-format graphics, and artifacts representing the various communities and music of the Pacific Northwest during this era. It will examine how the energy, youthful angst, and local culture of the time merged to change the music industry forever.
View installation photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/empsfm/sets/72157626334265172/Belle & Wissell, Co. provided exhibition graphic and interactive design.
Exhibit design by Wonder Mine.
Curatorial work by Jacob McMurray and the EMP curatorial team
Exhibitions
"Checking Our Pulse" Exhibition at Northwest African American Museum
Exhibition run: October 29, 2010 - June 5, 2011
Opening reception on October 29 @ 6pm.
Northwest African American Museum
2300 S. Massachusetts Street
Seattle, WA 98144
Belle & Wissell designed an exhibition that highlights the stories and achievements of
African American medical professionals and probes the realities of
critical health issues impacting the African-American community in the Puget Sound and beyond.
Exhibit components include exhibit design and graphic design, five exhibit films, a central media art installation, and 5 satellite kiosks (traveling exhibit components).
Exhibitions
True Evel: The Amazing Story of Evel Knievel (Belle & Wissell Exhibition Design)
Belle & Wissell designed an 8,000 sq. ft. exhibition presenting a surprising
swath of artifacts, ephemera, costumes, and injury x-rays-with massive Evel infographics and a 70s-style arcade game.
See it for yourself:
http://www.bwco.info/player/?f=evel_exhibitThis
exhibition at the Harley-Davidson Museum was one of many interesting multi-disciplinary projects that
we've completed recently. See what else we've been working on:http://www.bwco.info
GAMES: Evel Knievel 1970s Arcade GameEvel Knievel's Daredevil Challenge is fun for all ages and was designed to make reference to the arcade consoles of the late '70s, while utilizing modern technology.
http://www.bwco.info/player/?f=evel_game 
BOOKS: Born Book Preview Featured by AdobeExperience it now. This book preview tells the story
of 14 years of global creative collaboration and presents some of Born's finest work. Read about it on Adobe's website:
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/indesign/pdfs/us_91030222_bellwissell_ss_ue_fnl_09102010.pdf
EDITIONS Future: limited-edition postcardsOur latest installment (a limited edition of 250) is a special postcard set that allows participants to send mail to the future, unlocking important story elements:
http://www.bwco.info/?p=future
