Calgary, Alberta
The directive for this project was to use the basic principles of museum learning and best practices to create a corporate gallery that would offer visitors a sense of the rich cultural history of the firm. The corporation is a family-owned, leader in the Canadian technology landscape. Their intention for the ground-floor, corporate headquarters space was to build a visitor centre for employees, corporate guests and site visitors that offers insight into the history of the company, its importance to the local community, the key players involved, and the legacy they have established in this particular sector.
Origin Studios structured the exhibition into two main sections joined by a passage featuring an interactive touch-wall timeline. This interpretive approach offers thematic sections, storylines and objects that are essential to understanding this unique brand. Content in each theme, such as “Community” and “Technology,” is grouped by type, relevance, or even aesthetics, the sequencing of dates and events is reserved for the timeline. In addition to the full wall digital interactive timeline, the exhibition includes a data visualization station where raw corporate data is turned into stunning interactive displays.
Large interactive touch screen walls, an immersive theatre (which is available for special event screenings), and an interactive digital sculpture are contextualized by more traditional graphic panels and artifact displays drawing material ranging from the family’s personal stories to data sets comprising fibre optic network traffic and corporate acquisitions. A bank of small touch screens in the back of the exhibition provides an intimate and personal space where visitors can browse curated collections of images, texts, and videos from the corporate archives.
Details
Corporate Visitor Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2020
Ongoing Permanent Exhibition
Exhibit Space: 3,200 sq. ft.
(Please note that the client has agreed to let us share images of this exciting project but has asked not to be identified)
Services
Content Development and Management
Exhibit, Graphic and Interactive Design from Concept to Final Design