Image 7 of 7 from gallery of Tham & Videgård Celebrates Two Decades in Practice with Exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden. Courtesy of Tham & Videgård

This is something really interesting that I came across today while digitizing various material here at The New York Public Library - (where I work as Head Photographer doing digital archiving and reproduction photography of fascinating items from the various collections). This "Fundamentals of Exhibition Design" was written in 1937 by Herbert Bayer (a graphic designer, typographer, photographer, painter, environmental designer, sculptor and exhibition designer). It brings up some thought provoking ideas about exhibition design, flow, perspective and field of vision. Some of the illustrations are great...particularly the last one. This essay by Herbert Bayer is also mentioned in the essay by Christopher Phillips titled "The Judgment Seat of Photography" in the quarterly journal OCTOBER (Autumn, 1982). That entire article can be read HERE.

Who are museum exhibits for, and what difference does that make?

Image 5 of 21 from gallery of OMA / AMO Completes Flexible Permanent Exhibition Space for Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Photograph by OMA

Image 10 of 10 from gallery of Sam Jacob Studio Creates a "Soft Baroque" Backdrop to New Design Museum's Inaugural Exhibition. Photograph by Sam Jacob Studio

The Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds exhibit housed inside the NGV in Melbourne, Australia, is an exhibit that's like walking into a documentary and for brief moments you feel like you are inside Escher’s head.