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Visual Journals

Visual Journals 2010-2024

Audience: Design Museum visitors, students interested in study abroad, scrapbookers, travelers 

Location: UC Davis Design Museum and International Center Lobby

Role: Curator, Exhibition Designer

Skills: Graphics, Spatial

Timeline: 6 months 

Purpose: This exhibition brings together a selection of visual journals belonging to students who participated in the UC Davis Design in Europe study abroad program. These highly creative journals are not only treasured travel keepsakes but represent moments in time when new experiences, knowledge, and friendships were forged.

This exhibition is a partnership between the UC Davis Department of Design and Global Affairs. 


Featured in: 

Letters and Science Magazine

Davis Enterprise

How do I display books?

Loan Management

We contacted program alumni to establish loan agreements and delivery. Recorded the condition report. 

3D Drafting

View to mediation space and fitting tables within ADA standards.

How do I represent the students?

Promo Signage

The promotion graphics feature photos taken of every student that went on the program. The central banner highlights the four main cities.


Title Graphics

Title letters were made from scanned typography studies out of my study abroad journal. 


How do I extend the experience?

Display

The display was inspired by "journaling parties" where students would gather in common rooms and share supplies.

Mediation

We decided to create an open journaling table with photos of students journaling in public spaces displayed on the wall to feel like a dining room. 

Can we put it together?

Install

  • Vinyl Install
  • Photography Install
  • Book and Rug Transport



How Do we protect the art?

Mail Delivery

We could not calculate an average journal size and weight because every journal was different. This was resolved by asking lenders for journal dimensions and creating custom labels for each person. 

Object Fragility and Barriers

There are visual journals with broken binding, loose glue, and even potentially hazardous material. We added book cradles to support the spines and asked visitors to not flip through the pages. 

Outcome

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