MESH recently designed “Crossing Borders” an exhibition of exquisite medieval manuscripts at the The Jewish Museum (http://www.thejewishmuseum.org) . The material embodies the crossing over of cultural influences among Jews, Muslims, and Christians at a rare time of relative harmony among the European religions. MESH designed every aspect of the exhibition including walnut-and-steel vitrines, lighting, graphics (in collaboration with Karlssonwilker (http://www.karlssonwilker.com) and interactives (in collaboration with Morpholio).

“The custom modified Morpholio app created was an extension of space.” says Toru Hasegawa, Morpholio co-creator. The result represents a new process for museums to employ in future exhibitions and a new way to consider the role of the audience. “App and device culture have already begun to permeate the museum experience and will, in all ways, be a part of their future.” says Jeffrey Kenoff, Morpholio co-creator. For Morpholio, what makes this additionally intriguing is that, as the visitor is experiencing the exhibition, the app has the unique ability to track and record their interaction. This data has the potential to inform the curatorial team as well as the exhibit thereby making the installation itself a utility for the museum. “The iPad applications enrich our exhibition exponentially.” Says Rebecca Pristoop, former assistant curator at the Jewish Museum and “offer our visitors an amazing entryway into the visual depths of these precious treasures.”

LED projectors, hung from the ceiling, precisely light each object. This unconventional design solution is a perfect example of how we solve problems by thinking differently.

“The manuscripts have also been hauntingly mounted by the exhibition designer, MESH Architectures (www.mesh-arc.com), in vitrines, each illuminated by beams from LEDs projected down, so that when a visitor looks across the galleries, the open codices seem to hover against the deep red walls, a sensation at once reverential and elevating. (MESH also designed the show’s rich Web site)” —Edward Rothstein, New York Times

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Paper guidelines are at: http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper-guidelines

You can demonstrate your use of tools – and customization of them – even if you did not develop them entirely yourself.

You can still propose a demonstration or a lightning talk, but the deadline for papers, how-to sessions and professionals forums was Sept 30 and I’m afraid that’s immutable.

You are very welcome to nominate your site for Best of the Web, and you do not have to attend the conference to be considered. Nominations will open in early 2013.

Let me know if I can still submit it.

If not, I want to ask a bout demonstration, we customize and themed a content management system to display 2 exhibits online which also available physically at the university. Is that kind of the work suits the demonstration!

I was planning to gave a workshop how people can use the Costumed content management system we created to create their own online exhibits.

Also, we would like to submit the site for Best on the Web, do we have to attend the conference to submit the site!.
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Yes, this is fine, but your demonstration proposal should be different from your paper proposal – i.e. it should suit the demonstration format.