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Traditional Rendering Time-lapse

While Studio Tectonic uses a blend of all-digital techniques for creating renderings of our concepts, we still are fans of hand renderings. This time-lapse shows the finishing touches on a... read more →
  • September 29, 2016
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Exhibits, Graphics, Museum, Process, Techniques, Technology
The Anti-Cartoon - Screenless Animations

The Anti-Cartoon: Screenless Animations

It's unavoidable that we think in animations. We've watched them for decades. Video screens at home and in museums are the norm. In a recent exhibition on earthquakes located at... read more →
  • January 23, 2014
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Exhibits, Interactivity, Museum, Techniques, Technology

Exhibiting for Natural Connections — Biophilia in Higher Education Architecture

Opened in 2017, the Colorado State University's Biology Department building engages natural history exhibitions that make natural connections through biophilic design. This video and interview with Seth Frankel (Principal at... read more →
  • March 30, 2019
  • Seth Frankel
  • Architecture, Design, Education, Exhibits, Higher Education, Techniques
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Upcoming Book — Fostering Empathy Through Museums

Seth Frankel, Studio Tectonic's principal, is a contributing author to a new professional book entitled Fostering Empathy Through Museums. Published by Rowman & Littlefield, the book release is scheduled for Spring, 2016,... read more →
  • December 1, 2015
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Education, Empathy, Exhibits, Museum, Process, Studio Tectonic News, Techniques, Uncategorized

Learning to Look — The Designer’s Eye

At 38 minutes, this stunningly lush and poignant video expresses Inge Druckrey's keen sense of learning and teaching young designers. Yet, inspirational for any designer at any level of experience.
  • August 31, 2012
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Techniques

Tips on Use of a Multiple Languages in Exhibits

Wide ranging cultural institutions often wrestle with when and how to use multiple languages in their exhibitions. As well they should. Any institution, except for those in the most homogenous areas, need... read more →
  • January 28, 2015
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Education, Exhibits, Graphics, Museum, Process, Techniques

Drawings Exhibits

From fellow exhibit designer, David Perez. Enjoy! See more from David Pérez on Vimeo.
  • November 19, 2013
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Exhibits, Museum, Techniques

Underground Railroad in Niagara Falls — Audio Blog from Museum Archipelago

Ian Elsner, podcaster at Museum Archipelago, interviewed Bill Bradberry, the board chairman and president of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Bill introduces the new Center, opening in May,... read more →
  • February 20, 2018
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Education, Exhibits, Higher Education, Museum, Process, Sites of Conscience, Techniques

Drawing Shortcuts

Ever wonder about the method to the madness in creating design presentation renderings? A Denver friend/architect, Jim Leggitt, FAIA, put together the Drawing Shortcuts book about 10 years ago and... read more →
  • July 30, 2012
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Techniques

Van Gogh — Scraping Together an Education

I had the opportunity to view the Denver Art Museum Becoming Van Gogh exhibit early this week (now sold out until the end of the exhibition on the 20th of... read more →
  • January 15, 2013
  • Seth Frankel
  • Design, Evaluation, Exhibit Review, Exhibits, Museum, Techniques
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