American Museum of Natural History's Holiday Origami Tree Exhibit

I had the pleasure of working in the exhibits department of the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan as a graphic designer. Although my primary role was with the renovation of the Northwest Coast Natives exhibit, I also got to work on the signage for the Holiday Origami Tree.

I used Adobe Illustrator for most of the gem effects; while the files from previous years had the cut outs and angles of origami, I decided to add more and try different shading techniques within each little panel of the titanosaur. The small standing labels (seen below) were printed in-house, which I then cut and glued onto the mounting foam core. Then I beveled each with an exacto blade and finished off the raw edges with some good old black sharpie! Some things remain eternal, even in large institutions…

I look forward to sharing more of my work at this venerated institution when the renovated Northwest Coast Natives exhibit is open to the public!