See this file for final versions of signage to use. Final Signage.doc
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Graphics and Things to be Printed
* = needs to be designed and printed
+ = needs to be printed out
Advice Booth
* Banner: “Free Advice: Get It”
+ Instructions for Advice Givers: See page 3 of this document. Print and have in folder with plenty of blank paper, pens, and whiteboard marker.
- No prompt signage necessary because Advice-Givers will write it on white board.
Advice-Libs
* Banner: “Advice-Libs: Mix It”
* Prompt Signage:
Remember Mad Libs? Try an Advice-Lib!
Roll the die to pick a number, fill in the missing words,
and get your re-mixed advice immortalized on a button.
Here’s a little reminder:
A noun is a thing.
A verb is an action.
An adjective describes a thing.
- Instructions for Button-Makers: already printed
- Buttons: already printed, need to be cut out
Bathroom Wall
* Banner: “Bathroom Wall: Write It”
* Prompt Signage:
Advice is everywhere, even on the bathroom stall.
Go ahead and scribble your best, worst, or funniest advice.
Respond, draw, scratch things off – all is fair game on the bathroom wall.
Questions for the Ages:
* Banner: “Questions for the Ages: Answer It” or “Eternal Questions: Answer It”
* Prompt Signage:
We need your help with these timeless questions.
Write your advice on sticky notes and post them on the glass.
[The rest of the sign will depend on how we decide to do the icons –
are they on sticky notes? Do people put them on other stickies?]
* Eight Questions:
- How do you heal a broken heart?
- ??????? [ummm, my top concern right now is “when is bedtime?”]
* Give/get/flip/fuck icons: Open “Advice_Design.ai” for speech bubbles and icons.
Give Me Something to Go On:
* Banner: “Something To Go On: Give It” or “Got Problems: Help It”
* Prompt Signage:
Have a question? Need some advice?
Write your question on a sticky note and put it in a free space.
When you come back later you’ll have something to go on.
Have an answer? Want to give some advice?
Write it on a sticky note and place it near the question.
* “Post Question here” boards: Design should resemble questions for “Questions for the Ages”, but instead of questions they say:
Post your burning questions here.
Write big – use more than one sticky note.
Visual Advice:
* Banner: “Everywhere You Look: See It”
- Photo credits: These will be written on post-its, so no need to design or print. Just keep track of where photos are from.
Other:
* Main Exhibit Title: “Advice: give it | get it | flip it | fuck it”
* Explanation:
Twelve students from the UW Museology Graduate Program got six weeks, $300 and 72 hours in the HUB to design this exhibit. It’s an experiment in participatory design for museums – and it needs your help to succeed.
Get advice from an expert, scribble a note on the bathroom wall, give your fellow students something to go on, weigh in on questions that never get old, and re-mix classic advice on a personalized button.
So dig in, start talking, and get ready to have a fling with advice!
* Tech stuff:
Even after you leave, there are many ways to continue participating.
The audio you’re hearing and the pictures you’re seeing were submitted by
people just like you through our website: adviceexhibit.tumblr.com.
Check it out, and you, too, can submit photos and videos of good and bad advice.
Call in your advice by dialing 641-715-3900, ext. 73202#, and hitting # to save.
Use Twitter? Give us your advice via the #strangemuse hashtag.
+ Instructions for Gallery Attendants: See page 4 of this document. Print and have in box with notebook, pens, sharpies, post-its, button supplies, dice, etc.
Older Version, DON'T USE:
ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT:
A D V I C E
give it | get it | flip it | fuck it
Have a brief fling with advice.
Instructional Labels:
ADVICE BOOTH:
Ask a _____________ for advice.
The ________ is in.
Make your own authority. Be an expert advisor.
ADVICE-LIBS:
Fill in the blanks of these stock advise phrases with your own words mad-libs style! When you're done, take it to [somewhere] and turn it into a [button].
(I don't know if we need to explain nouns, verbs, or adjectives)
Noun = person, place, thing or idea
Verb = action word
Adjective = describes a noun
Adverb = describes a verb
THE BATHROOM WALL:
Write the great and/or horrible advice you've recieved on the wall.
QUESTIONS FOR THE AGES:
We need your answers for these hot questions. Write your advice on the glass cases.
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO GO ON:
Have a question? Need some advice? Write your question in a free space.
Have an answer? Want to give some advice? Write your answer on a sticky-note and place it around the question you're answering.
ADVICE ONLINE:
Participate online in our exhibit at:
adviceexhibit.tumblr.com
Twitter users can submit their advice via the #strangemuse hashtag
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Issues:
Which activites are we going to invite remixing/flipping of the advice that other people have written? All of them? Just some?
Please, please edit this!
Anything else that needs to be added?