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Open/Closed Book/Case

Open/Closed Book/Case

The open bookcase containing the exhibition catalogues at the start of the exhibit transforms into a varying sequence of enclosed cases, opening up again by the reading lounge at the end.

International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2005

In this exhibition design for The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present, an open bookcase at the start of the exhibit containing the exhibition catalogues transforms into a sequence of closed exhibition cases and then opens again at the end around a reading area.