CRISPR-Cas9: exhibit design

An exhibit design for the LWL Museum für Natur in Münster that tells the story of the discovery and how the CRISPR-Cas9 complex works in an accessible way. The project was developed as part of a course taught by Prof. Cordula Hesselbarth (Münster School of Design) and will be produced as part of the "Genes" exhibition (2024).

The exhibit consists of prints applied to the wall, wooden cut-outs and an animation projected on the wall using a projector. It is designed to be built in a corner of the room.

Visualization of the exhibit

My work consisted of analyzing the content of the exhibit received from the curators of the exhibition, finding and interpreting additional sources, developing the concept, creating the character and storyline, stop-motion animation, and providing for the spatial arrangement of the elements.

Illustrations of 1:1 scientists Charpentier and Doudna - discoverers and researchers of the CRISPR-Cas9 system.

One of the first steps was to create a draft version of the descriptions - this helped adjust the dimensions of the exhibition elements.

Part of the exhibit explaining how CRISPR-Cas9 works is an animation made using the stop motion technique in Adobe Photoshop.

Test animation snippet

All the media were designed, respecting the guidelines given by the LWL Museum für Natur.

Friendly figures make a difficult topic easier to understand and keep the viewer's attention.

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