The Experiential Design Index

Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden — National September 11 Memorial & Museum

"Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden," a 2,900 sq ft temporary exhibition at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, opened in 2019 with exhibition design by C&G Partners and media production by Batwin+Robin; it won a Communication Arts Award of Excellence (2020 Design Competition, Environmental Graphics category) and was C&G Partners' second special exhibition for the museum after its permanent wayfinding, signage, and site maps (2011/2014).

VenueNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Project typeTemporary Exhibition
StatusCompleted
Year completed2019
Technologiesprojection, immersive scenography

Credits

FirmRoleNote
C&G Partners Exhibit Design
batwin + robin productions Media Design & Software

Description

The exhibition retells the decade-long forensic manhunt for Osama bin Laden as a procedural crime story, built from tall angled "shards" of raw plywood, no two alike, that can be read as a mountain canyon, a military field office, or a residential compound depending on the scene.

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