Field Guides

Practical, evergreen answers to the questions we get asked most — costs, technology choices, lifecycle planning, and tools. Written from practice, updated as the field moves.

For practitioners

Experience technology by design phase

The questions an architect, exhibit designer or owner should ask about screens, sensors and software at each phase of a building project, from concept through opening. Two printable pages.

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Records

Structured-data authority assets, primary-sourced and quarterly-refreshed — sourced numbers instead of a walkthrough.

The Experiential Design Index

The public credits database of experiential-technology firms and projects — museums, science centers, and brand experience centers, and the firms behind them.

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The Exhibit Cost Record

Public-records dataset of museum exhibit, interactive, and AV contract costs — federal contracts, grants, state procurement, and IRS Form 990 disclosures.

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