kamoinge workshop
PROCESS WORK
The Kamoinge Workshop was a famous African American photography group in the 1960s and 70s. The name Kamoinge comes from the Gikuyu language and means “a group of people acting and working together". This group of young photographers captured the real lives of African Americans in an era of media misrepresentation. The collective held many exhibitions and shows throughout this time and left behind thousands of beautiful photographs. Today the Kamoinge Workshop is a traveling exhibition of curated works from the group. This design project is for a theoretical traveling exhibition in a public library across the United States. Given the nature of traveling exhibitions and public spaces. The design had to be highly versatile and movable allowing for display in any space.
Highly versatile; this was the main driving design aspect carried through the project. Every display board in this exhibition is made from the same size and shape wood board. These boards can fit together to lay flush against a surface, stand up on their own, or fit together for an edge that can be laid against a Collom or a wall. Every board has a front and a back allowing for a vast amount of display options. The board design was left simple and raw to let the photos speak for themselves. The boards are simply a display for the beautiful photos and should not distract but enhance. The raw wood and earthy colors pull from the photo's raw subjects and natural tones.
The cubes offer the viewers a chance to interact with the exhibition. These blocks can stretch down a main lobby or corridors giving viewers a place to sit to enjoy the work. As the viewers walk in one direction entering the exhibit space the blocks read "kamoinge" while on the other side the blocks read "workshop".
Key Design Elements
DICHOTOMIES
KAMOINGE PHOTOGRAPHS
FLOOR PLAN
final renderings
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