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# Drumminhands Design

Interactive Media & Graphic Design

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- [Home](https://www.drumminhands.com/) - DRUMMINHANDS DESIGN: AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO COMMITTED TO AUDIENCE, INTERPRETATION, AND ACCESSIBILITY.
- [Our Story](https://www.drumminhands.com/our-story/) - An interactive media and graphic design studio committed to audience, interpretation, and accessibility. What we do We help exhibit experts create interactive media-based experiences. Our goal? Get your visitors more engaged and connected to your interpretive messages. We make visitors jump for joy, laugh, point, share, and ask others to join them in their discovery.
- [Contact](https://www.drumminhands.com/contact/) - Let's work together. Schedule a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your project or idea. If applicable, we could prepare a free custom cost estimate for the project. Δ This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the GooglePrivacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. PHONE +1 (612) 440-5186 EMAIL chris@drumminhands.com ADDRESS Drumminhands Design1500 Jackson St NE
- [Are we a good fit?](https://www.drumminhands.com/good-fit/) - Here's what we value. Project teams work best when members bring their own strengths to the table. When each person helps fill in the gaps to address overall strengths and weaknesses. But it also means finding team members who align philosophically. What makes you tick? What types of projects make your heart sing? Core values
- [Services](https://www.drumminhands.com/services/) - An interactive media and graphic design studio committed to audience, interpretation, and accessibility. What We Offer Concepting Brainstorming, sketching, inspiring creativity, and experience narratives Parts Specification Recommending easy to maintain hardware and software plus cost estimating Interaction Design User interface design and visitor experience design Graphic Design 2D layout and design, production-ready files, estimating, and
- [Home 2](https://www.drumminhands.com/home-2/) - 01 THE STRUCTURE CITY LIFESTYLE 02 THE WORKPLACE MINIMAL SPACE 03 FOGGY MOUNTAIN CALM LANDSPACE
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- [Portfolio Joined](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio-joined/) - MN DNR State Fair Interactive Game Exhibit, Interactive Schubert Club Music Museum Exhibit, Interactive Farmamerica Interpretive Center Exhibit, Interactive The McNay Art Museum’s The Studio Exhibit, Interactive Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibit, Interactive Bell Museum Seeing Birds Exhibit Exhibit, Interactive Minnesota Children’s Museum Shipwreck Exhibit, Interactive Interactive NFC Business Cards Interactive, Publication Hickory Run State Park
- [Portfolio Standard](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio-standard/) - MN DNR State Fair Interactive Game Exhibit, Interactive Schubert Club Music Museum Exhibit, Interactive Farmamerica Interpretive Center Exhibit, Interactive The McNay Art Museum’s The Studio Exhibit, Interactive Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibit, Interactive Bell Museum Seeing Birds Exhibit Exhibit, Interactive Minnesota Children’s Museum Shipwreck Exhibit, Interactive Interactive NFC Business Cards Interactive, Publication Hickory Run State Park
- [Portfolio Masonry III](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio-masonry-iii/) - MN DNR State Fair Interactive Game Exhibit, Interactive Schubert Club Music Museum Exhibit, Interactive Farmamerica Interpretive Center Exhibit, Interactive The McNay Art Museum’s The Studio Exhibit, Interactive Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibit, Interactive
- [Portfolio Masonry II](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio-masonry-ii/) - MN DNR State Fair Interactive Game Exhibit, Interactive Schubert Club Music Museum Exhibit, Interactive Farmamerica Interpretive Center Exhibit, Interactive The McNay Art Museum’s The Studio Exhibit, Interactive Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibit, Interactive Bell Museum Seeing Birds Exhibit Exhibit, Interactive Minnesota Children’s Museum Shipwreck Exhibit, Interactive Interactive NFC Business Cards Interactive, Publication
- [Portfolio Masonry I](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio-masonry-i/) - MN DNR State Fair Interactive Game Exhibit, Interactive Schubert Club Music Museum Exhibit, Interactive Farmamerica Interpretive Center Exhibit, Interactive The McNay Art Museum’s The Studio Exhibit, Interactive Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibit, Interactive Bell Museum Seeing Birds Exhibit Exhibit, Interactive
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## Portfolio

- [MN DNR State Fair Interactive Game](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/mn-dnr-state-fair-interactive-game/)
- [Monterey Bay Aquarium](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/monterey-bay-acquarium/) - Client: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Blue Rhino Studio Role: Interactive design, custom software development, interactive media production, wiring, hardware specification Primary Goal: Make sculptures of bioluminescent animals illuminate and come to life. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s newest exhibit is “Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean.” Since live animals from the bottom of the sea floor cannot survive in
- [Schubert Club Music Museum](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/schubert-club-music-museum/) - Nestled in Landmark Center, downtown St Paul, MN, the Schubert Club museum holds a world-class collection of historic keyboards, original letters and manuscripts of famous composers, and musical instruments from around the world. The Schubert Club also has a commitment to bringing high quality, affordable concerts to local guests as well as teaching inspiring musicians.
- [Farmamerica Interpretive Center](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/farmamerica-agricultural-interpretive-center/) - Client: Farmamerica, Split Rock Studios Role: Interactive design, Custom wiring and assembly, Hardware specification Primary Goal: Use video to increase visitor's pride in agriculture Based in Southwestern Minnesota, the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center, aka Farmamerica, preserves, celebrates, and promotes the state’s rich connection to agriculture. Visitors explore the evolving story of agriculture through sensory experiences like tours,
- [Minnesota Children's Museum Shipwreck](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/minnesota-childrens-museum-shipwreck-adventures/) - Client: Heinzen Media, Minnesota Children's Museum Role: Interactive design, Custom Software Development, Interactive Media Production, Sensor Configuration Primary Goal: Make a ships wheel interactive to the visitor's surroundings in a fun and exciting way. The Minnesota Children’s Museum, in the heart of Downtown Saint Paul, sparks children’s learning through play while serving more than 550,000 visitors each year.
- [The McNay Art Museum's The Studio](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/the-mcnay-art-museums-the-studio/) - Client: The McNay Art Museum, The Doseum Role: Interactive Design, User Interface Design, Custom Software Development, Interactive Media Production Primary Goal: Allow visitors to build their own exhibit using the museum's collection. The McNay reimagined their old gift shop space named The Studio. Here visitors can plan and design their own exhibits. The Studio invites all visitors
- [Bell Museum Seeing Birds Exhibit](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/bell-museum-seeing-birds-exhibit/) - Client: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, Outhouse Exhibit Services, Heinzen Media Role: Exhibit design and Interactive Design Primary Goal: Celebrate the Bell Museum's 150th anniversary with an exhibit focused on their study of birds. The Bell Museum conducts collections-based research and showcases the ways people connect with nature, especially birds. To celebrate their 150 year anniversary, the Bell
- [Peabody Essex Museum Lunar Attraction](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/peabody-essex-museum-lunar-attraction-moon-scale/) - Scale interactive for the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA Client: Ed Rodley, Peabody Essex Museum Role: Interactive developer and fabricator Primary goal: Allow visitors to easily find their weight on the moon, contemplating different gravitational forces
- [Kinzua Bridge State Park  Exhibits](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/kinzua-bridge-state-park-visitor-center-exhibits/) - The steam-era industrial exhibit style is based on the design and style aesthetic from the late 1800s to early 1900s. The exhibit style informed the artistry throughout the exhibits and enhanced visitors’ understanding of the historic viaduct as an engineering marvel. The interpretive content builds their understanding and appreciation for the cultural and natural resources
- [Interactive NFC Business Cards](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/nfc-business-cards/) - Don't like typing contact info into your phone? Hold these business cards to your phone, trigger NFC, and download the contact info in a breeze. Also note the letterpress printing—a fun combo of old and new technology. Client: Drumminhands Design Role: Graphic designer, Interactive Media Primary goal: Make a memorable business card experience mixing old and new
- [Bad Bad Hats Walkman Poster](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/bad-bad-hats-walkman-poster/) - Band poster for their Walkman album. Limited print run. Screen-printed on a sparkly paper. Client: Bad Bad Hats band Role: Graphic designer Primary goal: Make a memorable, minimalistic band poster to sell at the merch table.
- [Minnesota Pollinators Accessible Exhibits](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/minnesota-pollinators-accessible-exhibits/) - Repeated at 10 different state parks throughout the State of Minnesota near educational pollinator plantings. Client: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Role: Exhibit design, art direction, and interactive media planning as an employee of the 106 Group Primary Goal: The MN DNR planted acres of pollinator habitat at each state park in this series. Outdoor interpretive exhibits showcase
- [Hickory Run State Park Exhibits](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/hickory-run-state-park-exhibits/) - In the western foothills of the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, Hickory Run State Park offers 16,000 acres for visitors to explore. The park includes streams, wooded hiking trails, CCC structures, and the largest flat field of boulders in the Appalachians. Client: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Role: Interactive design, graphic design, and exhibit design support
- [Conference Presentations](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/conference-presentations/) - Over the years, we have presented at various museum and interpretation focused conferences. Accessible by Design | Association of Midwest Museums How to Implement Accessible Exhibits | National Association for Interpretation Stronger Together: How Digital Media Adds Layers to Guided Interpretation | Museum Computer Network Listen Up! Providing Accessible Interpretation with Audio | National Association
- [Teaching Arduino](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/teaching-arduino/) - Over the years, I taught an introduction to Arduino workshop at various museum conferences. 2017 MCN Workshop using new Circuit Playground with embedded sensors 2016 MCN Workshop focusing on wearables 2016 NEMA Workshop and 2015 MCN Workshop using light and sound, focusing on building circuits and manipulating code. 2014 MCN Workshop divided across a few sections
- [National Park Service Wayside Exhibits](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/national-park-service-wayside-exhibits/) - Client: National Park Service, Nationwide, US Role: Senior designer (both graphic and exhibit) and art director as an employee of the 106 Group Primary goal: Design and coordinate outdoor wayside exhibits for that National Park Service from concept to delivery on-site. Description: As part of a team at the 106 Group, I have planned and designed hundreds of wayside
- [Outdoor Accessible Exhibits at Peavey Plaza](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/outdoor-accessible-exhibits-at-peavey-plaza/) - Nestled downtown Minneapolis, Peavey Plaza provides an urban oasis to visitors in a busy city. The waterfall and pool activates the space, drowning out the sounds of the city. Designed by renowned landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg, Peavey Plaza opened in 1975. A notable example of modernist architecture, it is listed on the National Register
- [Rohwer Japanese American Internment Camp](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/rohwer-japanese-american-internment-camp/) - On-site outdoor interpretive exhibit in Rohwer Arkansas where Japanese Americans were interned during WWII. Uses outdoor wayside exhibits and solar powered audio players. George Takei and his family was brought to this camp in his childhood. I recorded his voice for scripted audio tracks and edited oral histories. I also created a 3-fold brochure and
- [Audio Description at Blue Ridge Parkway](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/audio-description-at-blue-ridge-parkway/) - Client: National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway, VA &NC Role: Designer as an employee of the 106 Group Primary goal: Design outdoor exhibits along the Blue Ridge Parkway in VA & NC. Include audio descriptions at each location for visitors with low or no vision. blri-05 blri-04 blri-03 blri-02 blri-01
- [Ohiopyle State Park](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/ohiopyle-state-park/) - Ohiopyle State Park is a flagship park within the Pennsylvania DCNR-Bureau of State Parks system. The park is known for its high attendance of nearly 1.5 million visitors per year, diversity of natural resources, and wealth of recreational opportunities. More than 14 miles of the Youghiogheny River Gorge pass through the heart of the park.
- [Article: Interpretation in Museums](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/article-interpretation-in-museums/) - Download Featured in “Legacy Magazine”, a publication of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). Reflections on the state of interpretation in museums. With interviews from industry leaders Ed Rodley, Douglas Hegley, and Jennifer Foley, I discusses the unfortunately common practice of leaving exhibits intentionally void of interpretation, where interpretation has a foothold in the museum industry, and tips for
- [USES 125th Anniversary Exhibit](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/uses-125th-anniversary-exhibit/) - uses-01 uses-02 uses-03 uses-04 Celebratory exhibit for non-profit in Boston, MA. Includes graphic panels, portable zip banners, and digital signage. Client: United South End Settlements (USES) Role: Exhibit designer, graphic designer, planner, project manager, production manager, installer Primary goal: Celebrate the people and organization in their 125th anniversary year
- [Gooseberry Falls State Park](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/gooseberry-falls-state-park/) - Touchable tactile map including Braille, raised letters, texture identifiable trails, and activity icons at Gooseberry Falls State Park near Two Harbors, MN. Includes legend with touchable icons, identifying different areas, trails, and activities throughout the park. Client: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Role: Exhibit and graphic designer as an employee of the 106 Group Primary goal: Help park
- [Boston Children’s Museum Macrophotography Exhibit](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/boston-childrens-museum-macrophotography-exhibit/) - Macrophotography interactive for the Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA Client: Boston Children’s Museum Role: Interactive designer and developer Primary goal: Allow visitors to easily examine small objects at large scale and take photos, easily sent to Flickr. See all photos uploaded here. Built with a raspberry pi inside a recycled 1950s projector. bcm04 bcm01 18776213301_14e8bf1a1f_o 19146849255_81ea5b97e9_o 18891560042_4072d68fa7_o 20015839698_ca08a8668f_o 19566003698_6b52a87403_o 19478750686_54c1b20e75_o
- [Chamizal National Memorial Exhibit](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/chamizal-national-memorial-exhibit/) - Directly on the Mexican-American border, in the heart of the El Paso, lies Chamizal National Memorial. The Mission 66 era visitor center houses a theatrical stage and museum exhibit. Client: Capitol Museum Services and National Park Service Role: Exhibit design, graphic design, and interactive media planning as an employee of the 106 Group Primary Goal: The National Park
- [Spring Lake Park Reserve](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/spring-lake-park-reserve/) - A strategically placed sign tells the story of reusing rainwater from the Gathering Center roofs in the toilets Inside the lobby of the new gathering center on site, I also designed a larger interpretive sign asking the visitors to search the park for the outdoor interpretive signs. On special events days, the staff use the
- [Peabody Essex Museum Ocean Liners Exhibit](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio/peabody-essex-museum-ocean-liners-exhibit/) - Interactive for the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MAClient: Ed Rodley, Peabody Essex MuseumRole: Interactive developer and fabricatorPrimary goal: Illuminate specific objects from below, coordinating with show control and associated video, by Forest Giant. pem-ocean-05 pem-ocean-01 pem-ocean-04 pem-ocean-03 pem-ocean-02

## Portfolio Categories

- [Accessibility](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio_category/accessibility/)
- [Exhibit](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio_category/exhibit/)
- [Interactive](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio_category/interactive/)
- [Publication](https://www.drumminhands.com/portfolio_category/publication/)