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What will the inside of National Juneteenth Museum look like? New images revealed
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Award-Winning Exhibition Designer Selected for Fort Worth’s National Juneteenth Museum
Dallas Innovates
Opal Lee marked her 98th birthday by seeing the interior design of the Juneteenth Museum
Dallas Morning News
Opal Lee celebrates birthday with new renderings of National Juneteenth Museum
Fort Worth Report
New Richmond institute to examine how slavery helped build modern America
Washington Post
Inside L’Oréal’s high-tech Paris headquarters
Fast Company
Le Visionnaire is Fast Co’s #1 Workplace Design Worldwide
Fast Company Innovation By Design
The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Opens in New York
Architectural Record
Dassai Opens Its Sprawling Sake Brewery in the Hudson Valley
NYTimes
One of Japan’s Top Sake Producers Now Has a Brewery in New York
Eater
After major makeover, Columbus Museum will reopen lighter and brighter
Atlanta Constitution-Journal
Major interactive attraction announced for Canalside as part of Erie Canal bicentennial
Buffalo News
Ahead of Erie Canal Bicentennial, Governor Hochul Announces Plans for New Visitors Experience at Canalside in Buffalo
Governor Kathy Hochul
Welcome to COMU: Columbus Museum reopens Saturday, May 4
WRBL
Take a look inside Columbus Museum’s ‘transformative change’ after $25 million renovation
Ledger Enquirer
Take a look inside Columbus Museum’s ‘transformative change’ after $25 million renovation
Ledger Enquirer
Redesigned attraction at World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta explores connections between scent, memory, and emotion
Blooloop
World of Coca-Cola unveils new immersive Scent Discovery exhibit
Rough Draft Atlanta
New exhibit in Manhattan tells Holocaust story. Its intended audience? Children
WNYC
L’Oréal Inaugurates Le Visionnaire Creative Employee Hub in Paris
Women's Wear Daily
L’Oréal Inaugurates Le Visionnaire Creative Employee Hub in Paris
Global Cosmetic Industry
L’Oréal’s New Paris Hub Has an AI ‘Visionary Wall’—Here’s How it Works
Scene
Louisiana Civil Rights Museum to open in New Orleans
Axios
How Local Projects translated the horrors of the Holocaust into a kid-friendly museum experience
Fast Company
Inside L’Oréal’s New 45,208-Square-Foot Innovation Center in Paris
Fashionista
A high-tech answer to the dilemma of how to teach the Holocaust to kids without traumatizing them
The Forward
Ten Must-See 2023 Exhibitions From SEGD Members
SEGD
First Bank of the United States is to be transformed into an interactive museum
BLOOLOOP
First Bank of the United States to become Philadelphia’s newest museum
AXIOS
Landmark First Bank building in Philadelphia to be renovated and will become a museum
AP News
Philadelphia’s First Bank of U.S. to re-open as museum in 2026
Philadelphia Inquirer
First Bank of the United States
Modern and ancient coexist in $50 million Tower of David renovation
Times of Israel
In Museums About Horrors, Children Learn of the Heroes
NYTimes
Button up! Garment District’s iconic button gets new threads
New York Inquisitor
See the brand-new giant button sculpture that was just unveiled in the Garment District
Time Out
A clever redesign saved NYC’s iconic Button and Needle sculpture from collapse
Fast Company
Great Southern Land examines the relationship between Australian people and place through interactive installations
CommArts
The iconic Garment District button and needle is getting a redesign
TimeOut
The Garment District’s Iconic Button & Needle Sculpture Is Getting A Redesign
Secret NYC
The Garment District’s iconic button & needle kiosk will be redesigned
6SQFT
Button Up! Garment District’s Famous Sculpture to Get a New Pop Art Look
W42ST
Finally bold and imaginative: the first major redesign of the National Museum of Australia is a triumph
The Conversation
A More Sustainable Experience Design Industry
National Museum of Australia unveils exciting new gallery redevelopments
The National Tribune
National Museum of Australia launches two new galleries — Great Southern Land and children’s Discovery Centre
ABC News
The National Museum of Australia’s new gallery is all about our environmental connection to this Great Southern Land
Canberra Times
LP to Design Exhibits for Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center
Groundbreaking of a new visitor center at Stonewall National Monument to kick off NYC Pride
The Architect's Newspaper
A Stonewall Visitor Center Will Celebrate L.G.B.T.Q. History
The New York Times
MOSH hires 9/11 memorial designer for Northbank museum
NPR / WJCT
A School From the 1860s Is Transformed into a Museum of Language
Metropolis Magazine
Local Projects hired by MOSH for new museum
Jacksonville Business Journal
MOSH hires 9/11 memorial designer for Northbank museum
WJCT Jacksonville
Stream Jake Barton’s Keynote Speech at AAM 2022
Tulsa Is in the Midst of a Massive Cultural Renaissance
Architectural Digest
Jake Barton to Give Innovation Keynote at #AAM2022 in Boston
Blooloop
Tulsa Is in the Midst of a Massive Cultural Renaissance
Architectural Digest
Planet Word Survived the Pandemic to Inspire a Love of Language
New York Times
Meet the jurors of the 2022 Innovation by Design Awards
Fast Company
Based on a True Story, ft. Stephanie Mehta of FastCo and Mia Tramz of TIME
Jake’s Session at MuseumNext’s Green Museums Summit
Announcing Our New CEO
Storymaking Part II
Greenwood Rising — a Museum Dedicated to the History of the Tulsa Race Massacre — Is Now Open
Travel + Leisure
Planet Word Featured on CBS Sunday Morning
CBS Sunday Morning
FastCo: “The immersive DreamCube is like stepping inside a videogame”
Fast Company
Planet Word is Conde Nasté Traveler’s 2nd Best Museum in Washington D.C.
Conde Nasté Traveler
Press Release: Local Projects Sweeps Fast Co. Awards
Local Projects is the 2021 Design Company of the Year
Fast Company
This poignant museum uses computer vision to reckon with the legacy of colonial Australia
Fast Company
Storymaking with Eric Mika: Pt 1
Local Projects
100 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Story of Greenwood Continues
Metropolis Magazine
Greenwood Rising Shares Two Stories Of Tragedy In Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District
FORBES
This haunting museum recreates the horrors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Fast Company
New museum for America and the Bible opens at Independence Mall
NPR
NYTimes’ lead art critic Holland Cotter reviews Greenwood Rising
The New York Times
A new history center in Tulsa’s Greenwood district recounts a grievous past while spurring future change
The Architectural Newspaper
The Greenwood Massacre in Tulsa, America’s ‘single worst incident of racial violence’, is remembered 100 years on
The Art Newspaper
A New Museum Dedicated to the Tulsa Race Massacre Lets Visitors Choose to See the Full Grim Picture, or Take an ‘Emotional Exit’
Artnet
Local Projects Sponsors #AAM2021
Greenwood Rising featured in NYTimes Design Special Report
The New York Times
Faith and Liberty Discovery Center is opening across the street from Independence Mall
Philadelphia Enquirer
Faith and Liberty Discovery Center reveals opening date, begins ticket sales
Philly Voice
Planet Word has won the Interaction Award for the Expressing category, our first win with the IXDA!
IxD Awards
Norton Museum Of Art Brings Art to Life With AR
MuseumNext
Planet Word: The World’s First Voice Activated Museum
SEGD
3 Powerful Interactive Museum Exhibits Shed Light On The Path To Racial Justice
FORBES
Norton Art+ debut in Forbes
FORBES
Hyde Park Barracks Museum wins Australia’s Best Permanent Gallery
Australian Museums and Galleries National Awards
D.C.’s Newest Museum is Perfect for Kids … And It’s Free
The Daily Beast
Planet Word Where You Can Experience Language In Magical Ways You Never Imagined
Forbes
Planet Word, A New D.C. Museum, Explores The Landscape of Language
Washington Post
At this awesome new museum, the exhibits respond to the sound of your voice
Fast Company
Christopher Fung on our Innovation by Design-winning work with the New York Times
Fast Company Innovation by Design
Local Projects + The NYTimes wins the Sylvia Harris Honors Award
SEGD
We Talked to 25+ Cultural Institutions. Here Are Our Top Ideas for a COVID-Future
A message of solidarity
LP hosting free workshops on COVID-future adaptability
Race Massacre Centennial Commission Announces New Site for Greenwood Rising History Center
Public Radio Tulsa
The Hyde Park Barracks reopens with a new, immersive museum experience
TIME OUT
Print? Digital? A Frame Awards-winning project took The New York Times spatial
FRAME Magazine
Sydney’s 200-Year-Old Hyde Park Barracks Has Reopened After Its Multimillion-Dollar Transformation
Concrete Playground
Why the Hyde Park Barracks sets a new benchmark in museum practice
ArtsHub
New virtual reality exhibit at DuSable lets users experience Dr. King’s ‘Dream’
Chicago Sun Times
First look: In virtual reality, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers soul-stirring ‘Dream’ speech at DuSable Museum
Chicago Tribune
Creating a museum for the future – Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks reimagined
The Guardian
A New York design company is set to revamp the National Museum of Australia
Canberra Times
The NYTimes ‘The Truth Is Worth It’ Campaign Expands to Installations All Over New York City
Ad Age
What’s in a Word? Museum of Words Soon to Open in Nation’s Capital
NONPROFIT QUARTERLY
The latest word on Planet Word: Downtown D.C.’s language museum is set to open in May
WASHINGTON POST
Our augmented reality audioguide for PACE Gallery’s new exhibition, Seeing Picasso: Maker of the Modern, makes its debut
Artnet
SF museum to explore our dark side: domestic violence, bullying, school shootings
San Francisco Chronicle
Local Projects named Best Medium Design Studio, wins two Gold Awards
New York Design Awards
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Commemoration Commission unveils exhibit designs for new museum
KTUL
NYT Highlights Local Reporting
NY1 Spectrum News
Latest ‘New York Times’ Campaign Touts Local Reporting
Media Post
New York Times Truth Is Worth It Campaign Expands to Installations All Over New York City
Ad Age
How Local Projects Creates The Museums Of The Future: 10 Unforgettable Global Experiences
Forbes
Hyde Park Barracks closes for transformation
The Sydney Morning Herald
LP Interaction Designer Nina Boesch Reveals Her UX Secrets
Mental Floss
Game On! Inside The New Amsterdam Fashion For Good Museum
Forbes
The visitor souvenir at Amsterdam’s new Fashion for Good museum? An action plan
Frame Magazine
Fashion For Good museum in Amsterdam promotes responsible fashion
Dezeen
Fashion for Good Encourages Consumers to Be More Responsible About Consumption With New ‘Museum’ in Amsterdam
Women's Wear Daily
Two LP Projects Make TIME’s World’s Greatest Places 2018
Time
A lost Roman temple reopens beneath London’s bustling streets
Lonely Planet
Temple to ancient Roman cult resurrected beneath London
CNN
See renderings of Planet Word, the new museum coming to Franklin School
Curbed DC
The Planet Word Museum breaks ground at the historic Franklin School – Washington
Washington Business Journal
Here’s What D.C.’s New ‘Planet Word’ Museum In The Franklin School Will Look Like
WAMU
Oprah tours The Legacy Museum on 60 Minutes
CBS News
New lynching memorial confronts the nation’s brutal history of racial terrorism
The Washington Post
The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It.
The New York Times
Underground Roman Temple Reopens as Immersive Museum
Dezeen
How Jake Barton Creates Museum Magic
Magenta
Fast Company visits One World Observatory with LP
Fast Company
Fast Company Profiles Local Projects
Fast Company
ARoS Experimenting with Our View on Art
Politiken
In Conversation with Jake Barton 12th April 2017
Museum Next
In Home of Hip-Hop, a Concert Hall to Honor Its Musical History
The New York Times
A Mental Fitness Center
Nordea Fonden
Meet Our NYTimes Brand Panel Castmates
Medium
This Museum Experience Lets You Redesign New York City
The Creator's Project
City Museums Look to the Future
The Atlantic
How Interactive Design Can Help New Yorkers Envision Their City’s Future
Fast Company
Synthetic Biology Is … Complex. But This Exhibit Makes It a Blast
Wired
Valentine’s Day 2012: Bjarke Ingels Group ‘Hearts’ Times Square
International Business Times
East Village lot turned into BMW Guggenheim Lab, think tank for New Yorkers to make city better
NY Daily News
New Yorkers Become Extras for Museum of the City’s New Game
DNA Info
The 5 Coolest Things About The Revamped Smithsonian Design Museum
Fast Company
The Cooper-Hewitt’s Connected Pen Brings Visitors Back, Online
The Observer
Jake Barton at TED
TED
The Tech Museum of Innovation Wins National Honor for Body Metrics Exhibit
Market Wired
At New Tech Museum Exhibit, Your Body Is the Work of Art
7x7
5 Lessons In UI Design, From A Breakthrough Museum
Fast Company
Target Open House featured in WIRED
Wired
The New Cooper Hewitt
The New Yorker
Technology That Serves to Enhance, Not Distract
The New York Times
BIG ♥ NYC
Arch Daily
Cleveland Museum Visitors Explore Art with Mobile App, Beacons
The Wall Street Journal
How Laurene Powell Jobs’ XQ Institute Is Inspiring Entrepreneurs To Help Fix America’s High Schools
Forbes
Jake Barton at MuseumNext
Museum Next
Jake Barton at Eyeo 2015
Eyeo Festival
The Museum of the Future Is Here
The Atlantic Monthly
Interview with Jake Barton, Founder of Local Projects
Design Boom
9/11 Enters the Realm of Museum
On the Media
9/11 Memorial Museum Wins at Cannes
Ad Week
Nathan Adkisson at PSFK Future of Retail
PSFK
Want Kids To Be More Interested In STEM Classes? There’s An App For That
Fast Company
The Coolest Thing About 1 World Trade Center’s New Observatory Isn’t The View
Fast Company
Jake Barton at Eyeo 2013
Eyeo Festival
Laurene Powell Jobs Commits $50 Million to Create New High Schools
The New York Times
Newly Playful, by Design
The New York Times
Bryan Stevenson Wants Us to Talk More About Slavery
History Now
At Museum on 9/11, Talking Through an Identity Crisis
The New York Times
Jazz at Lincoln Center to Redesign Rose Hall Atrium
The New York Times
Apps to Bring Math and Science Skills Back After Summer’s Slide
The New York Times
What Made New York New York? Henry Hudson, George Washington and a Silver Subway Shovel
The New York Times
Creating Enduring Experiences Through Storytelling: Interview With Local Projects
Museum Hack
Comedians’ Holograms to Headline National Museum of Comedy
The Hollywood Reporter
Health Systems Hope Social Initiatives Will Produce Better Health Outcomes and Lower Costs
Modern Healthcare
9/11 Museum: Tragedy Turns the Mundane into Memorial
CNN
Inside Target’s Tech Funhouse and Search for Its Next Billion-Dollar Business
RE/CODE
Picture Frames
The New York Times
A First Look at the Freedom Tower’s One World Observatory
The Wall Street Journal
Jake Barton at WIRED 2012
Wired UK
Jake Barton at WIRED By Design
WIRED
Brookfield’s $250 Million Development Rocks Downtown
The New York Post
The Near-Impossible Challenge of Designing the 9/11 Museum
Wired
David Pogue at the 9/11 Memorial Museum
Yahoo News
New Tech Museum Interactive Exhibit Educates People with Wearable Sensors
Silicon Valley Business Journal
New ‘Body Metrics’ exhibit opens at The Tech — it’s all about you
The San Jose Mercury News
An Ingenious Museum Design That Turns Visitors Into Creators
Wired
Stones and Bones
The New Yorker
Of Pixels and Paintings: Gallery One, ArtLens and the Role of Technology in Museums
The Huffington post
New York Hall of Science Debuts Noticing Tools Apps
The Journal
David Isay Wins 2015 TED Prize for StoryCorps, an Oral History Project
The New York Times
Coming Into Its Own: The Rejuvenated Brookfield Place
The Wall Street Journal
The 9/11 Story Told at Bedrock, Powerful as a Punch to the Gut
The New York Times
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