NASA Co-Sponsors Aerospace Pop-Up Exhibit
To mark the 100th anniversary of flight, the architecture department at the Art Institute of Chicago will host an exhibit on wind tunnels entitled Aerospace Design: The Art of Engineering from NASA’s Aeronautical Research in August of 2003. The exhibit will feature nearly 100 artifacts, architectural and engineering designs, and models of wind tunnels.

As a precursor to the event, Chicago Scenic was hired to create a traveling version of the exhibit to be displayed at various airports and museums through- out the country. Project Manager Gary Heitz worked on the project with John Zukowsky, curator at the Art Institute of Chicago’s department of architecture. Similar to the 2001: Building for Space Travel exhibit which Chicago Scenic also created, the goal of these traveling exhibits is to recreate the experience of walking through the exhibit without actually going to the Art Institute.

CSSI utilized Skyline Display’s Mirage pop-up display system for the traveling exhibit. Anthony Springer of NASA provided pictures and graphics that CSSI integrated into the 60-foot-long by eight-feet-tall wall, using a series of graphics panels.

The exhibit is currently on display in Terminal 2 at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

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