GHM Presentation #2 - Conceptual Ideas

On Wednesday we had our second presentation/meeting with the GHM committee and we presented our conceptual ideas that we have been working on since the last time we met with them. Paige and I presented the Old and New board, which had a combination of ideas on it. It had a neutral color scheme with the addition of red for an accent color, my proposed desk and kiosk idea, an extra kiosk idea by Alex, then the circulation chart and perspective. They really seemed to like the ideas that we presented them with and they had a lot of helpful feedback. Here is some of their overall main comments:

• like the desk idea, its contemporary design, and how it reflects the curvature of the space
• having more than one kiosk but not so many it is overwhelming
• would the desk be able to accommodate for two people sitting behind it
• make a timeless design because these ideas may not be implemented for several years
• some said they liked Alex's kiosk idea and felt that it would draw people over to see what it is because of its abstract design whereas some felt it might not be inviting enough
• some of them said they liked the color scheme and how it can go with things such a moving exhibits and banners because of the neutral colors while others felt that the colors were not welcoming enough
• adding shelves for information pamphlets on bands of the desk
• felt that the wood idea related to our color scheme was a good idea
• wireless kiosks so that wires don't interfere with the space
• like the mobility of everything
• liked how ideas reflected each other without being the same
• they liked the interactivity and entertainment of the kiosk
• want us to think of more multipurpose things
• they liked how the red stood out in the color scheme
• want us to play around with the idea of traditional vs. modern and twist the two together to create something unique

This meeting was really interesting and informative. I feel like we got a lot of great feedback from them during this meeting and we can take what they have given us in this meeting and move forward towards more refined ideas.

The process in which we presented the information went well, however I wish that we had more time to talk with each group, because we were getting a lot of great feedback and then every time the time limit seemed to cut it short. I think that it was helpful to have more than one person presenting each board because then if one of us forgot to mention an important aspect about our board then the other person usually remembered to bring it up and we could ping pong the presentation between each other so that we could share in the presentation work. I think overall the way that we presented the information to them went really well and I think we got a lot of useful information from them that we can work off of and have even more ideas for them in three weeks when we present to them again.