Dohner exhibition design: About

Summary

Progressive museum exhibition design for art, historical, and natural history museums.

Specialties

Museum exhibition design including case design, space planning, choosing finishes, design/detail drawings, art object layout, environmental graphic design, lighting, media presentations, and project/production management. Vectorworks CAD user and consultant.

Experience

Exhibition Designer
The Art Institute of Chicago
2006–to present
Created schematic drawings and design documents for exhibitions in consultation with the museum director’s office and curators to achieve distinctive, aesthetic, secure, and informative presentations of artwork. Applied ADA guidelines or best practices in exhibition design and lighting.

Exhibition Designer
Field Museum
2006
Worked closely with team of designers, developers, and builders on the design of Ancient Americas.

Exhibition Designer
Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
2003–2006
Worked closely with curators and educators to develop their exhibit ideas into working plans. Case layouts. Project-managed reinstallation of museum exhibitions. Exhibit and print graphics.