Features
Ideas, craft and culture worth exploring beyond a single show.
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WaterSense at a fixture display: what the label actually covers
Product identity, category and certification records make a water-efficiency label more informative.
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Countertop seams: read the fabrication drawing
Plans, sections and detail references connect seams, edges and openings in a countertop design.
Read the feature ↗Smart-home interoperability: a logo is only part of the answer
Network paths, control roles and certification records give adjacent smart-home logos distinct meanings.
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Garden exhibit maps: read contour lines before imagining the view
Contour intervals, spacing and symbols turn a garden terrain drawing into a readable elevation story.
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Letterpress displays: type, blocks and the printed impression
Connect physical type with its printed impression to see how letters, spaces and page design work together.
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Woodcraft exhibits: turning and joinery tell different stories
Turned profiles, joints and surface decoration contribute different parts of a wood object’s design.
Read the feature ↗Lost-wax casting: follow the object through a display sequence
Follow one shape across a model, mold and cast to understand the relationships in a process display.
Read the feature ↗Glass at a maker show: hot work, kiln work and cold work
Forming and surface techniques can contribute different features to the same finished glass object.
Read the feature ↗Bookbinding displays: understand how pages become a structure
Leaves, gatherings and cover connections reveal a book’s structure beyond its decorated exterior.
Read the feature ↗Marquetry, parquetry and inlay: see how a surface is assembled
Geometry, grain and borders make decorative wood surfaces readable at several scales of pattern.
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Woven patterns and dyed patterns: learn to distinguish the design process
Compare the motif with its technique label to understand how structure, color and surface create pattern.
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Clay surface techniques: slip, sgraffito and glaze labels
Body, slip, incision and glaze contribute distinct relationships to a ceramic object’s decoration.
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