Thanks for your descriptions Tamara - the pearl and the overall presentation. I feel like I was standing right beside you and experiencing your frustration over reading cards.
It reminded me so much of the one and only time I went to a particular museum and was astonished at how inaccessible the information was. Have never been back.
I suspect that these days so much is designed by a hack sitting at a computer screen and oblivious to the requirements of real space in which people really move and absorb information and experiences from everything around them.
--Previous Message-- : : the opening exhibit in New York City : yesterday, I was up close and personal with : La Peregrina pearl...it is absolutely : stunning...the luster, with no dents or : scratches (visible to my eyes) it looked : perfect keeping in mind how many hands have : touched it over centuries...honestly, I : didn't even pay attention to the : necklace...that pearl is magical on its own : with its diamond leaf element. : : However, I have a different feeling about : the whole exhibit...it felt as thought not : much planning went into it...the description : of he items were printed on small plaques : and placed behind display cases so people : had to squeeze themselves in between to read : what was displayed...few people around me : were not happy about it...the walls were : empty so blowing up descriptions and : displaying them that way on the wall would : have made more sense and filled room : visually. : : Secondly, the jewelry was displyed : wrong...either it was too high or too : low...now I am 5'7" and I felt that in : some cases I had to get on my knees to view : jewels or stand on my toes (in the case for : emerald necklace) to see it correctly...The : diamond feather brooch looked like someone : took it out of the case and never put it : back properly...the diamond chandelier : earrings were in the corner from La : Peregrina pearl and they closed it off so : people couldn't get close, which didn't make : sense, considering the fact that La : Peregrina was more accessible with personal : guard, who was nice enough to read the : description of the items in the : corners...that was absolutely ridiculous... : : Overall impression of the exhibit was that, : more attention was paid to clothes, : accessories (handbags, shoes) than the : Jewels....I really thought that charging $30 : per person, they should have done a better : job displaying such stunning : pieces...especially emerald diamond necklace : : : : --Previous Message-- : The Wall Street Journal has a couple of : short : articles on pearls in this week's Fashion : section (subsection of Life & Culture). : : The better one is about Ms. Taylor's famous : pearl La Peregrina (and of more interest to : us!). : : Enjoy! : : : : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203802204577066812786687118.html : : :
on December 4, 2011, 3:40 pm, in reply to "