Life in One Cubic Foot
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES)
SCOPE OF WORK
SIE worked with SITES to redevelop the existing Life in One Cubic Foot exhibition from the
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) as a traveling exhibition. SIE designed and
fabricated the traveling version of the exhibition. This work involved developing and
producing three new freestanding interactives, a 3D model of a paraphronima amphipod,
and a bronze tactile model of a paraphronima eye. SIE also refurbished two cases, made
17 mounts for props, and designed ten custom icon illustrations for the interactives.
Animated sketch of the biocube interactive
Video by SIE exhibit specialist Jeff Rosshirt
Hand-drawn sketches of the biocube interactive by
SIE exhibit specialist Enrique Dominguez
Left and center:
Biocube interactive prototype
Right:
Biocube model in progress
Biocube model in progress
The Life in One Cubic Foot traveling exhibition
Left: The assembled Paraphronima 3D print with its support structure
Right: Tactile model of the Paraphronima’s eye after 3D printing
Left: Line art by SIE designer Elena Saxton
Right: The Life in One Cubic Foot traveling exhibition