Bespoke graphic adaptation for an international Egypt exhibition, demonstrating a cohesive visual language across diverse museum gallery formats in North America by Isabel Inhoven.
Egypt exhibition design + interpretive writing + publication design
‘Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs’ reveals the mysteries of the great pharaohs and explores daily life in ancient Egypt. Stunning artefacts, vivid multimedia spaces, hands-on elements, films, animations and a 3D-hologram of a mummy shed new light on the complexities of one of the most advanced and pre-eminent civilizations in the world.
The exhibition architecture was designed by Formation muenchen, with the original graphics created as a collaborative co-production for the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada, in 2018. For its 2019 U.S. premiere at the Cincinnati Museum Center, I adapted the complete exhibition texts and graphics for U.S. audiences. Since then, I have continued to scale and adapt the exhibition graphics for subsequent smaller iterations at the Natural History Museum of Utah [2021] and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science [2022].
The accompanying publication directly translates the touring exhibition’s spatial narrative into a two-dimensional format. Each spread is treated as a curated space that uses full-bleed photography to create an immersive reader experience, while the strategic placement of artifact photography against neutral backgrounds emphasizes their historical significance.
Detailed view of exhibition object description panels adapted for US museum standards, featuring clean sans-serif typography and high-contrast accessibility.
Detailed view of clean typographic object descriptions for an Egyptian artifact display, optimized for museum visitor legibility and engagement.
Floor-to-ceiling exhibition graphics for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science with decorative Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Large-format exhibition wall graphics for the Cincinnati Museum Center, featuring adapted Egyptian typography and thematic historical narratives for US audiences.
Backlit museum information panels at the Natural History Museum of Utah, showcasing a refined typographic hierarchy and high-contrast for maximum readability.
Large-scale wall projection and exhibition graphics creating an immersive storytelling experience in a sandy- and blue-toned gallery space alluding to the river Nile.
Custom-designed museum display cases for ancient Egyptian artifacts, featuring integrated conservation lighting and backlit exhibition graphics in a sandy-colored gallery space.
Front cover of the Egypt touring exhibition publication, featuring a minimalist layout and iconic artifact photography against a deep, textured background.
Exhibition book design for the Egypt museum tour, featuring a minimalist editorial layout and full-bleed photography that translates the spatial narrative into a printed format.
Printed publication for the Egypt international tour, demonstrating a cohesive visual language between the physical museum gallery and 2D graphic design.
Detailed book spread from the Egypt exhibition publication, showcasing high-definition artifact photography against neutral backgrounds to emphasize historical detail.
Full-bleed photography spread in a museum publication, creating an immersive atmospheric experience that mirrors the exhibition’s spatial narrative.

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