Chris Murray

About — Anderson, SC

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Moton 2011 - Galleries - The Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville, VA follows the story of Prince Edward County’s thirteen year transition from a segregated school system to integrated schools. The exhibit’s six galleries will be built within the historic school building, beginning in the auditorium and proceeding through the five original classrooms.

Personal Role: Aided in exhibit design (exhibit structures, room layout, traffic flow), graphic design, CAD modeling and rendering
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Moton 2011 - DVD Packaging - A sixteen-minute video detailing the Moton narrative with interviews of surviving students from Moton High School was produced as a fundraising piece. StudioAmmons filmed, edited, and produced the video, and created custom packaging and labeling for the DVD.

Personal Role: Video editing and production, packaging design, graphic design, print preparation/ordering
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Moton 2011 - Website - StudioAmmons designed and constructed a website which allows the various project team members and museum staff to view our sketches and renderings as the design progresses, leave comments, stay up to date on events, and contact one another. The site also serves as a searchable archive for all of our collected images, artifacts, and text for the exhibit.

Personal Role: Site construction (in its entirety), graphic design (leading role), webmaster
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Sailor's Creek Battlefield - 1 - StudioAmmons is in the late phases of design for an exhibit following the final days of Robert E. Lee’s retreat before surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse. The exhibit focuses largely on the final large-scale battle of the American Civil War, which occurred at Sailor’s Creek, Virginia, where the museum is located.

Personal Role: Aided in exhibit design (panel organization, structures– artifact cases), graphic design, CAD modeling and rendering, artifact photographing and sorting
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Sailor's Creek Battlefield - 2 - Visitors are guided through a chronological sequence using photographs, first-hand accounts and numerous artifacts to demonstrate the feelings of both Union and Confederate troops during the final days of the American Civil War.

Personal Role: Aided in exhibit design (panel organization, structures– rolling artifact cases), graphic design, CAD modeling and rendering, artifact photographing and sorting
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James River State Park - 1 - StudioAmmons’ proposed design for the visitor center exhibits at James River State Park were recently selected for advancement. A detailed model of the existing visitor center was constructed for the proposal using SketchUp. The model was used to develop exhibitry within the existing architectural fabric and to generate renderings of our designs in context.

Personal Role: CAD model construction (the building- in its entirety), aided in exhibit design (exhibit structures, room organization)
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James River State Park - 2 - Since the main focus of the exhibit was the local environment, leaving the view of the landscape intact was critical. A board walkway was created with interpretive waysides to guide visitors from the visitor center down to the river banks.

Personal Role: CAD model construction (the building- in its entirety), aided in exhibit design (exhibit structures, room organization)
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Smith Mountain Lake Park - 1 - This proposed design for the state park visitor center at Smith Mountain Lake was also recently selected for advancement. The exhibit’s aquarium centerpiece was designed to be visible from the entryway, drawing visitors into the exhibit space. A curving timeline runs along the ceiling, guiding visitors back towards the main exhibits as well.

Personal Role: CAD model construction, site visiting and measurement, aided in exhibit design (aquarium and surrounding walls, room organization)
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Smith Mountain Lake Park - 2 - Our design for Smith Mountain Lake is divided into four quadrants surrounding the aquarium. Each of the four quadrants explains a different part of the region’s story focusing on the local history and environment. A “back porch” area was also designed into a side conference room to provide a homey backdrop for educational presentations and events.

Personal Role: CAD model construction, site visiting and measurements, aided in exhibit design (aquarium and surrounding walls, room organization)
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StudioAmmons Rebranding - Website - Over the past two years StudioAmmons has undergone a company rebranding, beginning with a complete redesign of the then out-of-date website. The rebranding makes use of a clean, minimalist styling, but the studio’s quirky nature is still expressed in the site’s movement and the individuality of each employee was emphasized with an interactive profile page.
- www.studioammons.com

Personal Role: Site construction (in its entirety), graphic design (leading role), webmaster
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StudioAmmons Rebranding - Card - The new website’s staff page led to a set of new company business cards. Each individual’s card highlights their silhouette, and the graphics now match the rebranding. The card’s graphics were featured as the backdrop in a 20’x10’ display booth that was designed and constructed for company promotion at the Virginia Association of Museums conference in 2011.

Personal Role: Card design (in its entirety), print preparation/ordering, aided in VAM booth design, video production for the booth
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StudioAmmons Rebranding - VAM Ads - A half-page advertisement and associated coaster giveaway were also designed for the VAM conference. A coffee stain in the shape of the StudioAmmons logo was carefully crafted (seriously) for use in both.

Personal Role: Graphic design (in its entirety), print preparation/ordering, coffee stain artist
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Solar Decathlon - StudioAmmons was selected to produce the masterplan document for the 2011 Solar Decathlon to be held in Washington DC. The plan includes designing the site layout and pedestrian traffic flow, signage types, and graphic recommendations. StudioAmmons was later selected for designing the complete graphics package, but images cannot be shown at this time.

Personal Role: CAD construction, aided in graphic design and diagram creation
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Pear Valley House - A model of the historic house at Pear Valley, Virginia was constructed largely from photographs, with the assistance of field measurements. The building’s framework was constructed and detailed down to the nails and brick courses. The model shows the building in its original state, prior to three renovations since the mid-1700s. Renderings generated from this model will be featured in a book of historic architecture in the state of Virginia.

Personal Role: CAD construction (in its entirety)
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Historic Mill - 1 - This model was created for a proposal for the renovation of a historic mill building in Waterford, Virginia.

Personal Role: CAD construction (in its entirety)
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Historic Mill - 2 - This model was created for a proposal for the renovation of a historic mill building in Waterford, Virginia.

Personal Role: CAD construction (in its entirety)
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Take Our Stand - These panels are a selection from the Take Our Stand traveling exhibit, which documents the “African American Military Experience in the Age of Jim Crow.”

Personal Role: Aided in graphic design
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Cold War Museum Prototype - This full-scale prototype was constructed from standard PVC pipes and fittings and foam core. It is an example structure for a Cold War Museum project which is still in the design phase. An earlier rendering of the structures is shown on the top left.

Personal Role: Model design and construction. For the project- budgeting, material selection, fabrication, and installation

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