It’s never easy to use the floor to communicate information in an exhibit, no matter what kind of glass floor, LED grid or temporary decals you try. First of all, things wear out when people step on them all day. But more importantly, if the exhibit is popular, the visitors themselves block the view.
This memorable floor tile installation, from the newly-opened Schindler’s Factory in Krakow, Poland (a branch of the Historical Museum there) works for several reasons:
- it deliberately puts a offensive symbol underfoot so visitors can trample it
- it uses a simple but powerful repeating pattern over the whole floor
- visitors may not notice it right away: even better
- cost of ownership: nearly zero, it is as low-tech as it gets
Frighteningly elegant. Read more in the New York Times. See a short video tour of the museum shortly before opening here.
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