Museum Exhibit Design Inspiration: Glow-In-The-Dark Thread!

I love finding interesting exhibit supplies that show up in unexpected places. While working on a recent exhibit design project, I went in search of different types of glow-in-the-dark materials and found Sublime Stitching in Austin, Texas.

If you scroll to the bottom of the handy Tools Section of the Sublime Stitching website you will find the finely braided glow in the dark thread in a palette of five colors to fill all your fiber and phosphorescent needs. (And now you get twice as much tread per spool!)

Several of the other tools highlighted in this section of the Sublime Stitching website, while originally intended for sewing and stitching purposes, will work well for your next prototyping or exhibition project as well.

What unexpected exhibit development resources do you use?

Share your finds in the Comments Section below!


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Exhibit Tech: Tekno Bubbles

As a follow-up to my posting about learning about bubbles that "glow in the dark" under UV light during the recent museum conferences in Denver, I should point out that the Tekno Bubbles company sells the special formulation that makes the bubbles that glow under a blacklight. As far as I can tell, the (very cool!) effect doesn't work with regular bubble solution.

Check out the Tekno Bubbles website for more info.

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Exhibit Maker's Toolbox: Glow In The Dark String

Sometimes interesting exhibit supplies and show up in unexpected places. While working on a recent exhibit design project, I went in search of different types of glow-in-the-dark materials and found Sublime Stitching in Austin, Texas.

If you scroll to the bottom of the handy Tools Section of their website you will find the finely braided glow-in-the-dark thread in a palette of five colors to fill all your fiber and phosphorescent needs!

Several of the other tools highlighted in this section of the Sublime Stitching website, while originally intended for sewing and stitching purposes, will work well for your next prototyping or exhibition project as well.

What non-traditional exhibit development resources do you use?

Share your finds in the Comments Section below!