A fine Swiss watch company propositioned the National Museum of Singapore to showcase the history of their desgns. They have been extremely involved with the curation of the exhibition, with a strong sense of what they wanted and have had only used the museum's curatorial team for small advisory matters. After speaking to one of the members of the design team contracted by NMS, this has actually turned out to be a rather stressful situation. It appears that the watch company are struggling to trust the creative judgements and expertise of the Singapore-based design team down to the smallest detail including the tone of brown used to paint the walls with. However this lack of trust is hardly surprising considering that all communication between the two parties is via Skype; they have yet to meet and discuss the project face-to-face. In fact, it is probable that the Swiss watch company won't see the fruits of their labour until the exhibition's unveiling to the public on June 24th. Like many at the NMS, the exhibition will be made extremely accessible to the public through interactivity. In this case, not only with the aid of touch-screen technology and mock-up environments but for the first two days there will be watchmakers working live, and simultaneously being filmed and projected onto the exhibition walls. In the picture above are replicas of the work tables used in the workshops which have been altered to serve as display cases for the artefacts.
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