SMAK PROJECTS

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SMAK Projects is a design partnership specializing in exhibition design and interior architecture, uniquely accompanied by rigorous attention to art history and cultural sensitivity. We provide concept and content development, space planning and design, graphics, CAD and 3D rendering, technical and material resourcing, project management and other support services for partner firms.

SMAK PROJECTS

Founded in 2000, SMAK Projects consults with museums, galleries, architects, governments and businesses on temporary exhibitions, retail environments, renovations, and the development of new structures. Prior to founding SMAK Projects, our partners were senior design staff members of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums, where we oversaw the design and installation of numerous major exhibitions and international building site developments. We have executed literally hundreds of exhibition projects within the past 25 years. We uniquely draw upon a collaborative network of international professionals to execute our projects throughout the world, keeping our office small and selective. This policy keeps our services at the forefront of technology and academic rigor, whilst continuing to apply in-depth attention and an exceptionally wide range of expertise.

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SELECTED CLIENTS / PROJECTS

SMAK PROJECTS

Atelier Jean Nouvel / Samsung Museum, Seoul

Nam June Paik Studio / Rockefeller Center, New York

Berlage Institute, Rotterdam / Venice Biennale 2006

NYU Grey Art Gallery, New York

Brookfield Properties, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto

Park51 Community Center, New York

Change Performing Arts / COSMIT, Milan

Pasadena Museum of California Art

City College Of New York

Procter & Gamble / 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver

Dia Center / Gae Aulenti

PS1 / Museum of Modern Art

Giorgio Armani, Milan

Qatar Museum Authority, Doha, Qatar

Gwangju Design Biennale, Korea

Ralph Appelbaum Associates / Clinton Presidential Library

Kawerak, Inc. / Beringia Museum of Art & Culture, Nome, Alaska

Ralph Appelbaum Associates / Discovery Science Center, Nashville

KN Gallery, Chicago

Rubin Museum of Art, New York

Marayah Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York/Bilbao/Berlin

McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio / French Embassy of New York

Sotheby’s North America

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

Swatch Group, USA

Museum of the City of New York

The Menil Collection, Houston

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SMAK PROJECTS

The Hierarchy of Being, a public artwork by Wafaa Bilal, Al-Majaz Sculpture Park, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2013. For this project we constructed the world’s largest camera obsura.

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SMAK PROJECTS

Giorge Steinmetz, Desert Air, Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York, 2013, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

The Sweet LIFE, Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York, 2012, photographs from classic Italian cinema by LIFE Magazine photographers, 1940-1965

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The Sweet LIFE, Brookfield Place, Toronto, Canada, 2012, photographs from classic Italian cinema by LIFE Magazine photographers, 1940-1965

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NYChildren, photographs by Danny Goldfield, Park 51 Community Center, New York, 2011, installation view

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Hunter Gatherers, Sotheby’s North America, New York, 2011, with curator Lisa Dennison, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Upside Down: Arctic Realities, The Menil Collection, Houston, 2011, film still from Edmund Carpenter’s 1959 film project, used in exhibition installation.

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SMAK PROJECTS

Upside Down: Les Arctiques, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2008, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Sajjil, inaugural exhibition of MATHAF / Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, 2010, installation view

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Told-Untold-Retold, inaugural exhibition of Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall / Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, 2010, installation view of sculpture by Buthayna Ali.

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The Clue, Gwangju Design Biennale, Korea, 2009, with designer CJ Bae, installation view

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Jean-Paul Viguier, French Cultural Embassy, New York, 2008, in collaboration with the McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Beyond Mapping, The Berlage Institute, Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, September 2006, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

KN Gallery, Hancock Tower, Chicago, inaugural exhibition, December 2006, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Mapping-Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography, NYU Grey Art Gallery, New York, 2005, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Discovery Science Center, Nashville, TN, 2004-5 (under development), Designer Ralph Appelbaum Associates, artist’s rendering

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SMAK PROJECTS

Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AK, 2004, Designer Ralph Appelbaum Associates, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, inaugural exhibition, September 2004, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Theater of Italian Creativity 1950-2000, Dia Center Gallery, New York, May 2003, Designer Gae Aulenti, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Harlem Lost and Found, Museum of the City of New York, 2003, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Transmissions, Nam June Paik, Rockefeller Center, New York, 2003, installation view

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Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, 2002, inaugural exhibition On-Ramps, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Absolut Expressions, Roseland Ballroom, New York, 2002, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Absolut Exhibition: 20th Anniversary, Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York, 2000, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Brazil: Body and Soul, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2001, with designer Jean Nouvel, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Frank Gehry Architect, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, 2001, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Frank Gehry Architect, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2001, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Manhattan Project, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2000, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Worlds of Nam June Paik, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2000, installation view

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Giorgio Armani, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2000, with designer Robert Wilson, installation view

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1900, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2000, with curator Robert Rosenblum, installation view

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Art of the Motorcycle, Guggenheim Museum, Las Vegas, 2001, with designer Frank Gehry, new building by Rem Koolhaas, installation view

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Art of the Motorcycle, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1998, with designer Frank Gehry, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Premises, Installation by Claude LeVecque, Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, 1998 A collborative project between the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, installation view

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SMAK PROJECTS

Peggy Guggenheim Centennial, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1998, installation view

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