Students from the UC Davis Exhibition Design program teamed up with environmental historian Bonnie J. Gisel and photographer Steven J. Joseph to create a traveling exhibition dedicated to John Muir’s relatively unexplored botanical heritage.
Exhibition at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, marvelous panoramas courtesy of Steven Joseph Photography
The exhibition narrative guides the viewer through John Muir's evolving relationship with the natural world in the context of his plant specimens and artifacts.
High-resolution banners feature famous Muir quotes, emphasizing his sincere love of nature.
The exhibition narrative guides the viewer through John Muir's evolving relationship with the natural world in the context of his plant specimens and artifacts. As you move from space to space, you can dive into Muir's botanical memories from his childhood in Scotland and Wisconsin, read about his time in Canada, his thousand-mile walk from Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico, and his well-documented travels through California's Sierra Nevada and Alaska.
A rich yet mellow color palette mirrors Muir's own naturalist surroundings, and typefaces paired old serif (Baskerville) with clean, legible copy text (Univers).
