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CONTACT ZONE
The team got the opportunity to work on a real-life case study of the Museum of Design Atlanta.
Our scope was to create a systemic innovation strategy for the organization
Our deliveries included a new value proposition, implementation timeline, communication strategy, and innovation metrics.
Project Type
Business Innovation
My Role
Research
Market Analysis
Concept Development
Video Editing
Strategist
8
Weeks
3
Team
Members
An Introduction to MODA
MODA is the only museum in the Southeast dedicated to the study and celebration of design.
Since 1989 MODA strives to bring more design to Atlanta everyday. Through exhibitions, education, and events, they want to advance the understanding of design as a convergence of creativity and functionality. Design is a creative force that inspires change, transforms lives and makes the world a better place.
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Exploring their Ecosystem
Through a couple of interviews with MODA's director and a process of secondary research, we explored MODA's current landscape at a Micro (MODA), Meso (Atlanta) and Macro level (Museum Industry). This enabled to understand the main actors, the relationships and their current situation.
What Social Norms can be disrupted?
Our research revealed that there are three main social norms that have not been disrupted throughout the decades.
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Museums are understood as boring places that are quiet and untouchable.
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Museums are only for the privileged population.
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You can only understand their content if you are highly educated.
MODA's Challenges
MODA is still considered an underrated, hidden landmark in Atlanta . Their budget and revenue are very limited, and their physical location only allows one exhibition at a time.
These limitations directly influence visitor’s satisfaction. Visitors wish that MODA's exhibitions were bigger and more diverse an interactive.
Furthermore, a recent internal reports revealed that MODA is facing high patron’s and donor’s attrition. MODA is determined to increase their customer (ticket buyers, subscribers and donors) acquisition and be able to reach new audiences.
Having understood MODA's landscape from different perspectives, we defined their main challenges, which would be the reference for our ideation phase.
Ideation
We conducted a first group ideation sessions following the "Crazy Eights" method. Additionally, we did two co-creation workshops for evaluating previous ideas and exploring new directions.
Concept
We selected The Contact Zone as the concept to develop. We chose it since we considered that it entailed a radical process innovation and the potential to bring high value to the ecosystem.
