Jake Barton: The museum of you

A third of the world watched live as the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001; a third more heard about it within 24 hours. (Do you remember where you were?) So exhibits at the soon-to-open 9/11 Memorial Museum will reflect the diversity of the world's experiences of that day. In a moving talk, designer Jake Barton gives a peek at some of those installations, as well as several other projects that aim to make the observer an active participant in the exhibit.

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[adamebel]

I was impressed at how collected he remained throughout the duration of his presentation.

[kinsmed]

How is this guy not more excited about his presentation?

This is that rare trifecta of Technology, Education AND Design. This is an awesome and inspiring project.

[emmagrace]

I feel like that museum would be very overwhelming for a lot of people. I'm feeling quite emotional just watching this.

[dallasluce]

Hopefully they'll be more installations like this

[landdcollection]

Another giant step in human storytelling. Hopefully this method can be incorporated to share both the good and the bad, and not just one or the other. Hopefully it can share the many sides of one story and create a broader vision of events and how it impacted our kind.

[SteveGouldinSpain]

My ex-wife had her own interesting museum full of unworn shoes and unused exercise equipment.

[starprincess]

I don't think that I could ever go to this museum because just listening to the mock-ups made me cry.

[AstralMarmot]

StoryCorps was one of the coolest projects I'd ever heard of; I really wish I could have been a part of it. This video deserves way more views. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, I'm thinking about how my non-profit organization can set up something similar to allow people to tell their stories from their homes, and to make those available to others. If the creators of this video see this comment, I would love to connect further. And either way, you have done a real service to this world and, as you said, a powerful act of love. Thank you.

[Ailidhalys]

What wonderful projects, amazing use of technology, design and content to creat a more meaningful experience and bring us closer to the most intimate strings of human nature and soul.

[Zaetechan]

Perhaps more than the issue of 9/11, this TED talk shows the sudden turn that museums are taking today, and hopefully will continue to in the future. I really hope other modern museums will incorporate the idea of putting real stories, first hand, into their museums.

[eleonardus]

The idea is brilliant and the voice of many people in the room totally wonderful! Outstanding :)

[joebazooks]

each project is pretty amazing, especially the first two!!!

[coffeechug]

This is a powerful video. How can we incorporate this project concept into education.

[Creeta]

Does this Memorial discuss building 7? The third building that fell that day.

[christophermartin]

Don't you know that the victorious write history?

[alexandrasdad]

Great, inspiring video. But I wonder about the technology reliance. You know what's great about meatspace museums? The artifacts don't bluescreen out on you.

[Jeseabell]

the first half wasn't about 911 *shrug*

[Carmencebrian]

Thanks for the clarification. I it looks very suspiciously fake outlined like that. Out of focus would be everything not just his cut out figure. Anyway I accept it.

[ManInMostlyBlack]

Yes there are a lot of reasons why people fight, patriotism and religion are two of them. And often they are correlated. Ultimately we make our decisions from what we believe in, that is why its important that what we believe in is actually true. And we only get there through science and reason.

[lljkJaktai]

There have been way larger dissasters like the Tsunami in 2004 which killed around 230, 000 or the earthquake at Haiti in 2010 which took 159, 000 lives, in comparrison only a little under 3, 000 died at the world trade center, but the rest of the world still have to hear about it.