Seattle Central Library Visitor Center

To celebrate the iconic building’s 10th anniversary, the Seattle Central Library devised a new Visitor Center experience featuring the institution’s community, history, and ongoing innovations. The installation consists of three interactive touch stations and three printed backlit graphic panels.

Working off topics identified by the Library team, I created a content plan to span the entire installation, organized by four central themes—Place, Building, People, and Experience.

Drawing from Seattle and Library history, video narratives produced by StoryCorps, and building facts from the Library’s lead architects, I researched, wrote, and collected visual assets for 30 multi-page stories about the Library’s activities and mission. Alongside the Library team, I helped clarify content objectives and satisfy a wide array of stakeholder goals.

I worked closely with designers to craft templated story layouts and helped establish a content organization scheme for easy data entry and future updates.

The printed graphic and dynamic panels display interesting facts from the Library’s past and present. Visitors can take in a brief history of the Seattle Public Library system, view enlightening collection and environmental statistics, and browse the Library’s social media posts.

Opened in 2014, the Visitor Center at Seattle Central Library still serves patrons today—helping lost library-goers find their destinations, and satisfying the curiosities of architecture and history buffs. It was an honor to work with an institution and building I love, with such smart and passionate collaborators.

I completed this project as part of my employment at Belle & Wissell, Co.