{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"I Love Your Stories- Conversations with Artists and Creatives with Hava Gurevich","title":"Episode #26 Jason J. Stevens on Exhibit Design, Storytelling & Rethinking Museums","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2616,"description":"In this episode, Hava Gurevich sits down with Jason J. Stevens, founding principal and design director of Flutter and Wow Museum Projects, an exhibit design and fabrication studio based in Ann Arbor.\nJason shares his unconventional path from creative writing and the arts to a career designing museum experiences that make complex ideas engaging and accessible. The conversation explores the role of storytelling in exhibit design, the balance between creativity and research, and the satisfaction of building meaningful work behind the scenes.\nHava and Jason also discuss curiosity as a driving force, the difference between pursuing passion and finding daily gratification, and Jason's current collaboration with Michigan Indigenous communities to create a museum experience that challenges traditional ideas about collecting, displaying, and interpreting cultural objects. Together, they reflect on creativity, purpose, and the many ways stories can be told beyond the written page.\nFlutter and WoW website:\nhttps://www.flutterwow.com/\nAbout Jason:\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonjaystevens/\nhttps://sliceannarbor.com/post/113274935686/jason-jay-stevens\nIn this conversation:\nHow Jason J. Stevens entered the world of museum exhibit design\nWhat exhibit design and museum interpretation involve\nTranslating complicated subjects into accessible experiences\nDesigning the Shapes of the Universe physics exhibition\nMaking gravitational waves and the shape of the universe tangible\nThe research involved in designing museum exhibitions\nLearning about the history of Alaskan aviation\nHow curiosity has shaped Jason’s creative career\nWorking across art, science, history and children’s museums\nThe pressure young people feel to identify a single passion\nWhy activities that provide comfort and gratification can offer a better guide\nWorking with Michigan Indigenous communities on a museum in St. Ignace\nListening, building trust and supporting a Native-driven vision\nRethinking how Indigenous...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BzVr4HUpBAARweHVFCWb1fF9reodKaJYUPicJmCMya8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGY1/ODMyNTU0OThkYzQw/MGFlMGYwMWNmYmU5/ZjVjMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}