Working from a conceptual design produced by Jack Rouse Associates of Cincinnati, Ohio, ThemeWorks was contracted by the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention to complete the design, then fabricate and install the museum’s new flagship exhibit, “The Sweat Solution”. The Cade Museum, named for Gatorade Inventor, Robert Cade, seeks to inspire and equip future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. The Sweat Solution focuses on the extraordinary life and work of Dr. Cade, the field of sports sciences which Dr. Cade helped to pioneer, and other blockbuster inventions that have emerged from the University of Florida.
The Cade Museum is very hands on and the Sweat Solution could be no different. Visitors interact with both mechanical and electronic exhibits to explore the history of Gatorade and the world of sports science. ThemeWorks partnered with graduate students from the University of Florida’s electrical and software engineering programs to develop custom electronics for the displays, consulted with faculty in the University’s Sports Medicine program on ways to demonstrate some of the cutting edge technologies being developed, and worked with the University’s office of technology licensing to obtain prototypes and permission to adapt licensed technologies for the interactive displays.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project: Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention: Sweat Solutions Gallery
Designer: JRA
Client: Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention
Size: 2,061 square feet (191 m²) of exhibit space
Photography: Historia Photography
Scope of Work: Additional information coming soon.