I researched and curated approximately 80 museum items representing decades of Icom’s technological history and wrote more than 160 product descriptions for the exhibit. Research drew on historical brochures and marketing materials from the United States, Japan, Latin America, and other markets as well as online sources, and interviews with subject-matter experts including engineers and Japanese liaisons.

I also sourced photographs and archival materials with assistance from sales and engineering teams and worked with the graphic designer to develop the exhibit’s historical narrative and determine how objects and information would be presented to visitors.

Many of the radios were obsolete and difficult to locate; some were available only overseas. At the same time, the physical installation needed to accommodate future additions without requiring the exhibit to be completely redesigned.

Because we could not physically source every radio from Icom’s history, I developed a video slideshow as a complementary way to represent unavailable equipment. The format also gave Icom an easily updateable platform for highlighting future radios and technological milestones.

I wrote and produced the video content and assisted two tradeshow builders during installation, working alongside the graphic designer to bring the research and interpretive materials into the physical exhibit.

• 50+ years of technological history


• ~80 museum items researched and curated


• 160+ product descriptions written


• 2014 installation

• Historical Research

• Collections Research

• Archival Materials

• Exhibit Development

• Historical Interpretation

• Exhibit Writing

• Subject-Matter Interviews

• Audiovisual Storytelling

• Curation

• Project Coordination