Christopher Boyle
B. Applied Science in Industrial Design
(Canberra, Australia)

From 1983 to 1992, as an exhibition designer at the Powerhouse Museum and the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Chris cut his teeth in the early days of the spread of interactive thinking in museums across the world. He specialized in the development of mechanical and computer interactive exhibits, but was also involved in exhibition design, design of traveling and temporary exhibition systems, supervision of audio visual and lighting projects, supervision of fabricators and project planning and management.

Publications:

Value Analysis and the Industrial Designer Canberra College of Advanced Education Press, 1982.

Collaboration-Access to Technology: Cost effective solutions for small museums wishing to integrate interactive and audio visual elements. Conference paper, 1991. The Council of Australian Museums Associations.

Artefacts and activities: A new challenge for science centres ECSITE: Journal of the European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions, Summer 1996.