The Mini Museum Encases Fascinating Specimens to Enrich Your Desk
Amelia Roblin — February 24, 2014 — Tech
References: kickstarter & likecool
The entrepreneurial Hans Fex wants to bring the Natural History Museum to your home and office. He created the Mini Museum to as a way to make priceless artifacts accessible to everyday folks, so much so that they can examine these specimens absolutely anytime, with them placed easily upon desks, tables or shelves.
Fex has been gathering rare and impressive finds for 35 years. Encased in transparent resin blocks, you might find ancient Egyptian mummy wrappings, golden nuggets, prehistoric woolly mammoth hair, fossils, dinosaur bones and bits of the moon and Mars. The Mini Museum presents a curated collection of intriguing items as tiny samples in sets of 11, 22 and 33 as the small, medium and large versions of the compact tabletop exhibition.
Fex has been gathering rare and impressive finds for 35 years. Encased in transparent resin blocks, you might find ancient Egyptian mummy wrappings, golden nuggets, prehistoric woolly mammoth hair, fossils, dinosaur bones and bits of the moon and Mars. The Mini Museum presents a curated collection of intriguing items as tiny samples in sets of 11, 22 and 33 as the small, medium and large versions of the compact tabletop exhibition.
Trend Themes
1. Artifact-embedded Decor - The trend of incorporating artifacts into home and office decor is disrupting traditional interior design.
2. Accessible Priceless Artifacts - The trend of making rare and valuable artifacts accessible to the general public is disrupting the exclusivity of museum collections.
3. Curated Compact Exhibitions - The trend of creating curated collections of small artifacts in compact tabletop displays is disrupting the traditional museum exhibition format.
Industry Implications
1. Interior Design - The interior design industry can explore opportunities in incorporating artifacts into their decor offerings.
2. Museum and Exhibition - The museum and exhibition industry can explore opportunities in creating more accessible and compact displays for artifacts.
3. Ecommerce - The eCommerce industry can explore opportunities in selling curated collections of artifact samples to a wider audience.
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