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  • 1.  Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 11-19-2015 02:15 PM

    Hi - Can anyone recommend a good free standing movable partition for art display?  I've been looking at Panelock and Pereti Mobile Walls.  Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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    Paul Bryant AIA
    Architect
    Denver CO
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  • 2.  RE: Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 11-20-2015 09:30 AM

    I have worked with the Pareti walls, before the company was bought by Pareti. I definitely found them to be durable, easy to move, assemble etc. 

    If you have specific questions, let me know. If you look at the pictures on their site- Museum Center at 5ive Points is when I worked with them.

    Thanks

    Lisa 

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    Lisa Chastain
    Assistant Director
    Missouri State Museum
    Jefferson City MO

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  • 3.  RE: Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 11-20-2015 10:07 AM
    Paul, Take a look at Mila Wall--http://www.mbawalls.com

    Mark Driscoll, Designer
    Driscoll Design Inc.
    1927 South Hull Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 USA
    Phone 334-262-8047  Fax 334-262-8048  Cell 334-294-6663




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  • 4.  RE: Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 11-20-2015 12:18 PM

    Paul, we use a system here for our rotating temporary space called Mila Wall, it's an imported system rep'd in this country by MBA Design & Display Products Corp. It has several degrees of density, finish, accessories, and general flexibility, without requiring a lot of storage or infrastructure build-out in the space. It has been quite resilient and we've found it to be a great product for the frequency that we have to turn the space around (roughly every 3-4 months). Feel free to contact me directly if you have any interest.

    John

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    John Tweedie
    Exhibitions Manager
    Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
    Skokie IL

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  • 5.  RE: Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 11-23-2015 09:33 AM

    Hi Paul,

    We have been using Mila Wall system for our traveling exhibit space here at The Franklin Institute for about the last 10 years and we also use them in our Identity exhibit which is one of our traveling exhibits. The system can be configured in many different ways , is quick and easy to install and doesn't require a lot of space to store when not being used. I would suggest looking into their wall system.

    Joel

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    Joel Marquart
    Exhibit Operations Lead Technician
    The Franklin Institute
    Philadelphia PA

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  • 6.  RE: Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 03-02-2016 08:12 PM

    We've used panel systems with rota locks as well as hidden connections; but as the seam visibility was found to be too noticeable for installations of artworks (even when we tried a thin seam tape that MilaWall recommends) we've been happiest with our own simple panels (bolt though on the back side) system that gets spackled.  This is less than ideal; although using dust control spackle helps tremendously.

    We're going to be renovating our changing space in the near future and I was wondering if anyone had experience with panel systems that incorporate a groove (removable or re-millable or with a knock out filler) for spackle? 

    Also any thoughts or experiences regarding the utility of wall sections with integrated wheels for moving that are hidden and recess when the walls are in use (I think I may have seen a system like this in Minneapolis years ago)?

    Thanks,
    Tim

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    Timothy Wintemberg
    Deputy Director Design & Exhibitions
    Newark Museum
    Newark NJ

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  • 7.  RE: Free Standing Movable Partitions

    Posted 03-03-2016 11:54 AM

    Our exhibits -- cases and walls -- are from Logic Exhibit Systems:

    LOGIC EXHIBIT SYSTEM

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    LOGIC EXHIBIT SYSTEM
    Logic is a simple reusable flexible stable and secure modular exhibition system designed to meet the ever changing needs of today's museums and art galleries.
    View this on Logicexhibitsystem >

    They're easy for volunteers to put together, and move, and if you get them manufactured with plywood faces, they're easy to patch between installations. They can be manufactured in different heights so you can make the tall ones into flexible "galleries" and the shorter ones into walls within the galleries. They hang on Unistrut grids and tighten and level with thumbscrews (they gain their solidity with their own weight). If you've got a Unistrut grid, a crew of two or three can literally reconfigure an entire gallery in an evening. Not only that, you can paint them with regular low-VOC latex. Like everyone else seems to be, I'm also a fan of Mila Walls, too, but you might definitely check out Logic. They're terrific.

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    Frank Smoot
    Executive Director
    Coos Historical & Maritime Center
    Coos Bay OR

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