Jake Barton

{{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Jacob ("Jake") Barton | honorific_suffix = | image =  Jake Barton in Local Projects, Aug 2014.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|11|07}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | education = Northwestern University, Bachelor in Science of Speech<br/>New York University, M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications | alma_mater = | known_for = Exhibition design | notable_works = 9/11 Memorial and Museum | style = | movement = | spouse = | awards = {{awards|National Design Award|2013|Interaction Design}} | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|localprojects.net}} }}

'''Jacob ("Jake") Barton''' (born November 7, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York<ref name=":0" />) is an American designer, and Founder of '''Local Projects''', an experience design firm for museums, brands and public spaces based in New York, New York. His work focuses on storytelling and engaging audiences through emotion and technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/about/ |title=About: Biographies |publisher=Local Projects |date= |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref>

==Early career== In college, Jake Barton majored in performance studies (Bachelor in Science of Speech) at Northwestern University in Chicago.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://designobserver.com/feature/jake-barton/37584/ |title=Design Matters with Debbie Milman: Jake Barton |publisher=Designobserver.com |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> After graduating, he first worked doing set design work on Broadway productions.<ref name=":0" /> Eventually Barton started as an intern at the museum design firm, Ralph Appelbaum Associates.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.printmag.com/article/local_projects/ |title=Local Projects |publisher=Print Magazine Online |date= June 1, 2007 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> Working his way up, he eventually stayed at the company for seven years, and then in 2001 he left his job at Appelbaum and started graduate school at New York University, for a M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/back-issues/creative-review/2011/october/storyteller |title=Feature: Storyteller |publisher=Creative Review |date=October 2011 |access-date=2014-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420081450/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/back-issues/creative-review/2011/october/storyteller |archive-date=2014-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He simultaneously launched Local Projects as a design firm for museums and public spaces.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Local projects== {{Infobox company | name = Local Projects LLC | logo = File:Local_Projects.jpg | logo_size = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | type = Subsidiary of MTM{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} | industry = Design and Architecture | founder = Jake Barton | location_city = 123 William Street, New York City | location_country = United States | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Jacob Barton<br/><small>(Principal and Founder)</small> | services = Exhibition design consultancy services | num_employees = 50–100 (2019){{citation needed|date=September 2020}} | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|www.localprojects.com}} | footnotes = }} Barton was named by Crain's as one of the Top Entrepreneurs of 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/gallery/20130602/FEATURES/602009998/3 |title=Top Entrepreneurs 2013 |publisher=Crainsnewyork.com |date= 2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> and his company, Local Projects, which he founded in 2002, has won awards such as the National Design Awards for Interaction Design in 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/2013-winners |title=National Design Awards: 2013 Winners |publisher=CooperHewitt.org |date=2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archdaily.com/371046/cooper-hewitt-national-design-museum-announces-2013-winners-of-national-design-awards/ |title=Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Announces 2013 National Design Awards Winners |publisher= Archdaily.com |date= May 10, 2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aiga.org/case-study-gallery-one/ |title=CASE STUDY: GALLERY ONE |publisher= AIGA.org |date= Nov 13, 2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> the AIGA Design Competition for Effective Design in 2013 and multiple MUSE Awards in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aam-us.org/about-us/grants-awards-and-competitions/muse-awards/past-award-winners/2013-muse-awards |title=2013 MUSE Award Winners |publisher=American Alliance of Museums |date=2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053534/http://www.aam-us.org/about-us/grants-awards-and-competitions/muse-awards/past-award-winners/2013-muse-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Barton's work touches on the overlap of physical and digital, creating a range of applications for museums, education, architecture, and memorials. For the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Local Projects created a next-generation application around experiencing physics on the playground,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032886/innovation-by-design/this-is-the-physics-lesson-of-the-future-and-it-looks-insanely-fun |title=This Is The Physics Lesson Of The Future, And It Looks Insanely Fun |publisher=Fastcodesign.com |date= July 21, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> and has worked with Frank Gehry on the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref name="WashingtonPost.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/panel-introduces-education-videos-promoting-eisenhower-memorial/2013/06/05/3512fbb0-ce09-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html |title=Panel introduces education videos promoting Eisenhower Memorial |work=WashingtonPost.com |date= June 5, 2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref>

As the head of Media Design for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/3030603/new-museum-uses-algorithms-to-visualize-how-9-11-still-shapes-the-world |title=New Museum Uses Algorithms To Visualize How 9/11 Still Shapes The World |publisher=Fastcodesign.com |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://on.aol.com/video/reflecting-on-9-11-at-sept--11-memorial-museum-518231061 |title='Reflecting on 9/11' at Sept. 11 Memorial Museum |publisher=AOL.On News |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> Local Projects led a team of designers to create multi-media experiences that focus on using visitor's own stories<ref>{{cite web |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/designers-of-national-september-11-memorial-museum-focus-on-visitors-1400119126?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303908804579562091690018758.html |title=Designers of National September 11 Memorial Museum Focus on Visitors |publisher=Wall Street Journal Online |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> as well as the use of algorithms to curate up-to-the moment journalism around the post 9/11 world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-algorithm-at-the-heart-of-the-new-september-11-memo-1576067926 |title=The Algorithms at the Heart of the New September 11 Memorial Museum |publisher=Gizmodo.com |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/05/911-museum-3/ |title=The Near-Impossible Challenge of Designing the 9/11 Museum |publisher=Wired.com |date=May 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.wired.com/watch/what-remains-the-9-11-museum |title=WHAT REMAINS - THE 9/11 MUSEUM |publisher=Wired.com |date=May 16, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref>

During his time working with the 9/11 Memorial, he also led a team, in partnership with Jer Thorp,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/jer-thorp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614000636/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/jer-thorp |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 14, 2013 |title=Explorers: Bio: Jer Thorp |publisher=NationalGeographic.com |date= |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> to create an algorithm that solved the names arrangement on the panels.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/06/30/326954812/an-algorithm-is-a-curator-at-the-sept-11-museum |title=An Algorithm Is A Curator At The Sept. 11 Museum |publisher=NPR Online: All Things Considered |date= June 30, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/september-11-memorial/ |title=Commemorative Calculus: How an Algorithm Helped Arrange the Names on the 9/11 Memorial |publisher=Scientific American |date= Sep 7, 2011 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/3030603/new-museum-uses-algorithms-to-visualize-how-9-11-still-shapes-the-world |title=New Museum Uses Algorithms To Visualize How 9/11 Still Shapes The World |publisher=Fastcodesign.com |date= May 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> The names are not listed alphabetically or chronologically, but through personal relationships between the victims themselves.

Jake has spoken about visitor participation in museums and "The Museum of You",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/jake_barton_the_museum_of_you |title=Jake Barton: The Museum of You |publisher= TED.com |date= May 2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/26/jake-barton-local-projects |title=Jake Barton: The Museum of You |publisher= www.wired.co.uk |date= Jan 3, 2013 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> and Local Projects credited with bringing emotional storytelling and innovation to architecture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8FxyBP8pe4 |title=Story(Us): The Power of Collaborative Storytelling: Jake Barton for the Future of StoryTelling 2012 |publisher= Future of Storytelling |date= Oct 3, 2012 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://futureofstorytelling.org/video/storyus/ |title=Story(Us): The Power of Collaborative Storytelling |publisher= futureofstorytelling.org |date= May 13, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> Local Projects has partnered with architects such as Frank Gehry,<ref name="WashingtonPost.com"/> Diller Scofidio + Renfro<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/arts/design/renovating-the-cooper-hewitt-national-design-museum.html?_r=1 |title=The Redesign of a Design Museum: Renovating the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |work=The New York Times |date= June 16, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/06/a-design-museum-that-turns-its-visitors-into-designers/ |title=An Ingenious Museum Design That Turns Visitors Into Creators |publisher=Wired.com |date= 2014-06-20 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> and Bjarke Ingels<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starrett-lehigh.com/2011/03/big-%E2%99%A5-nyc/ |title=HEART INSTALLATION SHINES BRIGHT IN TIMES SQUARE |publisher=starrett-lehigh.com |date=March 2011 |access-date=2014-07-30 |archive-date=2014-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810225802/http://www.starrett-lehigh.com/2011/03/big-%E2%99%A5-nyc/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/nyc-plastic-heart-glows-with-love-15538916?tab=9482931&section=1206833 |title=Plastic Heart Glows With Love |publisher=ABCNews.com |date= 2012-02-08 |access-date=2014-07-30 }}</ref> to create new approaches in media and physical spaces.

In March 2019, Local Projects was sold to MTM, an independent network dedicated to creating value between people and brands.

==Works== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

* "'Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum", 2014<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/arts/design/renovating-the-cooper-hewitt-national-design-museum.html |title=Renovating the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum |work=The New York Times |date=16 June 2014 |access-date=2014-08-19 |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin }}</ref> * "National September 11th Memorial Museum", 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/3030603/new-museum-uses-algorithms-to-visualize-how-9-11-still-shapes-the-world |title=New Museum Uses Algorithms To Visualize How 9/11 Still Shapes The World |publisher=Fast Company Design |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://on.aol.com/video/reflecting-on-9-11-at-sept--11-memorial-museum-518231061 |title='Reflecting on 9/11' at Sept. 11 Memorial Museum |publisher=AOL On News |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref> * "Frank Gehry designed Eisenhower Presidential Memorial", Present<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/panel-introduces-education-videos-promoting-eisenhower-memorial/2013/06/05/3512fbb0-ce09-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html |title=Panel introduces education videos promoting Eisenhower Memorial |work=WashingtonPost.com |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref> * "Gallery One, Cleveland Museum of Art", 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandart.org/gallery-one/collaborators |title=Gallery One: Collaborators |publisher=ClevelandArt.com |date=20 February 2013 |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref> * "Spotlight on Broadway, NYC Mayor’s Office of Movies & Entertainment", 2013 * "BIG HEART NYC, Times Square Alliance", 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/nyc-plastic-heart-glows-with-love-15538916?tab=9482931&section=1206833 |title=NYC Plastic Heart Glows With Love |publisher=ABCNews.com |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref> * "Welcome Home, National Building Museum", 2012 * "Six Films, National Building Museum", 2012 * "SeaWorld Rescue, Seaworld San Diego", 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/seaworld-rescue/ |title=Seaworld Rescue |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/client/seaworld-san-diego/ |title=Seaworld San Diego |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012001005/http://localprojects.net/client/seaworld-san-diego/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * "9/11 Memorial Names Arrangement Software, 9/11 Memorial", 2011<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/05/911-museum-3/ |title=The Near-Impossible Challenge of Designing the 9/11 Museum |magazine=Wired |publisher=Wired.com |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |last1=Kuang |first1=Cliff }}</ref> * "Change By Us, CEOs For Cities, Local Projects", 2011 * "9/11 Memorial Guide, 9/11 Memorial", 2011 * "The Immigration Experience,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/the-immigration-experience/ |title=The Immigration Experience |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010080018/http://localprojects.net/project/the-immigration-experience/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It’s Your Story,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/its-your-story/ |title=It's Your Story |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010075916/http://localprojects.net/project/its-your-story/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Innovation and Expansion,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/innovation-and-expansion-2/ |title=Innovation and Expansion |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010075911/http://localprojects.net/project/innovation-and-expansion-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Synagogue Experience,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/the-synagogue-experience/ |title=The Synagogue Experience |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Competing Visions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/competing-visions/ |title=Competing Visions |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821234617/http://localprojects.net/project/competing-visions/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Contemporary Issues Forum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/contemporary-issues-forum-2/ |title=Contemporary Issues Forum |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010074814/http://localprojects.net/project/contemporary-issues-forum-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dreams of Freedom,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/dreams-of-freedom/ |title=Dreams of Freedom |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref> National Museum of American Jewish History<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/client/national-museum-of-american-jewish-history/ |title=National Museum of American Jewish History |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821070646/http://localprojects.net/client/national-museum-of-american-jewish-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>", 2010 * "Urbanology,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/urbanology/ |title=Urbanology |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref> BMW/ Guggenheim Lab<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/client/bmw-guggenheim/ |title=BMW/ Guggenheim Lab |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821070507/http://localprojects.net/client/bmw-guggenheim/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>", 2011 * "GE Showcase,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/ge-showcase/ |title=GE Showcase |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010074835/http://localprojects.net/project/ge-showcase/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> GE<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/client/ge/ |title=GE |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 }}</ref>", 2010 * "StoryCorps,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://localprojects.net/project/storycorps/ |title=Story Corps |publisher=LocalProjects.net |date= |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821063006/http://localprojects.net/project/storycorps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> StoryCorps", 2002

}}thumb|Jake Barton at a talk

==See also== {{div col|colwidth=40em}} *Ralph Appelbaum Associates, US firm *Event Communications, UK firm *Gallagher & Associates, US firm *Cultural tourism *Exhibit design *Exhibition designer {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{TED speaker}} * [https://www.ted.com/talks/jake_barton_the_museum_of_you TED Talk: Jake Barton: The museum of you (TEDSalon NY2013)]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barton, Jake}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Designers from Brooklyn Category:New York University Tisch School of the Arts alumni Category:Northwestern University School of Communication alumni Category:American designers Category:Museum designers Category:Exhibition designers