E-X-I-T

EXIT is a custom exit light produced for The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas. Interloop Architecture designed and fabricated the exit lights, working with engineers, fabricators, UL technicians, and the graphic design firm 2x4. In keeping with city, state, and federal safety standards, every emergency light fixture must undergo extensive testing by the Underwriter Laboratories Testing Center to meet a wide range of design criteria. These stringent technical requirements typically thwart innovation by limited new design, requiring the exclusive use of existing UL approved components.

On November 7, 2007, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, inducted E-X-I-T into the permanent collection. E-X-I-T is a custom exit light fixture designed by Interloop Architecture for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas (2003). A design like E-X-I-T marks a departure in MoMA's collecting policy, and as such, provides an early precedent in the acquisition of architectural signage. MoMA Architecture and Design intends to continue collecting in this area, and E-X-I-T will be one of the standard bearers of this new collection type. Other examples that will be part of this collection are Vignelli's New York subway signage and the Flight Departure Panel from Solari di Udine, which has been on continuous display since MoMA reopened in 2004.

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