“Exhibit Columbus will encourage visitors to explore the design legacy of Columbus while re-energizing the community around the potential to realize new designs in Columbus,” said Richard McCoy, director of Landmark Columbus. “This innovative program is a model that talks about the importance of place and community, themes that are globally relevant. Everything we are doing is about honoring the past, while pointing toward the future.”

In addition to these large-scale architectural interventions, Exhibit Columbus has worked with five leading international design galleries to create innovative installations along Washington Street – Columbus’s “main street.” Each of the five galleries selected one designer from its stable and each designer was challenged to create an object or experience that enhances human interaction and connection and that inspires community conversations about the role of design in daily life.