CHARLES JAMES: BEYOND FASHION for THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — The final show from long-time Costume Institute director Harold Koda, and the first in their renovated exhibition space, Beyond Fashion explores the career of iconic dressmaker and couturier Charles James. With a technically-focused exhibition design by Diller Scofidio & Renfro, the show deconstructs James’s design process through a series of animations that accompany many of the gowns, and reverse engineer each dress pattern in three-dimensional space. The identity plays off the idea of moving beyond the familiar, anecdotal history of the artists work, into a more nuanced, almost scientific look at his designs. The typographic strategy for wall and screen text was to remain more neutral and reserved, contrasting the technical look of the exhibition itself.