Jake Barton
Jake Barton is founder and principal of Local Projects. Local Projects is an award-winning hybrid physical/design firm focused on museums and public spaces. Currently, Local Projects is partnered with Thinc Design to design The National September 11th Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, and is making a cellphone tour for the Statue of Liberty, three commissioned films for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and all the media for the new Museum of the Chinese in America. Other clients include Grand Central Terminal, The National Museum of American Jewish History, the Museum of the City of New York, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.