a pale blue dot
Captured by the Voyager 1 satellite, “Pale Blue Dot” remains the most distant photograph of Earth, taken from nearly 6 billion kilometers away. This image gives its name to our exhibition, which occupies the one-square-meter museum designed by Alexandre Echasseriau.

A testimony from Iona, the designer of the exhibition
Museum curator, that’s the new title I’ll be able to add to my resume!
To create this exhibition, I spent four months interning with the La Physique Autrement team:
– finding a theme for the exhibition
– listening to Julien’s physics lectures
– exploring the museum to discover its every nook and cranny
– gaining inspiration by visiting numerous exhibitions
– and, above all, interacting with all the team members.
Then came the time for experimentation. I worked on the media, materials, volumes, illustrations, typography… And I was finally able to find the identity of my exhibition. This was followed by a phase of writing texts, translating the scientific content into drawings, then into volumes, shaping the cubes, and even making paper!
The first cubes were only truly born after the third month. Once the exhibition was completed, I was able to film and photograph it from every angle before showing it to the general public.
Here are some behind-the-scenes photos of this charming journey.
This exhibition was designed by Iona Sagnelonge during an internship with the Physics Otherwise team.
Design, illustrations, objects, signage, paper, and video: Iona Sagnelonge
Scientific content: Julien Bobroff
Many thanks to Lou-Andreas Etienne, Camille Debard, Lisa Dehove, Frederic Bouquet and Philippe Thébault.
The museum itself was designed by Alexandre Echasseriau.
This project benefits from the support of Quantum-Saclay, the “Physics Otherwise” Chair of the Paris-Saclay University Foundation supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB. It was carried out in the premises and with the technical resources of the Educational Experimentation Center of the Villebon – Georges Charpak Institute.
Authors:
Iona Sagnelonge
