Module Descriptors
EXHIBITION DESIGN
NDAI60161
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Rowena Beighton-Dykes
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 20
Independent Study Hours: 280
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A Portfolio (PO1) of completed coursework. You will present for assessment a portfolio of work as outlined in the Module Information pack. The portfolio is likely to include: written reports (500 words or equivalent), mood boards, sample boards and illustration. (Learning Outcomes 1,2 and 3)
Module Resources
VLE
Tutorial staff
Library services
Athens
Site visit(s)
Tutorial staff
Library services
Athens
Site visit(s)
Module Texts
Dernie, D, 2006, Exhibition Design, Laurence King Publishing
Vranckx, B, 2006, Exhibit Design; High Impact Solutions, Collins Design & Loft Publications
Allwood, Bryan and Montgomery, Bryan, 1989, Exhibition Planning and Design, Batsford
Vranckx, B, 2006, Exhibit Design; High Impact Solutions, Collins Design & Loft Publications
Allwood, Bryan and Montgomery, Bryan, 1989, Exhibition Planning and Design, Batsford
Module Indicative Content
Throughout this Exhibition Design Module, you will examine two main exhibition design formats:
a) The Commercial Trade Exhibition Stand format
b) The role of the designer within permanent public gallery spaces and interpretive installations.
The Module provides an overview of those interior design issues particularly relative to exhibition design, namely:
- Public access : emotional, physical and intellectual
- Enhanced participation : public engagement with the built environment
- People management : space allocations and visitor flow
- Exhibit media : getting the message across through design
Examination of a broad variety of exhibition types including, trade event stands, gallery exhibitions and museum displays as well as the requirements of different types of clients.
The Module continues to build on your knowledge and understanding and introduces you to the development of interpretation and management within the built environment including local and overall atmospheric conditions, sound and light levels. You will also consider the following conceptual frameworks:
- Museums and galleries are dependent on curatorial content therefore material collections and artefacts of interest to historians, anthropologists and the visiting public are revealed and on display
- Visitor centres are not bound by such conventions and can remain free of specific material collections and artefacts and concentrate on pure experience-based attractions
a) The Commercial Trade Exhibition Stand format
b) The role of the designer within permanent public gallery spaces and interpretive installations.
The Module provides an overview of those interior design issues particularly relative to exhibition design, namely:
- Public access : emotional, physical and intellectual
- Enhanced participation : public engagement with the built environment
- People management : space allocations and visitor flow
- Exhibit media : getting the message across through design
Examination of a broad variety of exhibition types including, trade event stands, gallery exhibitions and museum displays as well as the requirements of different types of clients.
The Module continues to build on your knowledge and understanding and introduces you to the development of interpretation and management within the built environment including local and overall atmospheric conditions, sound and light levels. You will also consider the following conceptual frameworks:
- Museums and galleries are dependent on curatorial content therefore material collections and artefacts of interest to historians, anthropologists and the visiting public are revealed and on display
- Visitor centres are not bound by such conventions and can remain free of specific material collections and artefacts and concentrate on pure experience-based attractions
Module Learning Strategies
Delivery is by distance learning with a comprehensive course handbook, examples of best practice, project templates and telephone and email support being available as necessary through our online VLE, individual and group tutorials, online forums and bulletin boards. Specialist knowledge will be delivered by a diverse team of staff and visiting guest lecturers with a variety of relevant backgrounds and experience. Relevant field trips may be employed at appropriate stages.