Exhibition Design

Online course by Node Center with Raquel Chaves

Duration: Jan 12 – Feb 9, 2021
Fee: 172€
Max seats: 32
Enroll before: Jan 8, 2021
Dedication: 3 hrs/week

*December Special: 15% off all our courses. Discount code: BYE2020


This complete guide to exhibition design will provide the technical and conceptual knowledge to plan and execute the production of three-dimensional environments. In this course, participants will gain an understanding of different organisational phases, discover strategies to create accessible and understandable visitor experiences, and explore the multiple possibilities of design through shape, colour, sound, lighting, texture, image, text and scenography.

Through a variety of case studies, participants will learn about different expository contexts and the unique technical elements used within them. In addition to the live online classes, participants will be invited to plan their own exhibition with the help of complementary exercises, putting into practice the concepts and tools provided. At the end of the course, they will be able to connect content and space with an overview of the complete process of designing an exhibition.

Raquel Chaves is Brazilian designer, researcher, curator and educator with an MA in Design from University of Brasília and complementary studies in Spain (University of Barcelona), Germany (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation) and France (Domaine de Boisbuchet). After some years of experience working as a product and graphic designer for companies and galleries, she opened her own studio, based in Brazil. Since 2011, she has been working as a curator and producer of exhibitions and events, as well as a guest lecturer in schools and universities. In 2018, she co-founded and curated Brasília Design Forum, coordinated the research project Map Design Brasília, and cooperated with several initiatives to promote emerging design in her country.

Program:

Week 1. Introduction
Introduction to the program and course overview.
This is a one hour only welcome session. The lecturer will introduce the program and participants will introduce themselves. No prior preparation is necessary.

Week 2: Organisation

Introduction to exhibition design
Developing narratives
Integrating curatorial concepts and exhibition design
Organising exhibition content
Creating a project brief: understanding what, when, how, to whom

Week 3: Planning

Researching exhibition elements
Architectural space
Design principles
Design Thinking
Representing ideas through digital tools and sketches

Week 4: Exhibition Design Resources

Lighting, colour and sound
Furniture and displays
Media and interactivity
Texts and signs
Graphic design

Week 5: Execution

Building materials
Printing, cutting, fixing
Installing the exhibition: walls and other structures
Conservation and security
Accessibility

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