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Author McKenna-Cress, Polly

Title Creating exhibitions : collaboration in the planning, development and design of innovative experiences / Polly McKenna-Cress, Janet A. Kamien
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Collaboration; Collaboration Unpacked; Why Collaborate?; Why Collaborate in Museums?; How to Collaborate; An Intrinsic Imperative; Chapter 2: Advocacies and Action Steps; Advocacy Positions as a Team Creation Strategy; Five Advocacies Needed for Every Team; Action Steps; Dangers and Pitfalls; Chapter 3: Advocacy for the Institution; Creating the Landscape for Exemplary Exhibitions; Laying the Foundation; Planning Major Change; Review, Critique, and Approval; Institutional Culture and Risk; Assessing Results and Learning from Them
Chapter 4: Advocacy for the Subject MatterIt's about Something Too!; Approach and Philosophy; Object or Idea Driven; Dangers for the Subject Matter Expert; Chapter 5: Advocacy for Visitor Experiences; Developing Exhibition Content for Visitors; Getting Started: Developing the Concepts; Strategies for Organizing Information; Synthesizing and Presenting Initial Concepts; Organizing the Concepts into a Cohesive Narrative; Documentation and Presentation; Getting the Details Ironed Out: How Does This Thing Really Work?; Strategies for Ironing Out the Details; Chapter 6: Advocacy for Design
Advocating for the Physical and Sensory ExperienceDesign Advocacy: Working within the Collaboration; Primary Exhibition Design Principles; The Launch of Design; Spatial Planning and Visitor Flow; Gestalt-Sensory Perception Forming a Whole; The Medium Is the Message: Modes of Display; Accessible and Universal Design; Environmentally Sound Practice; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Advocacy for Project and Team; Managing the Project and Team; Creating a Schedule; Creating a Budget; Managing a Team; Chapter 8: Methods and Techniques; Getting the Most out of the Process; Process Documentation
Ways to Produce and Shape IdeasConcept Organization and; Chapter 9: Process and Phases; How Do We Set Up Our Process?; Process Outline; Process Phases; The Postpartum: Evaluating, Maintaining, Evolving, and Documenting; Exhibition Closing; Index
Summary Structured around the key phases of the exhibition design process, this guide offers complete coverage of the tools and processes required to develop successful exhibitions. Intended to appeal to the broad range of stakeholders in any exhibition design process, the book offers this critical information in the context of a collaborative process intended to drive innovation for exhibition design. It is indispensable reading for students and professionals in exhibit design, graphic design, environmental design, industrial design, interior design, and architecture
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Museum exhibits.
Museum exhibits -- Planning
Museums -- Management
museum administration.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Museum exhibits
Museum exhibits -- Planning
Museums -- Management
Form Electronic book
Author Kamien, Janet
LC no. 2013004994
ISBN 9781118419946
1118419944
9781118421673
1118421671