Creating Exhibits That Engage - Summers, John

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Résumé :
Part I: Context, Audience and Process Chapter 1: The Nature of Exhibits Chapter 2: Audience Chapter 3: Workflow Part II: Concept Development Chapter 4: The Big Idea Chapter 5: Brief and Request for Proposals Chapter 6: Evaluation Chapter 7: Interpretive Planning Chapter 8: Text Chapter 9: Budget Part III: Design Development Chapter 10: Design Chapter 11: Curatorship Part IV: Fabrication Chapter 12: Studio Chapter 13: Workshop Chapter 14: Exhibit Furniture Chapter 15: Installation and Beyond Appendix 1: Developing an Institutional Exhibit Plan Appendix 2: Creating Travelling Exhibits Appendix 3: Sample Request for Proposals Appendix 4: Four Design Strategies...

Biographie:
John Summers is manager of Heritage Services and Curator for the Regional Municipality of Halton in Ontario, Canada, where he leads, develops, designs and fabricates exhibit projects. He has taught students about museology, material culture, museums and technology, and exhibition design and planning for the Ontario Museum Association, the Fleming College Museum Management and Curatorship Program, the University of Victoria's Cultural Resource Management Program and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information, where he is an adjunct lecturerof Museum Studies. He is course director for Exhibit Planning & Design in the Ontario Museum Association's Certificate in Museum Studies program. His experience spans more than three decades of work at cultural institutions in Canada and the United States....

Sommaire:

Part I: Context, Audience and Process
Chapter 1: The Nature of Exhibits
Chapter 2: Audience
Chapter 3: Workflow

Part II: Concept Development
Chapter 4: The Big Idea
Chapter 5: Brief and Request for Proposals
Chapter 6: Evaluation
Chapter 7: Interpretive Planning
Chapter 8: Text
Chapter 9: Budget

Part III: Design Development
Chapter 10: Design
Chapter 11: Curatorship

Part IV: Fabrication
Chapter 12: Studio
Chapter 13: Workshop
Chapter 14: Exhibit Furniture
Chapter 15: Installation and Beyond

Appendix 1: Developing an Institutional Exhibit Plan
Appendix 2: Creating Travelling Exhibits
Appendix 3: Sample Request for Proposals
Appendix 4: Four Design Strategies