Making exhibitions is increasingly recognized as a significant form of creative expression. The installation is a crucial component of any exhibition, yet the 'discipline of exhibiting', a phrase coined by the art critic Germano Celant, is only beginning to be understood. It is multi-disciplinary and its boundaries are complex. To 'exhibit' is to hold out, to offer, to display objects or works: to expose.Fundamentally, exhibition-making is focused on the content of the works to be displayed and concerns the ordering of these works as a sequence, to be understood in relation to each other and in dialogue with the conditions of the viewing environment. Today, exhibition design overlaps with artistic movements such as environment art, performance and installation art, it is closely related to interior architecture, graphic design and lighting and is increasingly engaged with film, fashion, advertising and new forms of media.

……

Today exhibitions have to compete in an increasingly sophisticated leisure market. Consequently, the way in which the contemporary exhibition is designed is fast changing - previously aloof cultural institutions are making use of technologies and techniques more commonly associated with film and retail. Exhibition-making is now synonymous with image-making,communication and the creation of a powerful experience.

Exhibition Design features examples eta wide variety of exhibitions from around the world, from major trade and commerce fairs, to well-known fine art institutions,to small-scale artist-designed displays. The introduction gives a historical perspective on the development of exhibitions and museums, with particular focus on the developments of the twentieth century.

The book is divided into two parts: Approaches and Techniques. 'Approaches' contains three chapters devoted to the conceptual themes of narrative space, performative space and simulated experience. 'Techniques' has chapters covering the practical concerns of display,lighting, colour, sound and graphics. To illustrate these themes the book features photographs, drawings and diagrams of exhibitions from around the world, including the work of such internationally renowned architects and designers as Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Atelier Bruckner, Casson Mann, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid,Imagination, METStudio and Jean Nouvel.

PART 1  APPROACHES

Chapter 1 Narrative Space

Ford Journey Zone, Millennium Dome,

London, UK, Imagination, 2000

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,

Washington, DC, USA, Ralph Appelbaum

Associates, 1993

The British Galleries, Victoria and Albert

Museum, London, UK, Casson Mann, 2001

Frank Gehry, Architect, Solomon R.

Guggenheim Museum, NewYork, USA,

Frank O. Gehry Associates, 2001

Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, Ireland,

Imagination and Robinson Keefe Devane, 2000

Expedition Titanic, Hamburg, Germany,

Atelier BrEickner with GGtz, Schulz, Haas-

Architekten, 1997

Chapter 2 Performative Space

Ericsson, CeBIT, London, UK, Imagination,

2001

Eureka Our Global Garden, Eureka!

The Museum for Children, Halifax, UK,

Imagination, 2002

Orange Imaginarium, Explore At-Bristol,

Bristol, UK, Imagination, 2002

Hall of the Universe, Hall of Planet Earth,

American Museum of Natural History, NewYork.

USA, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, 2000

Energy Gallery, Science Museum, London, UK,

Casson Mann, 2004

Olympic Rendezvous @ Samsung, Salt Lake

City, USA, Imagination (USA), Inc., 2002

Los Immateriaux, Pompideu Centre, Paris,

France, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Thierry

Chaput, 1985

Chapter 3 Simulated Experience

Theatre for Lucent Centre of Excellence,

Nuremburg, Germany, MET Studio Design, 2001

Wired Worlds, National Museum of

Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK,

MET Studio Design, 2000

Jean Nouvel, Pompidou Centre, Paris, France,

Jean Nouvel, 2001-2002

The Weather Project, Tate Modern, London,

UK, Olafur Eliasson, 2003-2004

The Samsung Experience, Time Warner

Center, New York, USA, Imagination (USA), Inc.,

2004

Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of

Natural History, New York, USA, Ralph

Appelbaum Associates, 1998

Stuttgart in the Second World War, Stuttgart,

Germany, hg merz architekten, 1988-1989

Eyes, Lies and Illusions, Hayward Gallery,

London, UK, Christophe Gerrard, Critical Space

2004-2005

PART 2   TECHNIQUES

Chapter 4 Displays

Art of the Motorcycle, Guggenheim Museum

NewYork/Bilbao/Las Vegas, Frank O, Gehry

Associates, 1998 2002

Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, DiaArt

Foundation, Beacon, USA, Dia Art Foundation

and Robert Irwin, 2003

American FolkArt Museum, NewYork, USA,

Ralph Appelbaum Associates, 2001

Wellcome Wing, Science Museum, London,

UK, Casson Mann, 2000

Crimes Against Humanity, Imperial War

Museum, London, UK, Casson Mann, 2002

The Rise of the Picture Press, Institute of

Contemporary Photography, New York, USA,

Julie Ault and Martin Beck, 2000

Grande Galerie de I'Evolution, Jardin des

Piantes, Paris, France, Chemtov and Huidobro,1994

Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art and

Fashion, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, Zaha

Hadid Architects, 1997-1998

Chapter 5 Lighting

Light Show, Tate Modern, London, UK,

Imagination, 2000

Brazil: Body and Soul, Guggenheim Museum,

New York, USA, Jean Nouvel, 2001-2002

Steuben Flagship Store, New York, USA,

Ralph Appelbaum Associates, 2000

GiorgioArmani, Guggenheim New

York,USA/Bilbao, Spain, Robert Wilson,

20O0-2001

Siteco, Light and Building Fair, Frankfurt,

Germany, Atelier Bruckner, 2000, 2002

Halls of Vertebrate Evolution, American

Museum of Natural History, NewYork, USA,

Ralph Appelbaum Associates, 1996

Chapter 6 Communication, Colour &

Graphics

Outdoor Systems, Indoor Distribution,

Neue Gesellschaft fiJr Bildende Kunst, Berlin,

Germany, JulieAult and Martin Beck, 2000

Experience Music Project, Seattle, USA,

Frank O, Gehry Associates, 2000

Samsung Brand Showcase, Moscow, Russia,

Imagination (USA), Inc,, 2003

Museum for Communication, Berlin,

Germany, hg merz architekten, 1997-2000

Power Up, Reassembled, UCLA Hammer

Museum, Los Angeles, USA, Julie Ault, 2000

Sparking Reaction, Sellafield Visitor Centre,

Cumbria, UK, Casson Mann, 2002

Footnotes

Further Reading

Index

Project Credits

Picture Credits

Acknowledgements