The purpose of the Design for Enhanced Exhibitions strand of the Design with Heritage project is to explore new ways in which technology can be employed in museum contexts to enhance the experience of visitors. This can be considered at two scales; the first is an exhibition or museum scale, overall spacial analysis and design. The second is a local scale, the design of exhibits themselves or devices which mediate between exhibits and visitors.
There is a wealth of innovative applications of technology and embedded computation in other contemporary fields. Architectural research into interactive spatial design and placing intelligent objects within our environment is a key source of reference. Within London there is an ever growing number of SMEs, in a variety of design fields, which are at the forefront of applying strands of this research to real world and commercial projects.
The intention of this research project is to bring these academic and commercial researchers together to explore how such fields can influence the design and experience of visitors to cultural institutions.
Ideas which have been influential in the development of this project to date include:
Posted by Clio Heslop & filed under Enhanced Exhibitions, Events, Projects.
Panopticon: Experimental tales of Jeremy Bentham August 12th – September 5th 2013, Monday to Saturday 1pm – 5pm UCL North Lodge This collaborative exhibition explores the life, influence and radical ideas of Jeremy Bentham. A display of facsimile manuscripts from UCL Special Collections is enhanced by projected images and text, weaving a different tale for […]
Posted by David Di Duca & filed under Enhanced Exhibitions.
The Your Tour project is based around the development of a novel test system to explore new ways in which information can be delivered to museum visitors. However this project is not being developed as a hypothetical study. Rather one of the team members, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, has a possibly unique and […]
Posted by David Di Duca & filed under Enhanced Exhibitions, Uncategorized.
Team: Dr. David Scott, Nell Croose Myhill (Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts), Roger McKinley (FACT Liverpool). Your Tour is one of two project under the Design for Enhanced Exhibitions strand of the Design with Heritage project to receive funding, following the Sandpit Event on February 27th 2013. The aim of Your Tour is to provide […]
Posted by David Di Duca & filed under Enhanced Exhibitions.
Team: Dr. Kevin Walker (RCA), Suzy Hogg (Design Consultant), Ollie Palmer (UCL), Zafeirenia Brokalaki (KCL). Mechanics of Wonderment is one of two project under the Design for Enhanced Exhibitions strand of the Design with Heritage projects to receive funding, following the Sandpit Event on February 27th 2013. The movement of visitors through museums is of interest […]
Posted by Ollie Palmer & filed under Enhanced Exhibitions, Projects.
‘Design for Enhanced Exhibitions’ is led by Professor Stephen Gage (Professor of Innovative Technology, Bartlett School of Architecture) and Dr Glenn Adamson (Head of Research at V&A), with the support of David Di Duca, Research Assistant. The Enhanced Exhibitions research area will investigate the potential for using digital design to dynamically curate content or provide […]
