Developments: French Bronze Show
December 2, 2008
Here are the preliminary boards that the designers and curators use to assemble the models. These are similar to the mood boards used in fashion and brand development.
The designers and curators use this board to get inspiration for the space.
At this stage, the designers start to organize the moods for each gallery in the exhibit.
Foam core models, created at 1:12, are finished while colors and themes are chosen. Here the curators are finalizing where each piece will be displayed in the gallery. Different color sticky notes tag locations and other specifics. While adhering the color to the walls I had to remove my shoes to tip toe around the models already affixed to the floor.
When I returned today I noticed that all the colors, (from the previous week of painstaking color matching), had been printed out and placed in the model. It transformed the space!
Here is an aerial view of the gallery.
When I was in Merritt’s exhibit design class at UCLA extension, I forgot to place a scale figure into my model for the final project. I truly thought I had covered all my bases when turning in that final, however I forgot the most important aspect of creating a model. That is imagining people interacting with the space. How do the galleries flow from one room to another? Will people easily access the text and interactive materials in the show? These are questions that should be easily be answered when a scale figure is introduced. It also gives the designers a sense of scale. Here is the title wall with two model people. Perhaps the text is too high for most people? These questions should be tackled before installation.
Title Wall for French Bronze
Here the designers needed to show how a printed scrim will look against a bronze sculpture. It was necessary to create a full size model and place a sample printed scrim in the background. The translucent material behind the piece frames it nicely. Using scrims are also a great way to divide spaces. It is understated and elegant.
Yellow fabric scrim
