Exhibition designs, layouts and use of space
Exhibition spaces like this one add an interesting touch to the layout of an exhibition space. It allows for the viewer to follow the exhibit around the room, while also incorporating them into part of the exhibition through the use of the type on the walls and ceilings.
Selldorf Architects :: Gagosian Gallery Exhibition Design
This is a very traditional exhibition layout where there is lots of white space on the walls surrounding the work being displayed, which puts emphasis on the work rather than the space, but also allowing the viewer to feel a part of the exhibition due to the amount of open space.
In support of Beijing Design Week, Converse presented “Off Canvas” a street-level exhibition of typography design that canvassed the capital city in obscure places that mark China’s thriving creative subcultures.
This exhibition is more of the style I was considering for my exhibition proposal, where the space and environments in which the artwork is placed influences the exhibition. I was also looking at incorporating work such as this into the actual exhibition, as in photographs of work like this would be included.
Life sized typographical installation using thousands of pieces of paper folded and glued together to form the sentence that describes and illustrates the concept. The topographic shape transitions from the still nature of paper to the mountaneous organic structure, while keeping its geometric character.
The idea started on paper, with sketches and concepts that were translated to the final design on the computer, to the final 3d shape, back to paper. Building the gigantic sculpture was pretty intense and we wouldn’t have been able to do it without the help of all the friends who kindly lent a hand, for which we are very grateful.
Exhibited in the FOFA Gallery hallway-vitrine for the Concordia University Design Department End of Year exhibition, during the Montréal Design Portes Ouvertes 2010. Published in Communication Arts Typography Annual 2011.
This style of exhibit is much more the style I was looking at, where the viewer is literally encapsulated by the artwork on show. It draws on not only the surroundings, but also the way the viewer, the work and the space interact together.
Barbara Kruger L&M Arts Typography Exhibition
This typographic exhibit is exactly the sort of over the top presentation of type that I was considering and picturing for my exhibition. The viewer literally becomes a part of the exhibition and the space is thoroughly used without making it feel like a big black hole.
