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Design exhibitions as spaces for controlled experiments
Design research faces growing challenges from multifaceted developments, which traditional methods and lab settings often struggle to address. New approaches are needed to bridge the gap between controlled lab settings, field studies, and these complexities. Exhibition spaces offer opportunities for dynamic, real-world studies beyond lab-based research’s limitations. This study explores a hybrid ‘exhibition-experiment’ format by examining a design exhibition on biophilic workspace design. Participants visited different design exhibits (experimental conditions) within the experiment while a suite of passive measurement devices measured their emotional and physiological responses. The findings highlight the strengths and limitations of ‘exhibition-experiments’, provide insights into the usage of technology-driven tools, and discuss them as a hybrid approach between lab and field studies.
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Thing-Human-Emotion-Beauty model for multi-dimensional perception of cultural relics’ values from the design perspective
The digitalization of museums offers new opportunities for presenting and interpreting cultural artifacts, yet visitor engagement and perceived value often remain limited due to low interactivity and insufficient experiential design. To address these challenges, this study proposes the THEB model, a four-dimensional framework for enhancing cultural relic value perception across Thing, Human, Emotion, and Beauty dimensions. The model was applied to a case study of the Rhinoceros-shaped Bronze Zun Inlaid with Gold and Silver Cloud Design. Guided by the THEB framework, AI-generated images and a narrative video were produced using tools such as Midjourney and Pixverse AI. A controlled user study with 230 participants compared the AI-generated video to traditional museum content. Results indicate that while historical depth was not significantly enhanced, the AI video substantially improved engagement, satisfaction, and immersion, particularly in aesthetic appreciation and emotional resonance. These findings validate the THEB model as a practical and conceptual tool, demonstrating its potential to guide museum exhibition design toward more holistic, emotionally engaging, and interactive experiences, bridging material, humanistic, and aesthetic dimensions of cultural heritage.
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Dance & fashion
\"Lavishly illustrated with both contemporary and historical images, the book features essays by ten fashion experts, who explore various aspects of the reciprocal relationship between dance and fashion, from the liberating effects of the tango to the influence of ballet on Japanese girl culture. Designers featured include Leon Bakst, Cristâobal Balenciaga, Comme des Garًcons, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Halston, Barbara Karinka, Isaac Mizrahi, Rodarte, Yves Saint Laurent, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Valentino, and Iris Van Herpen\"--Publisher's website.
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On memorability of place and installation
Memorability of place and artwork is an important issue for exhibitions in museums and galleries. Understanding the memorability of an exhibition and its effects on visitors might guide curators and designers in exhibition design. The main questions of this study are ‘Can a temporary installation remain memorable for visitors?’ and ‘Which features of installations and place affect visitors?’. The study focuses on the visitor experience to understand the memorability of both an installation named Brain Forest Quipu and the exhibition place which is the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern Museum. Therefore, visitor comments on social media (Instagram and YouTube) and the Internet were examined with the content analysis method. In order to make the analysis clearer and obtain more precise data, words that are taken from comments were grouped under “Definition” and “Interpretation” titles. Also, five parameters that can affect memorability were identified based on the literature review and included in the analysis. As a result, visitors’ comments revealed the feelings and expressions which both installation and exhibition place created, and it can be said that installation had an impact on most of the visitors because of its topic and the representation. However, it was hard to define the degree of memorability because of the lack of information about visitor’s background and interests. On the other hand, using this perspective about social media comments to discover the thoughts and feelings of visitors can be useful for future studies. The method can be developed with the involvement of some other scientific measurement techniques used in studies on memory.
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Women's Display: Editorial
The Special Collection Women’s Display: Women’s Exhibitions and Exhibition Design in the 20th Century explores why, how and under what conditions women made exhibitions about the built environment and who these women were, to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the exhibitions themselves and their design across different individuals, collaborative groups, time periods and geographical contexts. Women were involved in the financing, planning, organizing, critiquing and staging of exhibitions since the 19th century, even though their contributions, aims and impacts are often little known. The articles aim to broaden and diversify the understanding of exhibitions made by women in the 20th century by focusing on subjects whose stories have been forgotten or marginalized in architectural history. For many women, exhibition design was not only an important career step, but also a political and social commitment and a collaborative form of work voicing critique and an experimental laboratory for testing new approaches. Exhibition design proved to be an accessible niche for many woman architects, who discovered in it a chance to gain a foothold in the profession and to have a platform from which to speak out publicly. The exhibition also opened the opportunity of trying out new design concepts and making a theoretical contribution. A series of exhibitions in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Russia, Cuba, Canada and the USA from the 1920s to the 1980s are analyzed, using different approaches to the study of women in architecture, illuminating both individual biographies and collective works in the context of historical and social contingency.
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Exhibition Space Circulation in Museums from the Perspective of Pedestrian Simulation
Contemporary studies largely concentrate on the physical aspects of architecture, yet within the sphere of design, the gap between user experience and the designer’s intention is an undeniable fact. This gap, illustrating the contrast between the spatial perception and the actual physical space, to some degree, mirrors preferences in human spatial behavior. It accentuates the complex relationship between human cognitive functions and spatial layout, underlining the critical role of spatial perception in architectural design and planning. This prompts the question of whether perceptions of internal traffic flow within buildings also suffer from spatial distortions. Focusing on museums, and by examining circulation paths and spatial features, a virtual museum model is devised. The research employs a holistic and reductionist approach (complex systems theory) to forge a link between circulation components and the spatial experience of architecture. Utilizing agent-based modeling tools for simulating pedestrian movements, it investigates how different circulation patterns and spatial relationships influence pedestrian behavior. The study proposes a museum circulation optimization strategy, grounded in quantifying spatial experience through Anylogic software analysis. This strategy is aimed at enhancing the design of internal traffic flows in future museum projects, offering fresh insights into museum design research, and probing into new possibilities for using pedestrian simulation software.
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