Over the previous week I have been researching the use of Information Boards and how they can be used to display information on an exhibit.
I have been to 2 museums and 1 exhibition to gather it:
London Motorcycle Exhibition.
Mercedes Benz World.
Brooklands.
Even though they are all completely separate, the ideas for portraying information are very similar.
The three key styles identified within each of the museums were:
Technical - this consisted of information based upon how it was produced. The aim for this style of sign appeared to be to sell the exhibit to the public.
This technical style used very little clear imagery and was concise with what was being displayed. In terms of the Natural exhibit for the group, I believe this style could be used to:
- inform the public of what software has been used to produce the exhibit.
- what effects have been used.
- whether the piece of work was completed in 2ND or 3RD year.
- title of exhibit.
Entertaining - the use of imagery and text appeared to be laid out to attract the attention of the public. In each of the examples pictures of past and present were displayed to show the life of the exhibit. The text was produced in the form of a story, it made the exhibit appear exciting and also gave the feeling that the public was part of that history just by reading about its accomplishments.
In terms of using this style within our exhibit, may be harder to do successfully. As the work is graphic based, it will be harder to produce a compelling story about it.
An alternative method is a question and answer fact board that allows the public to see what the inspiration for such a piece of work was, and also find out possibly why things were or were not done in a particular way. Shows reflection from the creator, so if the piece of work was created in the 2ND year, with the knowledge that has been taken from the 3RD year how would they change parts.
Relevance - this style of displaying information is concise and displays only the basic information.
It is displayed by taking a key characteristic from the exhibit, and adjusting it to display the information within that section. If done successfully, the information is discrete so that it doesn't take away from the exhibit but also is noticeable enough for the information to be passed on to the public.
This style of information could be produced by displaying the most vital information such as title, date of completion and creator name.
As seen in all of the museums/ exhibitions visited, poster board has been used to display all information. The only variances are the size of the board used.
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