Tricia Austin

This book argues narrative, people and place are inseparable and pursues the consequences of this insight through the design of narrative environments. This a new and distinct area of practice that weaves together and extends narrative theory, spatial theory and design theory. Examples of narrative spaces, such as exhibitions, brand experiences, urban design and socially-engaged participatory interventions in the public realm, are explored to show how space acts as a medium of communication through a synthesis of materials, structures and technologies; and how particular social behaviours are reproduced or critiqued through spatial narratives. This book will be of interest to scholars in design studies, urban studies, architecture, new materialism and design practitioners in the creative industries.

Space as a Medium of Communication

Narrative Environments and Experience Design

Richard Doust

This book explains how graphic designers use computers as a medium to combine word, image, motion, sound, and user interaction for the internet, TV, promos, games, animation, CDs, and exhibitions. Mapping the spectrum of career opportunities created by digital technologies in the industry, it also describes the attitudes, skills, and knowledge needed to enter the profession and captures the flavor and excitement of working in this field. The authors' broad perspective—taking in everything from photography and illustration to motion, environmental, and wearable graphics—describes the growing importance of new media for graphic designers in developing new experiences for theinformation and entertainment industries across the globe. Sections on online design and imaginary worlds—including virtual worlds, digital FX, and games—map out recent and future technological developments and their implications for designers of today and tomorrow.

New Media Design

Jonathan Hale

Oscar Ho Hing-Kay

Suzanne MacLeod

The Future of Museum and Gallery Design explores new research and practice in museum design. Placing a specific emphasis on social responsibility, in its broadest sense, the book emphasises the need for a greater understanding of the impact of museum design in the experiences of visitors, in the manifestation of the vision and values of museums and galleries, and in the shaping of civic spaces for culture in our shared social world. The chapters included in the book propose a number of innovative approaches to museum design and museum-design research. Collectively, contributors plead for more open and creative ways of making museums, and ask that museums recognize design as a resource to be harnessed towards a form of museum-making that is culturally located and makes a significant contribution to our personal, social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Such an approach demands new ways of conceptualizing museum and gallery design, new ways of acknowledging the potential of design, and new, experimental, and research-led approaches to the shaping of cultural institutions internationally. The Future of Museum and Gallery Design should be of great interest to academics and postgraduate students in the fields of museum studies, gallery studies, and heritage studies, as well as architecture and design, who are interested in understanding more about design as a resource in museums. It should also be of great interest to museum and design practitioners and museum leaders.

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