Youngsters are usually engaged by unsual stuff. The task of
every exhibition designer is to provide the audience with a creative and
interactive window so that youngsters could connect the exhibited material with
their outside world. It is not the actual space that has to be as the outside world
but the use of technology and methods. The ways of translating the information
has to be enjoyable and entertaining. There are a few elements which has to
allure the senses of the visitor in order to be engaged.
First and foremost, there should be the use of new media.
There has to be something particular about the exhibition. This something has
to stick in the minds of the visitors as soon as they enter the door so when
they leave they carry a package of feelings and knowledge. In fact there is no
knowledge without entertainment. For example if I am at an English lesson and
we are given a dialogue book to read I might get bored. But if the teacher asks
the students to act out the dialogue in front of the class, I would start
getting interesting and students would pay attention for sure.
The senses are very important in an exhibition: the use of
sounds and lighting effects would change the atmosphere of the exhibition and
the use of mixed media such as technologies would be a good way to interact
with the audience. The use of projections is becoming very popular especially
by large organizations such as the Grande Exhibition which operates all over
the world. Colours are also a way to stimulate a particular mood within a
space.
Between knowledge and experience, only these features would
contribute for the achievement of an exhibition. All these elements come
together paving the way in putting the subject into context. In the end, these
methods are applied in order to generate a dynamic space for exhibitions in
order to engage mostly the younger generations.
Light fixtures from the book In Detail Exhibition and Displays
Reference:
Dejong, KD, 2010. Engaging Spaces. 1st ed.
Amsterdam: Frame Publishers
Schittich, C.S, 2009. In Detail: Exhibitions
and Displays. 1st ed. Stuttgart: Birkhäuser Architecture
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