The Design-Build Process (2 of 4)
The Design-Build Process (2 of 4)
September 8, 2009 by Taylor Studios
A couple weeks ago I began explaining our design-build process in more detail. This post details the second phase in the process: Design Development.
During Design Development, the project design team continues to build upon the messages and exhibit flow that were developed during Schematic Design. Design Development is when the look of an exhibit really begins to take shape. Conceptual renderings are completed for each area of the exhibit. Designers take into account the project resources that were allocated to each area and are careful to stay within the client’s project budget. Colors and materials are selected and samples are gathered for a materials board that’s put together for client review. Progress is posted frequently to a website established just for the client, and adjustments are made per client comments.
An exhibit’s copy is also further developed as the central theme, subthemes, and storylines become the basis for introduction panels for each area of the exhibit. The project’s interpretive planner works very closely with exhibit and graphic designers during this phase to ensure that interpretation is driving the design.
While all of this is taking place, graphic designers are developing various “looks” for the exhibit graphics. A graphic hierarchy is designed for each level of interpretation. The hierarchy will show what the graphic panels for the various levels of interpretation would look like from broad, introductory panels to very detailed artifact labels.
The conceptual sketches, a first draft of the copy for each of the exhibit area’s introductions, and the graphic options are presented to the client before the next, much more detailed, stage begins.
Next week…Final Design…
Posted by: Renee