Narrative spaces : on the art of exhibiting / Herman Kossman, Suzanne Mulder, Frank den Oudsten ; [translation from the dutch, Pieter Kiewiet de Jonge].

The poetry of place / Frank den Oudsten -- On the weight of the story -- On the emptiness of space -- On the radius of the metaphor -- The practice of design / Herman Kossmann -- The walk -- Synchronicity and layering -- Tension curves and the first encounter -- Immersion -- Interaction -- Between knowing and experiencing -- Identification and proximity -- Abstraction and metaphor -- Direction -- From cathedral to Disneyland : archetypes of narrative space / Suzanne Mulder --The architectonic space -- The museum space -- The activist space -- The illusionist space.

"Narrative spaces is about exhibitions, about their practice and principles. The book establishes a comprehensive theoretical, practical and cultural-historical framework and it defines the conceptual tools to probe the dynamics of the profession. Exhibition designers generally face the task of translating complex narrative, academic objectives into a compelling spatial narrative comprising a mix of different media and communicative strategies. With the aid of space, collection pieces, images, light, photography, film and interactive media, the medium of the exhibition has acquired a unique potential to inform, seduce or surprise visitors and to induce engagement. Narrative Spaces uncovers the dramaturgical, scenographical principles of the exhibition as a narrative space and it inspires new approaches of exhibition design. The book analyses the field from three different points of view: the theoreticalphilosophical, the practical and the cultural-historical. It not only addresses designers, but also curators and critics, theatre makers, artists and architects - in short, everyone interested in the expressive potential of spaces". Tomado de la contraportada.

Maestría en Estudios del Diseño