PSCE
3030

Exhibition Design

Parsons School of Design: School of Constructed Env.

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Exhibition Design
Spring 2025
Taught By: Michael Morris
Section: A

CRN: 14453

Credits: 3

From the museum galleries to trade shows, an exhibition designer constructs perceptions between the viewers, artifacts, and spaces in multiple dimensions. In a series of lectures, exercises, presentations, and excursions this introductory class will explore the realm of exhibition design as temporal architecture. Research and discussions will serve to critically examine the socio-cultural role that exhibitions and their curatorial narratives, lighting, and design plays in shaping ideas and assigning value to objects, collections, and archives. Lectures will cover historical precedents, presentations by and about international architects, designers, and curators who have advanced the contemporary discourse and are active in the field of exhibition design. Additional lectures and readings assignments will review the structure and personnel involved in Museum exhibitions and the associative rules and regulations for design implementation. Class assignments will include visits to some of New York’s preeminent institutions, student seminar presentations, and will culminate in a small exhibition design project. Students must have a basic comprehension of architectural and interior design, scale, orthographic drawings, and model making. Digital and digital drawing skills are welcome in the class but are not required.

Open to: All university upper-level undergraduate degree students.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Constructed Env. (SCE)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:04am EDT 10/14/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 7:00pm - 9:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/6/2025