Visitor Experience Design

We delve into the essence of Visitor Experience Design within the context of contemporary curatorial and artistic practices. Our analysis explores design processes that shape the relationship between the artwork, the space, and the audience. We focus on a critical examination of strategies for engaging viewers through narrative, interactivity, and technology. This is a space for reflection on the role of the exhibition as a medium that crafts aesthetic, intellectual, and emotional experiences in an ever-evolving visual culture.

Viewers Are Tired: How to Design Exhibitions for the Contemporary Audience

How to create art exhibitions that engage viewers while considering their limitations? The key lies in flexibility—ranging from how the exhibition space is arranged to incorporating multisensory experiences and new approaches to educational communication. This article draws inspiration from El Lissitzky’s critique of museums and the concept of the distributed museum, exploring ways to support viewer focus and build an inclusive institution for presenting art.

The Visitor’s Journey: How Gallery Interiors Shape the Art Exhibition Experience

The evolution of exhibition spaces has transformed galleries into narrative mediums, presenting new challenges for designers and curators alike. In this article, we explore how design thinking tools and user experience (UX)-inspired approaches aid in creating engaging and comprehensible exhibition narratives. We consider how to enhance the educational value of exhibitions while empathetically reducing viewers’ cognitive effort through diverse arrangements and varying degrees of descriptive complexity.