Student community engagement projects from the exhibition and experience design concentration in the UC Davis Department of Design

Cultural, Exhibition

Nature’s Beloved Son

Project: Working with the curatorial team, design an exhibition for the Bedford Gallery called “Nature’s Beloved Son: John Muir’s Botanical Legacy” featuring the plant specimen collections of John Muir and the photographs of Stephen Joseph. Use four specific phases: (1) developing an exhibition narrative and concept (how will you tell the story), (2) spatial planning and object placement (how will you organize the story), (3) exhibition staging (what will the story look like), (4) visual language and information delivery (how will you communicate the story). Exhibition was on view January 9 – March 27, 2011.
Course: DES185 Exhibition Design, 2010 (group study)
Partner: Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

sample project: beloved son