Exhibition Designer
For exhibits at museums and similar institutions, exhibition designers plan, create, and manufacture physical displays. They work closely with museum directors, educators, curators, and conservators to create educational displays that concentrate on parts of the collection of a museum while preserving the items on display in safe and secure environmental conditions.
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KEY SKILLS
Creativity
Visionary
Sketching
Technical drawing
Estimation of budget
Ability to convey your ideas to the audience through your displays
3D Design Softwares
Creating scale models
Intuitive
Rendering
Ability to work with various mediums and materials
To make sure that the display created is achievable and the components are portable
Planning and execution
Spatial skills
Leadership qualities
PROS
Opportunity to create exhibitions for shows, businesses, museums, etc.
You get to create an experience with the audience through your displays
Creative liberties can be taken
A lot of opportunities - a versatile field
You gain a significant amount of knowledge about all the fields of design
Pays well
CONS
Rigorous work is required
Hectic schedule prior to production
Tight deadlines
Handling a lot of heavy equipment and models
Budget, time and space constraints
OPPORTUNITY TYPES
GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
Exhibitions/Galleries
Production Design
Art Direction
Landscape Design
Museum Curation
Stage Design
Freelance
Visual way of thinking and communicating
Curiosity
Collaboration
Good sense of composition, space, scale and proportion
Translate 2D sketches to 3D models