Hmm. I'm not an exhibition designer, but would Second Life be a good platform for this? I have seen it used for gallery mockups (and have done something similar myself for other purposes), but it does have the advantage of being fairly easy to learn.
~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ilias Kyriazis Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:10 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] question on gallery simulation software Dear all, I am a PhD student at Indiana University, working this semester with the Curator of Works on Paper at the University Art Museum on an art exhibition project. We have been wondering if there is some specific software out there used for exhibition design, to be handy, quite easy to learn, cheap, and that would not expect some great experience in 3D design. We are mostly thinking of a template that would simulate the museum gallery, where we could drag and move things to get some feeling of what the exhibition gallery would look like with the art works, painted walls, etc. included. I have been playing around with Google's SketchUp, but I would be interested in any software that you may be using, that could maybe be easier for curators to use when they lack the availability of an installation designer, and they just want to have a gallery simulating interface... Any feedback would be really appreciated! thank you in advance, Ilias Kyriazis -- Ilias Kyriazis, BMus, MLS Fulbright Alumnus PhD Student in Information Science School of Library and Information Science Indiana University, USA "Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer." Piet Hein _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
