Learning objectives
Knowledge about the interior design culture and – in particular – about the exhibit design.
Design driven methodological approach.
A specific design experience in the exhibit design field (designing a temporary exhibition).
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course will deal with the interior design field with particular attention to exhibit design and museography.
The lectures will focus on 2 main topics:
1) Interior design: from historical masters to contemporary interpretations. This first topic – driven by a critical-interpretive approach – will focus on some crucial figures of the interior design culture.
2) Exhibit design. This second topic – driven by thematic-disciplinary approach – will focus on temporary exhibitions and museums and will be the field of the design exercice.
Full programme
24 september: course presentation + brief launch
1 October: lectures + brainstorming activity
8 October: lectures + topics presentations
15 October: lectures + project reviews (about topic, collection, metaphor, concept)
22 October: lectures + project reviews (about topic, collection, metaphor, concept)
29 October: 1st collective state of projects (about topic, case studies, spatial generative matrix, design attitude, layout)
5 November: lectures + project reviews (about technical drawings, exhibit system)
12 November: lectures + project reviews (about technical drawings, exhibit system)
19 November: lectures + project reviews (about cultural experience, exhibit score)
26 November: lectures + project reviews (about cultural experience, exhibit score)
3 December: lectures + project reviews (about materials, colors, finishing, technologies)
10 December: lectures + project reviews (about materials, colors, finishing, technologies)
17 December: 2nd collective state of projects
Bibliography
The following bibliography is approximate. During the course the specific references will be given.
-Borsotti M., Tutto si può narrare, Mimesis, Sesto San Giovanni (Mi) 2017;
- Crespi L. Da spazio nasce spazio. L’interior design nella trasformazione degli ambienti contemporanei, Postmedia, Milano
- Florio R., De Biase V. La rappresentazione dello spazio domestico 2. dieci interpretazioni dell’abitazione contemporanea,
Ed. Officina, Roma 2009
vol 1 R. Florio, T. Della Corte, La rappresentazione dello spazio domestico 1 Dieci
interpretazioni dell'abitazione contemporanea, Officina Edizioni, Roma 2008;
- Pils G., Trocchianesi R. Design e rito. La cultura del progetto per il patrimonio rituale contemporaneo, Mimesis,
Sesto San Giovanni (Mi) 2017;
- Trocchianesi R. Design e narrazioni per il patrimonio culturale, Maggioli editore, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna 2014.
- Neri G., Umberto Riva. Interni e allestimenti, Letteraventidue, Siracusa 2017;
-Migliore I., Time to exhibit. Directing spatial design and new narrative pathways, Franco Angeli, Milano 2019
+ 1choosen among the following ones:
- Abalos I., Il buon abitare. Pensare le case della modernità, Christian Marinotti Edizioni, Milano 2009;
- Bachelard G., La poetica dello spazio, Edizioni Dedalo, Bari 2006;
Teaching methods
Lectures: methodological, thematic and technical ones.
Reviews on the design exercise.
Assessment methods and criteria
For attending students:
the final exam will be focused on an oral interview about the bibliography and lectures (individual) and on a design exercise (in team).
For non-attending students:
the final exam (individual) will be focused on an oral interview about the bibliography and lectures, on a critical writing on a topic agreed upon the professor and on an extemporary design exercise (taken during the day of the exam).
Other information
email: raffaella.trocchianesi@polimi.it
Foreign students can agree the bibliography upon the professor
