Monday, November 12, 2012

Museum Design Options Using Exhibit Flipbooks

By Seanab Smith


When choosing the best visual display technique for museum planning; exhibit developers have many alternatives, which include: Interpretive panels, digital multimedia and additional supplementary approaches such as exhibit flipbooks (sometimes referred to as graphical holders).

Though not the chief method to showcase exhibit interpretive graphics and data; flipbooks are a viable choice that should be considered while in the exhibit design task. The term 'flipbook' isn't a frequently used phrase in exhibit design; even so, most designers have built or purchased a version of these kinds of products for featuring exhibit information and facts.

Interpretive flipbooks are analogous to the recognizable 3-ring binder commonly used for school and business. The difference of course is the quality of the materials used in construction. These flipbooks lay open next to or in front of an exhibit. Book pages are accessible to visitors and give an uncomplicated interactive encounter while the visitors turn pages and interact with the graphics and information presented. The interpretive book pages are generally laminated with flexible or high-pressure laminate materials to maximize durability.

Listed below are some of the positives and negatives of using flipbooks in exhibit design.

STRENGTHS

Flipbooks can be especially useful when open space is limited to display exhibit facts and where a basic visitor interactive experience is required. A flipbook that contains 8" x 11" or 11" x 17" pages is capable of holding up to the equivalent of 48 square feet of exhibit info while just taking up a 2 square foot foot-print.

A suitably made flipbook made out of excellent components ought to provide strong resilience to handle tens of thousands of page turns without breaking.

CONS

Flipbooks don't possess a comparable long-range viewablity of ordinary mounted interpretive panels and require the museum visitor to manually flip book pages to be able to obtain exhibit information.

Additionally overlooked is that most flipbooks are not made to allow for pages to be easily switched if exhibit details needs to be updated.

To summarize, interpretive flipbooks are a necessary component of museum planning. There are many benefits associated with using flipbooks particularly when space is limited.

Even so, the museum flipbook construction must be correctly planned and created with good quality materials in order to boost the user encounter and provide materials that meet ADA criteria.




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