Creativity in Museum Practice by Linda Norris Rainey Tisdale

Author:Linda Norris, Rainey Tisdale [Linda Norris, Rainey Tisdale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Art, Museum Studies, Self-Help, Creativity, Social Science, Archaeology
ISBN: 9781315431369
Google: b9JmDAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-06-16T05:10:07+00:00

Pay Close Attention to Reactions

Ask questions, probe deeply, and keep great notes about your process.

Fail—Yes, Fail

Part of the prototyping process is learning from the failed parts. Your job as a prototyper is both to expect failure and to make sure that others in the organization understand that failure is an integral part of the process. In fact, that’s where real learning emerges. Make sure you find time to debrief about what’s been learned.

Try Again

Sometimes a prototype works terrifically the first time. But more often than not, you learn that some parts work and some don’t. Take that knowledge, make changes, and go back out to your audience (internal or external) with a new, improved version so you can learn more, verify your hunches from the first round, and arrive at the best product possible. Trying again rapidly has substantial benefits. Linda has developed a great many exhibition prototypes and has learned that a speedy process of iteration—where you make a series of changes to the prototype along the way, refining it based on what you learn—often produces the best results. If you think in terms of evaluation, this is definitely qualitative not quantitative. You can see how visitors react to label copy, how they understand (or fail to comprehend) instructions for interactives, and even how visitors can take you further in an idea than you ever intended. It helps to keep a kit of supplies to make it easy to dive in and revise: odd bits of foam core, mat board or cardboard, a roll of newsprint, markers and colored pencils, clipboards, magnets and magnet boards, Post-it notes, Ethafoam, and fabric.

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