Thu, Sep 19

DSGN 3301: Themes

Today's objectives

• Review assignment 1
• Themes
  • What is a theme?
  • Creating great themes
  • Using themes to generate ideas
• Interpretive planning
• Interpretive plan review

Presentations

Agenda

Interpretive plans

Visitor experience

Themes

Resources

Reading assignment

1: Read chapter 2 ("TORE") of Sam Ham's Interpretation: Making a difference on purpose. Interpretation: Making a Difference on Purpose at the NSCAD library

2: Read an interpretive plan - I've assigned a different one to everybody. Be prepared to give a quick summary of what you thought the theme or themes were, how helpful (or not) the plan was to you as a designer, and what you learned about interpretation from the plan, during next class. Some of these are long - skim for content, decide if you need to skip long appendices, etc, and make sure to focus on the big picture, not details.

Name	Plan	Link
Bakri Kasbah, Leen M.	Marli Riverpark	Marli River Park - An Interpretation Plan.pdf
Boggan, Nick	EastLink - Austin	EastLink Final Report Nov 2020
Duffie, Thea C.	Prairie Line Trail	PLT-InterpretivePlan.pdf
Graham, Liz	Missoula Downtown	HRA-Interpretive-Plan-Missoula-nov12-download.pdf
Ladd, Rachel M.	Waabizheshikana: The Marten Trail	Waabizheshikana: The Marten Trail
Le, Olivia	Sharing Our Stories	20110208SharingourStories.pdf
McPhee, Cate F.	Tasmania	Tasmania Thematic interpretation_manual.pdf
O'Rorke, Greer	Smithsonian Gardens	SmithsonianGardens_MasterPlan.pdf
Peddle, Rosemary J.	Fort Totten	Fort Totten Interpretive Plan.pdf
Singh, Aprajita Akashkumar A.	Minnehaha Parkway	CH-6_Interpretive-Plan_accessible.pdf
Turner, Elsie M.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	GA21022.pdf
Zhang, Kenneth	Willamette Falls Interpretive Framework	Concept_Snohetta-MayerReed-DIALOG_2017-0603_100.pdf