Women’s Words & Old Wives’ Tales: Immersive Design in Interpretive Environments
Claire Caverly
Exhibition and Experience Design
About this Item
- Title
- Women’s Words & Old Wives’ Tales: Immersive Design in Interpretive Environments
- Contributor Names
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Caverly, Claire (Author)
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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Exhibition and Experience Design (Degree granting institution)
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Cowan, Brenda (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2024
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2024
- Department: Exhibition and Experience Design
- Advisor: Brenda Cowan
- Committee members: Christina Lyons; Brooke Carlson
- Abstract
- In the field of experience design, "immersive" has become a term applied to a wide range of projects with little clarity or definition. What does it mean to immerse? The literal definition is "to plunge, or to cover entirely."5 Immersive environments require that visitors are completely absorbed into the stories we as institutions are telling, and in order to embody these stories, visitors need context. Context is provided through multidimensional design that engages all five senses in an accessible and recognizable manner. This context, coming from the Latin "con texere" or "to weave together,"6 provides visitors the cues to craft the meaning of the space themselves, personalizing the experience. Through the provision of context, immersive design offers visitors an innate familiarity of the story, an invitation to participate, and a sense of inclusion.This thesis seeks to define what makes an experience immersive, explore cross-disciplinary techniques for providing context and demonstrate the memorable impact that immersive techniques can have within interpretive environments. Through a synthesis in design elements, immersive, interpretive environments have the opportunity to appeal to the whole person – intellectual, emotional, and physical – creating greater opportunities for lasting relationships with the content.
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- In Copyright
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- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: etd_001006
- URN/ISBN: 9798302851758
- Related Materials
- Also available from ProQuest
- Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 86-07.
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
Citation
Caverly, C. (2024). Women’s Words & Old Wives’ Tales: Immersive Design in Interpretive Environments [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/599935
Caverly, Claire. Women’s Words & Old Wives’ Tales: Immersive Design in Interpretive Environments. 2024. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/599935
Caverly, Claire. "Women’s Words & Old Wives’ Tales: Immersive Design in Interpretive Environments." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2024. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/599935