Making a Comeback
Undergraduate
Description
Through the use of promotional and display graphics in an educational museum exhibit, this project walks visitors through the following research question: How does injury trauma affect professional athletes and their mental health? This project includes visual identity, interior and exterior environmental graphics, and narrative literature. The “Making a Comeback” exhibit is designed to educate and bring awareness to the stigma of athletes and their mental health. My research methods consisted of mostly visual research. I looked at a variety of museum exhibits to help determine how I should layout the exhibit and to display the information in a manner that would be most effective. My other research method consisted of reading articles and watching interviews of professional athletes talking about their injuries and how it affected them mentally and emotionally. Using the information I gathered, I created elements in the exhibit that puts the audience in the shoes of the athletes that are discussed in the exhibits. The first interior graphic, “Real People. Real Stories,” features player profiles with a brief description of what their injury was, a quote of them discussing how the injury trauma affected them mentally, and how they were able to make a comeback. The second interior graphic is an inspirational quote wall from the same athletes reflecting on their recovery and how they were able to turn such a traumatic event into a positive lesson. The narrative literature piece mimics a playbook that coaches use during games. It includes a map of the exhibits, a “Did You Know” trivia section, and QR codes with videos and analysis of each player’s injury. This exhibit is meant to show and demonstrate how even though athletes are put on a pedestal, it does not excuse them from having their own set of struggles.
Making a Comeback
Juried Art - Graphic Design
Through the use of promotional and display graphics in an educational museum exhibit, this project walks visitors through the following research question: How does injury trauma affect professional athletes and their mental health? This project includes visual identity, interior and exterior environmental graphics, and narrative literature. The “Making a Comeback” exhibit is designed to educate and bring awareness to the stigma of athletes and their mental health. My research methods consisted of mostly visual research. I looked at a variety of museum exhibits to help determine how I should layout the exhibit and to display the information in a manner that would be most effective. My other research method consisted of reading articles and watching interviews of professional athletes talking about their injuries and how it affected them mentally and emotionally. Using the information I gathered, I created elements in the exhibit that puts the audience in the shoes of the athletes that are discussed in the exhibits. The first interior graphic, “Real People. Real Stories,” features player profiles with a brief description of what their injury was, a quote of them discussing how the injury trauma affected them mentally, and how they were able to make a comeback. The second interior graphic is an inspirational quote wall from the same athletes reflecting on their recovery and how they were able to turn such a traumatic event into a positive lesson. The narrative literature piece mimics a playbook that coaches use during games. It includes a map of the exhibits, a “Did You Know” trivia section, and QR codes with videos and analysis of each player’s injury. This exhibit is meant to show and demonstrate how even though athletes are put on a pedestal, it does not excuse them from having their own set of struggles.
