A successful exhibition is a well-balanced mix of communication, knowledge transfer, interaction, adventure, and contemplation. This widely popular handbook, which has already gone through multiple printings, offers a concise presentation of the principal phases of an exhibition's genesis with striking examples from the design practice of the authors. Topics covered are conception and design, presentation and staging, representation and education, text and graphics, typography and layout, as well as light and lighting. The central design steps are illustrated with sketches, diagrams, plans, elevations, simulations, technical drawings, workform ing models, and photographs. Bertron Schwarz Frey (Berlin and Ulm) is one of Germany's leading exhibition design firms; Ulrich Schwarz is a professor of museum studies at the Universitat der Ku?nste Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts).