We wanted to show children between the ages of 12 and 14 which renewable energy sources are most commonly used and how they work. In addition, we aimed to inform them about what they can do in their daily lives to contribute to a "greener" world, so we can all live without endangering the only Earth we have.
It was important to us—targeted toward the specific age group—to develop an interactive exhibit that children could engage with in a playful way, increasing the fun factor and sparking interest. Our focus for the exhibit was the screen that displays the information. The illustrations were created in Adobe Illustrator and animated in Adobe After Effects. The interactions with the objects (avatars) and the screen were implemented using Arduino.
Here is an overview of the design process.
The following phases were carried out: ideate, define, and prototype.
All content of the interactive communication system is organized and structured within an information architecture. This is the structural design of content, aimed at facilitating intuitive access based on the product's purpose and user needs.
This project was completed in collaboration with Lydia Frei and Erasmus student Olivier Eising at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Schwaebisch Gmuend, in the course Interactive Communication Systems, supervised by Fabian Schroebel. The goal of this project was to learn how to design relevant content and knowledge for exhibitions in an engaging and comprehensible way.
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