Experimenting with low relief to give the illusion of energy and water being used in the farmhouse. The idea is that the cut out areas will light up with yellow and blue lights to represent lights and water being used in the house.
Touch screen device has been purchased and we have been trialling the design on it this week. Take a look at the latest iteration of the design below:
We have been back and forth on this exhibit for months and have not being able to decide what way it will work. This week we made a decision on how it will function. Relief. As you will see the weather (sun, rain and wind levels—almost real time from the Read more…
The image represents some really quick etches on clear acrylic… we are now starting to work out how we will actually present the Flora and Fauna on the interactive map. Imagine this back-lit. Next we will explore UV printing to enhance this even further. Watch this space.
Moving the designs into development, we are now back thinking about the weather station data and the toblerones. We have an area 2 by 2.2 metres to play with. In this we are aiming to have ten toblerones arranged in three columns (total of 30 toblerones). Essentially three squares of Read more…
We have started to think about how the data physicalisation will look and work. The following is the first draft of the 3D designs for the actual exhibit at Techniquest.
Discussions this week centred around the ‘Flatholm Island’ sustainability picture… and how we integrate the audience interactivity with the weather data to portray the sustainable living and island. A dolls house was suggested. The playful aspect of the exhibit would involve the audience jumping on the ‘rain’ pressure sensor map Read more…
Work has been progressing on the touchscreen experience. We feel that it will be important to support the interactive map with more information. For example, the user can use the touchscreen to find out more ‘Flat Holm island’ specific detail on the Flora & Fauna. Please see below for the Read more…
Along with presenting the Flora and Fauna on the map… we are aiming to show some sentiment and words from the logbooks. See below for some early designs around this.
When we visited Techniquest two weeks ago, we quickly realised that it will be important to keep the rotating toblerones at a height (i.e. out of the way of little fingers). Examining the exhibit space, we started to sketch out the below scenario. The rotating toblerones will present the weather Read more…
