It's what you make of it.

Designed & developed by Bryce Looms

Imagine going to the museum!

Often, our attention span (or the one of a younger audience) is limited yet we come to the museum for a reason: to learn something about History, our environment, Fauna and Flora…

So what if there were more interactive kiosks where anyone could go and learn about those topics in a fun and entertaining way. Yes, we do live in a world where learning often needs to be fun to have maximum impact, remember?

Designed & developed by Inga Berzina

Students on the Diploma of Digital Media at Media Design School had to go and research possible interactive kiosks they could implement around different exhibits at the Auckland Museum. Although this is not a real-client brief (i.e. this is done for educational purposes only, not through a collaboration with the Auckland Museum), the results are definitely great and should surely be brought up to the museum’s attention.

The brief stated that it was all about ‘being creative about how to approach displaying data’ (e.g. photos, videos, quick facts…) and being highly user friendly as well. Students could choose between making a more traditional website-like kiosk or create a more “interactive space” using Flash, AS3 and XML.

Designed & developed by John Christall

Personally, I think some of the work displayed here does really fit the brief and responded to a need for fun interactive kiosks.

Now, I would love to see those implemented at any museum. What do you think?

To see them for yourselves, please follow the links below:

Brice Looms’ Gecko | Inga Berzina’s Marine Life | John Christall’s Monarch Butterfly

But also: Jackson Coley’s The Ocean & Stewart Duffy’s Kea.