Interactive installation
November 2010
Innovation Lab
Collaboratively solving the puzzle by shaking the pieces
Brief
With our Innovation Lab team we were asked to build an interactive installation for the entrance of TEDx Youth@Amsterdam. 200 kids would be invited to attend the event and we had to come up with an idea to enjoy them while the check-ins were being processed.
Solution
Our concept was a huge (400x170cm) TEDx logo, divided in 200 blocks. Every registered visitor got his own block and was asked to place this block on a frame. The only way to get to know where the kids had to place their block, was by shaking it. The blocks were all rigged with a sensor/accelerometer. While shaking, their photo appeared on a huge screen at the spot where they had to place their block. In the meanwhile, other kids could write their signature on a screen with a Wiimote. This signature was, when they saved it, showed on a screen above the physical logo.
Input
Together with two others I developed the overall concept. I was also responsible for the design of the physical logo and for the design and technical realization of the Wii signature application in processing.