Kiosk storyboard for visitors with low visibility
Partners, Advisors and Contributers University of Toronto, The School of Interactive Arts and Teachnology, SFU, McCord Museum of Canadian History, Museum of the Moving Image, Open University of Catalonia, University of Cambridge, University of Colorado, Tate Modern, Seattle Art Museum, Museum Computer Network, Walker Art Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Omeka, Center for History and New Media, Museums and the Web, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Heritage Information Network, Open Exhibits, Ideum, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Fluid Engage, 2009-10
Fluid Engage is a research project initiated by an open source community of practitioners who are interested in working with cultural institutions to design tools that enhance the visitor’s experience. This research takes place within a multi-scaled design area that combines kiosk, interface, and mobile technologies with an emphasis on accessibility.
By making accessibility a priority, which is a legal commitment in some countries, the benefits can extend the museum experience to all visitors. The goal is to assist cultural institutions with the costly assessment of existing technologies e.g. content management systems, collection management systems, maps, social software, mobile applications and provide solutions that support accessibility as a vision of today’s digital world museum.
The School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU in partnership the Fluid Engage Team have worked to build strategies for visualizing and evaluating system design. These efforts developed design methods, collaborative working processes, and researching the on various accessible aspects of making a museum kiosk truly accessible. The Detroit Institute of the Arts (DIA) was our partner cultural institution the kiosk project was to be physical placed in the museum to allow visitors the ability to browse the museums' collection, and then select and print a map of themed tours.
Our team’s contributions are listed below:
SIAT Design Team, Lead: Ron Wakkary
Designers: Leila Aflatouni, Leah Maestri, Vicki Moulder, Kevin Muise, and Xiao Zhang.
An open source project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Fluid Engage is a research project initiated by an open source community of practitioners who are interested in working with cultural institutions to design tools that enhance the visitor’s experience. This research takes place within a multi-scaled design area that combines kiosk, interface, and mobile technologies with an emphasis on accessibility.
By making accessibility a priority, which is a legal commitment in some countries, the benefits can extend the museum experience to all visitors. The goal is to assist cultural institutions with the costly assessment of existing technologies e.g. content management systems, collection management systems, maps, social software, mobile applications and provide solutions that support accessibility as a vision of today’s digital world museum.
The School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU in partnership the Fluid Engage Team have worked to build strategies for visualizing and evaluating system design. These efforts developed design methods, collaborative working processes, and researching the on various accessible aspects of making a museum kiosk truly accessible. The Detroit Institute of the Arts (DIA) was our partner cultural institution the kiosk project was to be physical placed in the museum to allow visitors the ability to browse the museums' collection, and then select and print a map of themed tours.
Our team’s contributions are listed below:
- - the ontological design process,
- - journey frameworks for envisioning the physical and mobile experience,
- - iterations of the kiosk interface,
- - and the physical design of the kiosk.
SIAT Design Team, Lead: Ron Wakkary
Designers: Leila Aflatouni, Leah Maestri, Vicki Moulder, Kevin Muise, and Xiao Zhang.
An open source project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation