I spent a long time trying to picture Being Human. For months on end I’d stare at colour palettes, drawings and floor plans, then close my eyes and strain to envision the exhibit. If I just had a good enough spatial sense, I thought, I’d know what the finished exhibit will be like.

Wrong. Even if I’d summoned up a perfect image of the hall it would have missed how it sounds. Because it turns out that Being Human has a distinctive sound, and that sound is laughter. I can stand in the hall with my eyes closed and pick out the giggles of the Flirt Station, the belly laughs of Eight Faces, and the hoots of delight from people watching themselves jump in slow motion. You can’t know what a finished exhibit will be like unless you include the visitors.

–Katherine

Comments »

This modifiable pie chart stencil sure is going to come in handy in the New Science Centre. I think we’ll try to attach a fan-like sheild to the moving arm to increase the contrast between the two parts of the chart.

Thanks for the awesome design Golan Levin // STUDIO for Creative Inquiry.

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/06/infovis_graffiti_spray_painting_infographics_in_the_wild.html

-dana

Comments »