LIVING PROOF! An interactive installation concept for museum collections

LIVING PROOF! An interactive installation concept for museum collections

Van Hamersveld, N.

Vermeeren, A. (mentor)
Flipse, S.M. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Design for Interaction

2016-03-11

This report documents a graduation project for the master Design for Interaction at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, at the TU Delft. It describes the design process of an interactive installation concept, for museums owning historic artefacts, to be used by families and visiting schools with a focus on children as a target group. It starts off by describing the lack of interactivity between children and objects in showcases as a problem and aims to solve this by designing an interactive exhibit. As a prime example of a museum that faces this issue is Museon, a culture and science museum in The Hague. Their museum has been used to conduct research and test a prototype. A concept is proposed designed especially for their collection and their museum environment. The different stages of the design process have all been documented sequentially in this report. In stage 1, an elaborate research is described beginning at how people learn in general and specifically in museums. It moves on to observational research and briefly discussed the current museum market. In the second stage both ideation and conceptualization are documented resulting in a rough description of a concept. In the third and final stage, embodiment, this concept is further explored and detailing is discussed in an effort to optimise the experience. The report concludes by evaluating the results of the project as a whole and deems the concept promising and feasible enough to consider realization at Museon or a similar museum. It recommends one final iteration to solve some of the remaining issues.

museum
installation
interactive
historic
museon
drawing

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:26951e5c-e296-4cfa-84a5-0cf0df676d2c

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2016 Van Hamersveld, N.