SLIDE & SLOT
A CHILDREN'S INSTALLATION
Semester: Fall ‘21 | Instructor: Daniel Markiewicz | Team: Douglas Wong, Owen Wang, Tobie Soumekh
Before producing this project, individual design studies were conducted by each team member to explore different design opportunities. Through a meticulous analysis of each study, we identified a common element: dynamic movement. This fundamental interest in simplified gestures served as our driving force for the design of our installation. Each study describes a different directional gesture and is able to be physically moved. Our installation blends this idea with such gestures through interaction and play. The directionality of each study provided elements to incorporate into the installation, while the simple children’s game, “bead maze” served as the organizing framework for these gestures. In the game “bead maze,” children are directed to move different-shaped beads around fun-shaped tubes. In our installation, one is encouraged to move different pieces along the pipes in order to create a unified whole from fragmented parts. Each part moves in a direction derived from our studies, following an orchestrated path to complete the whole.
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