Science City presented by Kohl's at Betty Brinn Children Museum
These four fun interactives are currently installed at the Science City exhibit present by Kohl’s at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum. Each interactive went through iterative wireframes and mockups. The graphics went to our developer where it was coded and integrated with the custom hardware provided by Brinn Labs, then wired by our electronics engineer. Each interactive provides an unique experience for the visitors to the museum.
Router application gives the kids an opportunity to learn about different charts and graphs. The kids climb through the jungle gym and locate the different symbols throughout the playset. After the kids locate the symbols they will enter the data into the application with the push button station located below the monitor. The symbols and colors on the screen match the buttons for continuity. Once the user inputs data into the Router application it will give custom information related to what the user inputed. On the idle screen it will display the data of the last 100 visitors on the different charts and graphs.
Betty Brinn asked for an industrial look and feel that matched their brush aluminum backplates for their hardware. They also wanted bright colors to stand out. The design was influenced by the Designers Republic and the new F1 rebrand. The hits of yellow on the corners of top and bottom bars is inspired by rivets and cautions safety yellow. The UI/UX is laid out to be friendly for the user to absorb the information quickly.
Digital Analysis Station provides information about six different materials and large pictures to help engage the reader. There is gauges to see the different qualities of each material then the user can compare between the materials. Brinn Labs built this wheel with magnets, when it is turned it changes to a different material. There are up and down arrows for the user to navigate the list to read more about it.
Blue graphic paper and a scientific feel was the concept that was given for this application. The UI is clean and the UX is consistent for each material making it easy for the user to understand. I added a little orange to compliment the blue and to make it pop!
Betty Brinn asked for an industrial look and feel that matched their brush aluminum backplates for their hardware. They also wanted bright colors to stand out. The design was influenced by the Designers Republic and the new F1 rebrand. The hits of yellow on the corners of top and bottom bars is inspired by rivets and cautions safety yellow. The UI/UX is laid out to be friendly for the user to absorb the information quickly.
Design Challenge is a touchscreen application to figure out the right materials to apply to this Three Little Pigs Delivery work truck. The user has to get them from the country across the bridge into the city. The application prompts the user by displaying the first question of what body material they should pick. Then the next prompt pops up asking what kind of wheels and so on until the truck and bridge are built. Then the user gets to test out the materials they chose by hitting the run function. They will either see they made it across the bridge or break down. It’s a fun challenge and more fun to watch the materials break.
Logo - Turtle is based off an old application. It let’s the user input info and see how the turtle moves based off the user input. Brinn Labs created a panel that let’s the kids input blocks to write code to move the turtle.