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Explore

How can a museum help visitors choose what matters to them without prescribing the same visit for everyone?

When
Summer term 2023
Project stage
Interface concept and physical map mock-up
Context
Interface Design 2 · Interaction Design and Internet der Dinge · HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd
01

Start with the visitor

A short quiz provides the starting point for a suggested museum route. The interface asks about the visitor and their available time before presenting a tour. Group planning extends the same idea to friends or family: each person contributes their interests, and the concept allows routes to split temporarily and meet again at an exhibit that interests everyone.

Explore screens show an interest quiz, recommended museum tour and group setup.
Quiz, recommended tour and group creation provide three connected entry points.
02

Take the interesting parts home

The visit continues beyond the route. A camera-scanning concept lets visitors add animals, plants and other exhibits to a personal collection. Saved entries provide another way into the museum’s information, both during the visit and afterwards. The collection gives visitors something specific to return to, rather than asking them to retain every detail as they move through the exhibition.

Explore screens show an animal scan and a saved collection of museum exhibits.
Scanning an exhibit adds it to a collection for later exploration.
03

Make the route a shared object

The phone is one part of the proposed experience. A museum map with raised walls gives visitors a physical overview, while projections add routes and room occupancy. An adjacent screen offers access to the quiz. The model and installation render explore how this shared interaction point could sit within a museum, complementing the more personal view carried on a phone.

Render of a museum installation with a table map and an adjacent information screen.
Installation render of the proposed physical map and adjacent screen.

What I take from it

Explore connects three scales of interaction: a personal route, a group visit and a shared physical map.

The people behind it

Team
Alina Koller · Jakob Finkenzeller · Elias Sautter · Carolina Bolanos

Supervision
Carmen Hartmann-Menzel