All work appears courtesy of the National Anzac Centre.
This project was run by Gibson Group, developing the UI and UX Design for 'Character Posts' that feature as part of the exhibition at the National Anzac Centre in Albany, Western Australia.
'Character Posts' appear in different sections of the National Anzac Centre, a museum that presents a rich, detailed history of Australia's involvement in WW1. Each character post is a 27" touchscreen that allows a user to follow a real person on their journey through the war. From the folder, to the documents, photos and embelishments, every element of this experience is authentic to a WW1 thematic. Each post follows a person's journey from enlistment, to convoy, to conflict and finally the end result of their time in the war.
Our team worked in collaboration with Gibson Group's in-house UX producers to develop the wireframes, user journeys, interactions, and over-all visitor experience for the interactive experiences. We were also responsible for the creation of all the graphic assets, look and feel and editing of original documents when required. The interactions were then built by the specialist developers for the multiple, large touchscreen experiences.
An article on the project can be found on Gibson Group's Website:
An overview of the project and how it fits into the museum exhibition.
Video courtesy of ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
This series of images shows the actual screens for the 'Enlistment Character Post'. Once a user puts their card on the reader, it loads a manilla folder of the original documents relating to that recruit. User's can swipe to look through the documents, move around and rearragne photos and also type messages on the touchscreen.
The theme for each WW1 person and section of the museum changed slightly throughout the experience - the flag at the top of the page would reflect the nationality of the person etc
Some of the original documents had special modifiers where they could be zoomed in on for more clarity or deciphered if the handwriting was particularly difficult to read.
Photos and documents could be dragged and moved around like on a coffee table surface.
