In the course of Interactive Media and Senses, we had to create an Interactive Installation to celebrate the completion of 50 years of our institute: Industrial Design Centre aka IDC.
Cabinet of Curiosity was earlier called Echo chambers. Apologies for the discrepancy in the name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M78dQzfs3OA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M78dQzfs3OA
The Installation had to be interactive for our senses and was required to the following theme words: Unexpected, Surprise, Celebration, Fun and evoke a nostalgic feeling for the IDC alumni, faculty, staff and students.
Our team was a perfect blend of the required ingredients!
Initial ideas were mad and more focused on the 'surprise' theme. Something like plugging earphones in a banana to hear music or getting phone batteries charged from wires sprouting out of a tree!
Cups that ran to you and competed to be picked up as your drink: the idea was absolute fun but did not evoke the nostalgic feeling.
Our final idea was to create something that will start conversations among the visitors irrespective of their domain/ batch/ category (of student/faculty etc) and unite them through memories of IDC.
The Cabinet of Curiosity would be a physical life size cabinet with drawers and cupboards from all directions that can be interacted with various ways (pulled, pushed, caressed like a pet, rotated etc.) and a new story would unfold in front of you...
Film Screenings is an old tradition at IDC. It is still followed at present. But alumni and faculty who have left the space would be delighted to see a mini-theatre inside one of the drawers!
All surprises need not be pleasant!
One of the drawers will hold a beating heart that symbolizes the creation of organ preservation unit made by IDC in its early years.
One of the drawers will hold a beating heart that symbolizes the creation of organ preservation unit made by IDC in its early years.
It is fun to get fooled too... A drawer that is no drawer but just a gag!
A true surprise is when you really don't expect what is going to pop out!
This 'Jack' in the box is contextual for all IDCians who have been warned about the prowling leopards around the campus area at least once in their time span here! Please watch the video to get the real feel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M78dQzfs3OA
Could not resist the Animation flavour :)
This drawer is dedicated to the Gond art film made by Prof. Nina Sabnani that won a National Award.
Getting to physically flip the card and see the bird move (or the drummer play the drum in the video) is a delight at any age!
This drawer is dedicated to the Gond art film made by Prof. Nina Sabnani that won a National Award.
Getting to physically flip the card and see the bird move (or the drummer play the drum in the video) is a delight at any age!
Sometimes we just need a little prank to cheer us up!
We actually made some drawers to demonstrate our ideas.
