Monday, December 10, 2007

[DESIGN] Possible Improvements

Possible design solutions for next improvements.

- using actual photographs of cityscape/buildings?
- making all clear navigation/sequence, and what each thing does?
- using different approach in interface design, i.e) icons, and etc..
- other small things

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[FINAL] Interactive Promotion/Campaign for Griffith Observatory

http://cc.usu.edu/~ryotaiizuka/id2/test_1210.swf



Interactive Promotional Campaign for the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, where people visit to learn astronomy or simply to watch night sky.

Design goal is to bring people to there so that they could learn more about astronomy or just to get inspiration by watching beautiful stars and planets in the space.

For the campaign, I would make a interactive installation projected on street walls or building walls in Los Angeles Area, and also in which people can play with.


design solution?

installation projects actual image of trillions stars that people will see through the actual telescope on the observatory. Entire building covered with those stars could be very surprising and inspirational, and enough to capture people's attention.

The idea that stars carry our wishes. For example, when you are kids, see shooting star, people say wishes.

Monday, November 26, 2007

[TO-DO] The considerations for Week 13th.

Reminder for me to improve my flash-presentation.

1) Make Stars moving in circle rather than in a diagonal.

2) Stars on top of the buildings showing a little information such as name? or text links so that people can still access and add the information of these stars at the top.

3) Use a secondary cell phone device to add the information and your wish to star, and also to make comments to other people's wishes.

4) after you get to the details, whole screen will be zoomed in and will shows the detailed image of the installation and also the detailed screen of a cell phone. So, you see all three different screens and understand what happening easily...

5) attach the information of the client, Griffith Observatory, maybe logo, visual image of the place, and etc...

6) distinguish between stars that are already occupied and stars that are not occupied...

7) And still need to consider things from last few weeks.

Monday, November 19, 2007

[TO-DO] Considerations for next week...

From the critique based on today, instead of world-wide installation projected in the different countries, I will focus on Los Angeles area only and project it on different buildings around the areas.

- Making an animation of the entire story. shows actual actions and movements of the people who interact with the installation. keep it simples.

- Refining the interface for the installation, and making the interface for secondary device which mainly for reviewing comments/message for your wish.

- Coming up with ideas how people will be able to add their wishes directly from the installation, instead of from iphone or internet.

- Rewrite a copy appearing on the first page – something related to the observatory. for example, this is the actual image from the Griffith Observatory tonight... or something...

- How audio can play in the installation in order to attract people and make a connection to the Griffith observatory.

- Secondary elements or graphics that plays with the installation in order to make people aware that this is a promotion for the Griffith Observatory???

[DESIGN] REFINED COMP IN FLASH

here is a real partial experience in the interactive installation.

http://cc.usu.edu/~ryotaiizuka/id2/final/final_1120.swf

[BLOGs] interactivity in architecture

Interactive Design + Environmental Design = Interactive Architecture

- What is interactive architecture?
- what can it do?

this is my current interesting topic and something that I want to explore somewhat in my life.


>>> blogs and websites that I found is interesting and gives some ideas of what interactive architecture might be, and hopefully i get ideas for this project.

1) http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_bldgblog_archive.html

[COMPS] interactive installation in cities

- make a wish installation

This instlation will be projected on either entire wall of a building, a long linear wall, or etc... It will be a touch panel screen so that people will be able to interact with the installation easily...

1) if you touch one of the stars on screen, someone's profile and his/her wish will appear.

2) if you click his/her wish, the text will appear on entire wall of the building.

3) if you click his/her video, the video will appear on entire wall of the building and start playing.


*** this can be sorted by country / job / etc.. for more information.