Product Design

for Smithsonian | NMAAHC

Large Screen Museum Interactive

Role

User Experience and User Interface Designer:

Wireframe, mockup, prototype
Motion design / Interaction design
Design documentation
Accessibility testing: response gathering and reporting
Front-end (CSS only)

Timeline

Less than 6 months

Wireframe → Mockup

Design large touchscreen interactive experience for museum audiences

Engaging and intuitive
Allow for deeper individual connection with history
Use chosen historical figures chosen by the museum
Collaborate with Senior Developer and Brand Director
Design the UI to easily port to mobile devices

Define and Ideate

After stakeholders deliberated over potential ideas, this was determined to be the most engaging. Rather than wait for museum patrons to be curious about one specific item or topic, audiences know themselves better than anything that could be found in the museum. By answering some questions about themselves, the application was able to connect them with a historical figure ("luminary") that mirrored their own persona.

It's you but in another life and time.

Images have been substituted due to copyright and designs have been adapted to reflect final concept.