Tag Archives: design
13Dec/103 comments
Ultimate Shadow Kaleidoscope
Posted by Ryan
Over the past few months we have been working with many exhibits and seeing how we can make them more playful and open-ended. A little while ago we took a tour to show each other some of our favorite exhibits … Continue reading
28Jul/10No comments
Tactile Light and Shadow Display
Posted by Ryan
I saw this video on the MAKE blog yesterday and thought it was a pretty cool device for exploring shadows in a unique way. I think the most interesting thing about the video is how the visitors to the museum … Continue reading
20Jul/108 comments
Light Lathe Prototypes
Posted by Ryan
Sebastian was in the learning studio yesterday testing out an exhibit for geometry playground which spins a 2-D shape lit by ultraviolet light, illuminating the 3-D outline of the shape. We started thinking about ways that visitors could build their … Continue reading
18May/101 comment
Prototyping and iteration
Posted by Luigi
The video above shows one of the ways in which we tend to move from an initial idea, an inspiration, to something more concrete, something that works as we intend to. A few days ago, Walter told me: “Today, I … Continue reading
17May/10No comments
A Couple of Marble Contraptions
Posted by Ryan
Thought I’d post two videos of some of the latest prototypes for additions to the marble machine wall. Both of these seem to address some of the challenges that explainers and visitors have identified such as having one marble release … Continue reading
Tagged as: contraption, contraptions, design, legos, marble machines, marbles, mechanism, prototype, studio, Video
13May/102 comments
The Amazing Clean Up Tube
Posted by Ryan
This morning we had a training for the field trip explainers where we came up with challenges in the marble cave, like setting up the marble to bounce off three balloon trampolines, having the marble move as slow as possible … Continue reading
Tagged as: contraptions, design, explainers, marble machines, marbles, mechanism, messy, prototype, studio
2Dec/09No comments
Designing for Exploration – a collaboration with Stanford University
Posted by Sebastian
“Design for Exploration” is a Stanford University course taught in collaboration with the Exploratorium as part of what is hoped to be an ongoing partnership between the two institutions. Stanford professor John Edmark and I have worked with 15 students … Continue reading
11Oct/093 comments
Laser cut felt cuteness
Posted by Sebastian
Kristina Larsen on her recent laser cutting adventures: Most of the time I’ve spent with the laser cutter has centered around learning what different materials will do when cut or etched, and thinking about how to use Illustrator as a … Continue reading
12May/098 comments
Laser Cutting Experiments
Posted by Sebastian
In the last couple of weeks, I have spent many evenings playing around with our new laser cutter in the learning studio. So far I have not started any big projects, but just enjoyed the opportunity to work with such … Continue reading
