Roland Mariacher

The Industrial Design Show is an annual event organized by FH Joanneum, University Of Applied Sciences and the Creative Industries Styria. It showcases graduation projects of Industrial Design students and promotes exchange with international industry professionals.

Typically students handcraft physical models of their designs and install them in an exhibition style setting, providing additional information on posters and maps. While this method is perfectly suitable for showcasing the general appearance of a model, its downside lies within the static nature of said process. Since visitors of the exhibition are not allowed to touch the objects in order to prevent damage it is difficult to demonstrate functions of a model or show different variations, use cases and settings.

For the 2015 edition of the event we were asked to develop a more interactive and engaging way of presenting Industrial Design exhibits by invigorating a sustainable and affordable concept of the Volkswagen Multivan: The T–One.

We used Max to create the host application which communicated with the tablet app and was in charge of video and sound playback making heavy use of Jitter and CNMAT objects.

Typically students handcraft physical models of their designs and install them in an exhibition style setting, providing additional information on posters and maps. While this method is perfectly suitable for showcasing the general appearance of a model, its downside lies within the static nature of said process. Since visitors of the exhibition are not allowed to touch the objects in order to prevent damage it is difficult to demonstrate functions of a model or show different variations, use cases and settings.

For the 2015 edition of the event we were asked to develop a more interactive and engaging way of presenting Industrial Design exhibits by invigorating a sustainable and affordable concept of the Volkswagen Multivan: The T–One.

In Touch With The Illusion

2015-07-31

Graz, Austria