UX/UI Design
Cincinnati Museum ―Center
In November 2018, the Cincinnati Museum Center reopened its doors to the public after a renovation. For this project, I worked on the UI/UX of two feature pieces, Birds are Dinosaurs – a touch screen interactive about bird evolution – and A Changing Planet – a projected globe controlled by an interactive touch interface.
CLIENT: CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER, OHIO ROLES: UX, UI DESIGN YEAR: 2018 TEAM: ANDREW WILSON (PROJECT MANAGER) SCOTT HARTMAN (ILLUSTRATOR) MAXIM ANTINORI (PROGRAMMER) JAMES SPAVOID (PROGRAMMER) GREG SPRICK (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR) TYPE OF MEDIA: INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN // PROJECTED GLOBE
INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE
Birds are Dinosaurs
The main objective of the interactive is to show visitors the story of how dinos gradually changed and transitioned to birds, a transition that was not linear but progressive. This interactive allows visitors to examine each of the species' features and how they changed over time.
In the initial screen, visitors start by choosing a group of animals along the evolutionary path.
After selecting a species, visitors are presented with labels that are connected to the specific features users can explore. Visitors can also slide left or right to explore and compare more specimens.
Touching a label takes the visitor to a feature page that explains the feature and clearly highlights it on a silhouette. From there, visitors can slide left or right to explore and compare features across species.
After developing simpler sketches, high-fidelity wireframes made the process streamline and easy for the bird illustrator to follow, it also allowed for prototyping and testing.
This is how the piece looks installed and with the context of the museum. Image by: Cincinnati Museum Center
GLOBE PROJECTION AND CONTROLLER
A Changing Planet
This interactive station is composed of two elements, a 48" projected globe and a user interface that allows visitors to control it. For this piece, coordination between the controller and the globe was very important.
The controller station uses a time slider that shows visitors the movement and shifting of continents over time. In addition, the dashboard on the left side shows live data that changes as the user moves through time.
