How to create interactive design that encourages people to participate in exhibitions?

Sound Trace

Äänijalki (2005)

Ateneum Art Museum

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab- November 2005

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab- November 2005

Conversational Map

Keskustelukartta (2005)

Kunsthalle (Taidehalli)

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab- November 2005

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab- November 2005

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab- November 2005

The Secret Life of Objects

Esineiden Salatut Elämät (2008)

Design Museum Helsinki

Design Research

Water collectionWe always had some for water and gas collecting at the summerhouse, starting in my childhood. No well and three kilometres to the mainland.

Sound Trace

Ecology of Participation

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab TAIK- April 2008The Secret Life of Objects

Mariana Salgado- Media Lab TAIK- April 2008The Secret Life of Objects

Research Claims

This thing is very good, says an open-sea fisherman. It’s amazing how the designer has got the idea of letting water

pass through the head of the fish, thus making it wobble in a nice way that the big fish can’t resist.

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Anti-Ode to a Lamp (Ode to Objects)

A man invents a lampthat is not a lampHe hides the lampinside ice.I don’t understand I am already coldI want warm light, yellow and graceful

A woman invents a new lampshe places it insidethe sun.Every morning it smilesat herthrough the gap in the curtains.

Nana 

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Poem made for The Secret Life of Objects.

Visitor’s comment

I have heard a story about these scissors, where the colour of their

plastic part is a result of the prototype process in which they used some

leftover pieces of plastic that happened to be orange, the orange that

afterwards was used… is that story true?

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“Answer from museum’s staff

The story is true. Fiskars had made a juice extractor before that. The juice extractor used orange plastic that accidentally ended up on the scissors handles when the first syringe was chosen. Workers were involved in the decision, and the colour orange was chosen for the handles.

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Eeronauts

The furniture by Eero Aarnio has prompted a particular fan club: the “eeronauts.” All around the world, they have

incorporated his work not only into everyday life, but also into pop culture, from sci-fi to Playboy. These signs cover

magazines, videos, movies, etc.

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