When creating this project, I wanted to design an interactive installation that was both fun and educational. It was important to me that people would see it and want to go up to it. The piece was designed for children and teens. Within a world full of technology and social media, there's less demand to learn about the past and how things were made. I wanted to design a fun piece that taught something new to whoever saw it.
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To make the installation more interactive, I separated each boat into many pieces so the audience could fully understand the components of each ship and how they all work together.
To create these, I initially attached them together via magnets but found that the pieces wouldn't sit correctly due to the magnet's polarization. I decided to use velcro to get a more accurate connection between the pieces.
When making this installation I began to doubt if it was feasible in the 4 week time frame I was given: one week for research, one week for prototypes, one week for design, and one week for final edits and critique. This project caused me to try a lot of new techniques such as mounting paper on foam core, building out into a 3D model, and separating designs into segments.
