Erlend H. Andenæs

Description

In the final six weeks of the course, we worked with the task; Interactive installations at Teknisk museum. I chose to work on my one on this task.

After many workshops and a lot of thinking, I decided to go for an idea that was based on my experience as a child at the same museum. I fell in love with the artefacts and imagined them fly around in the museum. As I have grown older, it’s not that easy to appreciate the artefacts in the same manner as a child does. I believe that with a scope like In Plane Sight it’s many different possibilities to tell the story about the artefacts that are exhibited in the museum.  

I designed In Plane Sight as a fictive window in to the life of the airplanes in the exhibition at Teknisk Museum in Oslo. By showing short movies, various animation and fun facts, it gives you the information you will need to understand the different technologies used through time and a brief knowledge of the history of aviation.

By adding a layer of on top of the actual items inside the scope, I was able to implement information that increased the value of the items and I believe that your overall experience of the exhibition will be better and last longer.

I designed it as a cut off wing with handles on the side and an opening on one of the short sides to let you look inside. By turning left or right, you are able to pan trough the exhibition in front of you and stop at certain artefacts and watch them come to life. This gives you a personal space where you can gather information by yourself without getting disturbed. I also thought of different ways of making it suitable for visitors and information gatherers in all ages, but for the AHO Works, I made a tall version for adults with no possibilities for experience the content with others.

Final product - Meet Kip!

Kip is a stuffed cuddly toy for kids between two and six years old. When you place Kip on top of the moon, the moon illuminates. It will slowly fade and after 30 minutes the light is completly turned off.

When there is no need for a lamp, children can play with Kip just as any other stuffed cuddly toy.  There is no electronic inside Kip just a magnet that are placed in his back. The magnet does it possible to atatch Kip on steel surfaces, but it is primarily a tool for controlling the magnetic switch that is placed inside the moon.

Kip is slang for taking a nap.

Collaboration

Dag Helge Scott and I decided to work together on this project, and it didn’t take much time figuring out that we didn’t want to make a toy that would make noise or a toy that play by itself. We wanted the children to use their imagination when they play, so we decided to make a soft cuddly toy which had a station that would work as a night lamp.