Japanese Philosphy on "Death and AfterLife"

EXHIBIT EXPERIENCE

Japanese Exhibit | Quick Glance

Immersive spatial experience exploring Japanese beliefs on afterlife

Role

Timeline

Interaction designer
+ 3 members

4 weeks

Case Study

The following is an oversimplification of the project. To explore the whole process, from setting the context to research, design iterations, and the final showcase, check out the case study.

Case study

Context

Goal

To design spatial interactions for a new museum exhibit experience with multiple digital and physical touchpoints.

Why Japanese exhibit?

Passionate - about cultures and traditional art forms.
Discovered - Sumi-E and Ukiyo-E, traditional Japanese art styles.
Exploring - Ukiyo-E’s depiction of death and the afterlife caught attention, inspiring me and my team to research further and develop our final topic

Final solution

Exhibit layout

Lets look at the final layout and the interactions in each section.

Entrance

Puts our users into the context of death.

Death

Artifacts on death. Interactive display kiosks to explore more details

Transition

Separates the Death and the Afterlife Phases. Fire sparks interaction through cherry blossom petals.

Afterlife

Artifacts depicting Japanese afterlife beliefs and the Obon festival. Interactive display kiosks and Lantern Interactivity

All interactions

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Interaction 1 | Entrance

Cherry blossom wall

Interaction 2 | Death and afterlife phases

Interactive kiosks

Interaction 3 | Tunnel

Fire sparks walls

Interaction 4 | Afterlife

Lantern pool

Personal Contribution

Interaction 1

I came up with the idea of using cherry blossom trees as a metaphor for death. My teammates created the artworks, but I was the one who suggested the interactive floor and wall concept.

Interaction 2

Conceptualized interaction 2. Created 3D models, GIFs of the kiosk display and rendered them using Fusion 360

Interaction 4

Helped in ideation of Interaction 4 and created the 3D renders and GIFs for the interactions. Also, inspired from Sumi-E paintings, designed the signages

Case Study

This was an oversimplification of the project. Check out the case study to explore the whole process, from setting the context to research, design iterations, and the final showcase.

Case study

Thank you | ありがとう

Where?

Display Kiosk

Signage

Lantern

Interaction