Swiss National Museum – Forum Swiss History Schwyz

Forum Schweizer GeschichteMit der neuen Dauerausstellung ‘Entstehung Schweiz. Unterwegs vom 12. ins 14. Jahrhundert’ zeigt das Forum Schweizer Geschichte Schwyz die Entstehungsbedingungen der alten Eidgenossenschaft im Mittelalter auf. Szenografie und Medien tragen zum hohen Erlebniswert der Ausstellung bei. Auf jedem Stockwerk des Museums werden Kinder und Erwachsene zunächst direkt angesprochen. Kuratorinnen und Kuratoren des Museums oder Kinder empfangen sie in Form von virtuellen Guides auf Medien-Stelen mit je einer Geschichte, die über den Inhalt des jeweiligen Ausstellungsbereichs informiert. Read More

Museum of Military History Dresden — New Permanent Exhibition

Together with hg merz architekten museumsgestalter and Holzer Kobler Architekturen, iart is responsible for conceiving and planning the media of the new Museum of Military History in Dresden. Read More

Historical Museum Basel — The Media of the Permanent Exhibition

Historical Museum BaselThe new permanent exhibition ‘Understanding the World’ in the Historical Museum Basel is completed. Since 13 November 2011 the presentation covers an area of 1200 square meters in the basement of the Barfüsserkirche. Divided in the areas ‘Art Chamber’, ‘Medieval Tapestries’, ‘Archaeology in Basel’ and ‘Coin Cabinet’, the exhibition gives a profound insight into various facets of Basel’s history, provided by around 2000 objects from Roman times to the Baroque, and their stories. Their mediation is given by media installations, audio recordings and interactive stations. iart was – in cooperation with Atelier Gillman – responsible for the concept and planning of the exhibition media. Read More

Raiffeisenbank Kreuzplatz Zurich — Interactive Media Table

On 10 February 2011 the Raiffeisenbank opened a new branch: Raiffeisen Private Financial Consulting on the Kreuzplatz in Zurich. iart interactive planned, designed and realised a new interactive media table for the elegant premises designed by the consortium of Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects Ltd and NAU Zurich. Read More

i-factory — Permanent Exhibition at Swiss Museum of Transport

The ‘Ships, Cable Cars and Tourism’ section of the Swiss Museum of Transport houses a new permanent exhibition called ‘i-factory — understanding informatics’. The basic principles of informatics are communicated visually and playfully over an area of 375 square metres. The building blocks of IT are made transparent and surprising connections are established with everyday IT applications. iart interactive has planned and realised the various media used to communicate information in the exhibition: four multi-user/multi-touch media tables with a tailor-made interface design, a film wall composed of 48 screens, an ‘i-quiz’, a so-called ‘data check’ to evaluate the visit and to compare it with other visitors’ activities and a play figure corresponding to the virtual ‘i-friend’.
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The Messel Pit — Visitor Information Centre

The Messel Pit — a disused mine in Messel in Hesse — is today a world famous source of fossils, Germany’s first UNESCO world natural heritage site and of extraordinary importance for the scientific examination and evaluation of the prehistoric objects found there. With its paleontological sensations, the pit is attracting an ever-growing stream of visitors. iart interactive is responsible for the conception and planning of the numerous media installations and for the architectural and showcase lighting in the public areas of the new visitor information centre. Read More

CityGate Basle — Signage for Gruner AG

The first Diener and Diener building in the new CityGate property development in Basel houses the offices of Gruner, a consulting firm active in the area of engineering and planning services. iart interactive has developed the signage concept for Gruner’s premises and was responsible for its implementation: signs in offices and meeting rooms as well as special orientation and identification features. In the reception area on the ground floor, Gruner’s history, milestones and projects are graphically presented on a sheet of Plexiglas into which a monitor is inserted. Read More

CityGate Basle — Signage of the Areal

CityGate, a new property development located between the Swiss railway station and the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, is due to comprise four buildings that will be used for business purposes. Two buildings have been designed by Diener and Diener, one by Herzog & de Meuron and one by Luca Selva. Depending on demand, the construction work takes place in several stages. The first of the two buildings designed by Diener + Diener opened in April 2010. iart interactive has developed the concept for the site’s signage and was responsible for its implementation.
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VitraHaus — The New Showroom

The new VitraHaus, which has been designed by Herzog and de Meuron, shows products from the Vitra furniture collection. The products are displayed in different groupings — so-called collages — in the various exhibition areas. One or more info-terminals are available in every area. In all, there are around 25 terminals distributed throughout the house, both in the show rooms and in the shop. The concept of the terminals was jointly developed by Vitra and iart interactive. The implementation of the terminal hardware, system architecture, interaction design and the user surface design were the responsibility of iart interactive.
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Rumour — Temporary Exhibition at Museum of Communication Berne

The temporary exhibition at the Museum of Communication in Berne was devoted to rumours of all kinds that are spread through various channels and media. Some of the rumours were started by the visitors themselves. iart contributed two installations: a ‘Whispering Wood’ in which 74 thematically ordered rumours told in a whisper were heard outside the wood, creating a mysterious atmosphere that lured visitors inside, and a Pepper’s Ghost installation with a small ‘rumours agent’, who was sitting in his ‘doll’s house agency’ at a real miniature table, drawing attention to himself. He addressed talks to visitors directly, called them over to him, engaged them in conversation and tried to worm rumours out of them. Read More