Balloon Museum Hall of Fame
Albuquerque, New Mexico
CLIENT
Anderson-Abruzzo International Museum
YEARS
2018-2019
ROLES
Art Direction
User Experience/User Interface
Media Management
Animation & Motion
Roles
Lead User Experience / Interactive Designer
Director of Animation
Asset Production
Tech + Industry
(3) 4K Display and Tabled Kiosk & Web Exhibit
4K UltraHD multitouch displays
Ballooning / International Sports
Overview
The Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum hosts the largest balloon festival in the world. There is an extensive history of ballooning in New Mexico, involving some of the bravest individuals who pioneered traveling by hot air balloon. This museum presents a four-piece interactive kiosk highlighting these infamous ballooners who made notable achievements and advancements in ballooning. An interactive tablet kiosk runs a custom-made CMS driven system to display an interactive triptych wall of the ballooner's origin, career, and headshot. Within the kiosk, visitors can interact with longer forms of narrative, view a media gallery with stunning captures of each ballooner's career, and browse ballooners by the location, name, or year they were inducted into the hall of fame.
Challenges
Integrating a cohesive user experience across four displays
Designing for (3) unique resolutions, full HD (1920x1080), UltraHD (3840x2160), and Mobile Tablet
Cross-experience with the internet, including art direction for a client-led content management system.
Solutions
Working closely on animation direction with the development team and partners
Deep understanding of user interface elements and objects moving from one display to another
Ensuring the experience remained universal from exhibit to web functionality
What I love about this project
This project afforded me the ability to learn about an entirely new industry of sport.. Being native to Southern New Mexico, the daily awe and excitement of the International Balloon Fiesta never dwindles, but this interactive allowed me familiarize myself with the history, art, andscience of hot air ballooning. More so, this was one of my first projects that I got to work on solely (with very little art direction given to me). I also held roles as a Content Management Specialist and Media Editor. I was honored to receive an invitation to the 2018 Hall of Fame Awards.
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