list of materials

After finishing the final construction drawings I was able to complete the list of materials we need for building the installation. I worked them out in a spread sheet. Now I can order everyting and start building. Below are all the materials we needed for the main construction of the installation, however some materials were…

Construction drawing pt 4

After doing some more thinking we made a few extra iterations on the design. We also had to scale it down since the table we use was 81cm in diameter instead of 1 meter, this meant that some of the parts had to be remeasured and refitted but the general design of the installation was…

Sponsorship

I emailed some of the selected locations that we wanted to use on our installation to look for sponsorship. The language barrier wasn’t as difficult as I expected. Thanks to google translate, Kaj and Ibrahim translating for me. With this we got a response from Cafe Rocks, who sponsored our installation with €100

Asking permission from our clients

We emailed our clients about our project and informed them about the role they would play. Since we represent their stores in our installation we wanted to be sure that we got the permission from the clients that had not reacted to our email yet. That is why colene and I set out to the…

Research on marketing to our target Audience

Netigate: According to Netigate an online survey software millennials are the single largest demographic group on the market right now. The company also publishes that millennials tend to gravitate towards brands with a clear message. Companies that represent something and have clear values are being ranked high. This matches our value of promoting businesses in Enschede,…

Main Inspiration

Sounds of the City – Thalys Rosapark captured the sound identities of Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, and integrated them into three outdoor installations. Each city was represented by over 1000 sounds. Each sound had a unique headphone jack, and these days, most pedestrians carry a pair of headphones and were able to stop and interact…

Research of Street Installations

Europe. Its Just Next Door : SNCF Happy feeling advertisement campaign, connected people with key European destinations by allowing people to physically open the door to another city. Under the banner ‘Europe is just next door’ SNCF delighted people with a witty campaign that struck a chord with consumers. It created a connection not only…

Sensor Prototyping

In order to have users select one of our special places, we need sensor input. Our first idea was to use 15 light sensors (LDRs). One for each place. But since these values might be unpredictable because of different light circumstances, we then wanted to replace these sensors with microswitches. These would cost around 1-2…