UNSEEN

Local Projects
2019

We are all travelers in the fascinating landscape of life and journey down our own spiritual path. These paths are diverse and may twist and turn, intersect, veer off course, or come full circle. Unseen is a safe space in this adventure.

It is a place to ask questions, discover ourselves, and connect with fellow travelers to engage in open conversations. It equips us with the tools we need to begin, or continue, our journey. It is a place where there is no wrong answer and inquisitiveness is a virtue.

This project resonated with me as someone who grew up in a religion that was accepting and inclusive of other’s personal beliefs. I wanted to help create a space where younger generations could learn that spirituality doesn’t necessarily require a strict adherence to a core set of beliefs.

The Compass

Each visitor receives a “compass” for their experience, which serves as the input device for visitors to interact with media and build their profile. The compass metaphorically speaks to spiritual navigation throughout the constellations. Each interactive that vistors engage with records data to a RFID chip embedded in the compass to build a profile that they can interrogate and learn more from. The compass features a ring of magnets that not only provide a tactile feeling to using it as an input device but also transfer a radial signal to the interactives to control the UI.

Welcome

— 01.0

Visitors begin their journey by receiving a compass, and then navigate through a series of fun,
profile-building activities in the Identity Constellation.

Your First Steps

— 01.5

Checking In

Visitors check in with a Unseen Guide. Visitors are then equipped with their compass device and oriented to its use and function throughout their Unseen experience. We wanted to create a more personal experience and opted to have the check-in desk be more user engaging than administrative by not having it behind a front desk.

Identity Constellation

— 02.0

Visitors enter a transportive space, a stunning array of light. They build a spiritual profile by aligning with statements and answering questions about their relationship to self, others, and God. With each question they answer, the visitor’s compass is updated and their sipirutuality is further solidified.

Spirituality is a Spectrum

— 02.5

Interrogating Your Values

At the interactive stations visitors engage in a series of profile-building activities. Each station invites visitors to explore their spiritual beliefs, values, and priorities when it comes to their relationship with self, others, and God.

Visitor use their compass to respond to profile questions by ranking preferences, selecting from multiple responses, etc.

The Infinite Walk

— 03.0

Visitors enter an immersive media environment, which explores the scale, complexity, and enormity of the cosmos and our place within it. An awe-inspiring experience unfolds as time and space dissolve while visitors travel on an Infinite Walk.

The desire was to create a perfect circular space that visitors could walk through endlessly in an almost medititave state as they contemplate their role in the universe and our world.

Working With Taylor James

These beautiful styleframes and storyboards were produced by the studio Taylor James. They were an absolute pleasure to work with, full of enthusiasm, expanded on our original concept beautifully, and finished their work in record time

Contemplate

— 04.0

After the immersive A/V experience of the Infinite Walk, visitors proceed to a calmer, quieter space of contemplation. Here, visitors receive their spiritual profile and are invited to reflect on their spiritual journey, considering the deep questions of life’s existence with prompts that facilitate a connection with God.

Exploring Your Spiritual Profile

— 04.5

Three Core Axis to Explore

At interactive stations incorporated into the seating, visitors use their compass to review their profile. Visitors engage in reflection that further facilitates a connection with God. Prompts are personalized based on each visitor’s spiritual profile. This is where the motif of gradients I designed becomes informative. Each “axis” of spirtuality has a designtated color. The results of all previous interactives allows us to calculate where a visitor may fall on each of these axis. An important goal was to not only show a visitor where they might fall on the religious specturm but as well teach them how they may be able to improve certain aspects of their faith.

Connect

— 05.0

Visitors leave the space of reflection and proceed to the Connect space. Communal seating and anecdotal media offers an opportunity to relax and discuss the experience with others. Visitors can then explore the Stories Constellation and record their own stories.

Stories Constellation

At the interactive stations visitors use their compass to confirm a summary of their Unseen profile, viewing additional information about their relationships and connections with others. Visitors can pick from a curated selection of recorded video stories that we believe may connect with their practices of spirtuality.

Visitors watch and listen to the videos and witness the compelling and emotionally resonant stories as expressed firsthand from a wide variety of perspectives and demographic backgrounds.

Credits:

Brook Anderson
Creative Director

Jaein Lee
Project Manager

Eric Mika
Lead Creative Technologist

Andrea Worby
Lead Content Designer

Nina Bosch
Lead UX Design

Fernanda Reiss
Senior Physical Designer

Mckenna Cole
Senior Visual
Experience Designer

Adrian Castineira
Physical Design Director

Christian Browne
Visual Experience Designer

Nima Vakili
Senior Physical Designer

Outside Teams:

Studio Taylor James
Storyboarding and Prototyping

taylorjames.com

< Seriously, send work to this studio they are amazing!!!