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To celebrate the successes and changes that came our way in 2010, we hosted our annual holiday soiree for clients, colleagues, friends and family at Dilworth Billiards. In keeping with tradition, we gave away a plethora of door prizes provided by our wonderful clients.
A special thanks to Allen Tate Company, Asana Activewear, Blynk Organic, Charlotte Center City Partners, City of Rock Hill, Dilworth Billiards, Discovery Place and Urbana Cityspa & Teabar for joining in the fun this year.
Charlotte-based digital agency, Studiobanks, was hired by Discovery Place to create a unique, interactive touch screen experience for its new exhibition, Think It Up. The exhibition, which opened to the public on May 1, 2010, includes ”thought studios” that facilitate engagement in the process of innovation.
This digital technology allows participants to experiment with stop motion animation as well as digitally document their innovative creations. Sharing is also a large component of the experience so we created separate viewing stations within the exhibition and a mini-site to showcase the inventive work produced by participants, and to provide inspiration to newcomers.
We wanted to be able to collect and view all the great innovative ideas that will be created in this new exhibition, which is part of the largest renovation in Discovery Place’s history,” said Sarah Macey, director of exhibition design for Discovery Place.
“We selected Studiobanks as our partner for this project because of their expertise in creating great interactive designs and user-friendly interfaces – an essential component for a tool that will have a high volume of use."
A few weeks ago the Studiobanks crew got the opportunity to have a fun day playing at Discovery Place, one of our newest clients. We had an awesome time being explorers in the rainforest and aquariums, pretending to be clowns and acrobats in the Circus exhibit, and launching into outer-space experiencing "Fly me to the Moon" in the IMAX theater. Discovery Place, Discovery Place Kids and Charlotte Nature Museum are leading science and technology facilities that provide ever-changing, entertaining exhibits for all ages. We have teamed up with Discovery Place to provide an online experience that will inspire and stimulate interest and excitement for these unique facilities. Check out some awesome pictures of all of our Discovery Place adventures in our Flickr feed.
When was the last time you visited Discovery Place, and what was the most memorable experience you had there?
What comes to mind when you hear the words, "Discovery Place?" We asked our team the same question and heard things like "school field trips, space exploration, astronaut ice cream, helium balloon demonstrations, the big IMAX theatre, the pendulum marker that makes really cool designs, the huge disk you can whisper in and be heard on the other side of the room clear as a bell, the electric thing that made your hair stand straight up when you touched it..." The responses were endless and full of energy and excitement!
As you can imagine, we are thrilled to be designing new websites for Discovery Place, Discovery Place Kids and the Charlotte Nature Museum. As one of the top hands-on science museums in the nation, we couldn’t be more excited to work with this organization that shares our same passion for inspiring creativity, fun, exploration, and experimenting with innovative technology.
We are already planning an "office field trip" soon ... for project research of course!
