The Sydney Institute’s “Sparkies, Foodies, & Fashionistas” exhibition celebrates the 120 year anniversary of the organisation highlighting the substantial works and achievements of its former and current faculty, students, and ambassadors.
Our brief was to incorporate an interactive element in the space that would provide an informative and playful user experience while promoting TAFE Sydney Institute as the past, present and future-ready leader in vocational studies.
What better way to present an exhibition that spans 120 years than with a time travel device? Drawing on HG Wells and TRON, we designed and built the “iTime Machine” – an interactive iPad app that would allow users to to explore the Sydney Institute’s expansion of study areas through time. Taking advantage of the iPad 2’s impressive technology and performance capabilities, the app incorporates gestural navigation to move through time via a retro-futuristic “time wheel” mechanism.
Users can easily touch and spin the wheel through time, from 1891 to the future. As the user travels from 1891 to the future the iTIME machine displays each of 19 study areas as they began to be offered at Sydney Institute. With over 200 pieces of total content across all study areas, users could chose their own area of interest and select a range of content types that included student works, alumni interviews and fascinating facts about the Institute.
The TAFE iTime Machine app was the first iPad app used in an exhibit by the Sydney Institute. Its technologically advanced design complimented well with the progressive vision of TAFE NSW- Sydney Institute.