Spot On Ynteraktyf Ljocht Ynstallaasje by Responsive Spaces and Michael Holzer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award yn Goud in Ynstalaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.
GoudYnstalaasje· 2023
Spot On Ynteraktyf Ljocht Ynstallaasje
by Responsive Spaces and Michael Holzer
Client: Creative Region / City of Linz
A' Design Award yn Goud Winner in Ynstalaasje Category
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The Design
About Spot On Ynteraktyf Ljocht Ynstallaasje
Lege etalaazjes binne saai. Benammen troch de Covid-19-pandemy waarden lege winkelfinsters in noch urgenter saak foar de stêd Linz. Mar benammen op geweldige lokaasjes yn 'e stêd binne dy romten ek net brûkte presintaasjegebieten dy't yn 'e tuskentiid goed brûkt wurde kinne. Dêrom dizze unike winkel finster ynstallaasje en it konsept fan "Spot On" efter it waarden ûntwikkele. Ynteraktive ljochtynstallaasjes meitsje lege finsters yn boeiende en bûtengewoane keunststikken, wylst se ek lokale bedriuwen in weardefol tydlik poadium biede. Wy. Leafde. Linz.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award yn Goud
Spot On Ynteraktyf Ljocht Ynstallaasje is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Goud, in ekstreem prestisjeuze erkenning foar earste-klas, prachtige en treflike ûntwerpen. Goudwinners binne tige ynnovative, fisionêre en glamoureus ferbjusterjende skeppings dy't it sjeny, de wiisheid en de feardigens fan har ûntwerpers wjerspegelje. Fan Spot On Ynteraktyf Ljocht Ynstallaasje wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige priizge, trendsettende en monumintale útfining is dy't unferlykbere wearde leveret. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Goud is in spektakulêr, respektearre projekt dat grutte foardielen bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Spot On Ynteraktyf Ljocht Ynstallaasje makket yntinse gefoelens fan begearte, stekt passy oan, stimulearret kreativiteit en fassinearret ús.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Empty shop windows are boring. But especially in good locations, they are also unused presentation areas that can be put to good use in the meantime. For example, to offer local businesses a valuable temporary stage. Best of all in the form of this interactive shop window installation. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic additional empty shop windows happened to pop up in our hometown Linz. Therefore, in the summer of 2021, the concept of 'Spot On' was born.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The whole installation has a size-flexible setup. The initial installation was 4 meters in width, 2 meters in height and 1.2 meters in depth.
- Tags
- interactive installation, light installation, mobile interface, shop window, art installation, digital installation
- Production Technology
- The whole installation consists of a easy to setup and remove wooden frame to which 24 DMX-controllable LED tubes with single RGB Pixel control are mounted.
The mobile website that lets everybody interact with the light installation has a MQTT based backend that is parked in the cloud, so every bypasser can reach it with his or her smartphone.
The light installation itself is also connected to the internet via a SIM card and mobile internet to receive commands from all users that a surfing the mobile website. - Design Challenge
- It was the goal to positively utilise ugly (because empty) shopwindows in the inner areas of Linz. We needed a flexible hardware setup to adapt to different measurements of shopwindows as well as add extra value to argue funding. Therefore we integrated the presentation of local businesses which were also hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. To engage with bypassers we offered them a mobile interface that let them easily take creative control of the light installation and display short messages.
- Research
- As a studio for interactive brand experiences we were able to apply our learnings from other projects in the B2B field to this public space installation. The overall creative process to design the setup, the light effects as well as the possibilities of interaction was done within the creative team of the project. This process benefitted from our interdisciplinary team setup and approach.
- Inspiration
- The heart of the installation was a voluminous arrangement of controllable LED lights. When viewers were 'on spot', they could design individual messages using their smartphones and send them directly to the system. A jury regularly selected new young companies and startups from among all the applicants, for whom this consequently meant to be in the spotlight in the shop windows.
WE. LOVE. LINZ. - Project Duration
- Since August 2021 in Linz
- Operation Flow
- As soon as one stands on a marked point in front of the shop window, the complex arrangement of lamps and light unravel for the viewer and an interactive ticker become legible. Via QR code and smartphone, own messages and crazy light effects can be controlled in the shop window.
- Team Members
- Creative Lead: Markus Pargfrieder
Design Lead: Michael Holzer
Projectmanager: Nazila Shamsizadeh
Development: Katharina Mayrhofer
Development: Martin Zeplichal
Development: Julian Reil
Web-Development & -Design: Andrea Maderthaner - Image Credits
- Photo Credits: Responsive Spaces
Video Credits: Eyup Kus
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