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Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano by Responsive Spaces and Michael Holzer

Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano by Responsive Spaces and Michael Holzer is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Usakinishaji Competition Category.


DhahabuUsakinishaji· 2023

Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano

by Responsive Spaces and Michael Holzer

Client: Creative Region / City of Linz

Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Usakinishaji Category

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The Design

About Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano

Dirisha tupu za duka zinachosha. Hasa kwa sababu ya janga la Covid-19 madirisha ya duka tupu ikawa jambo la dharura zaidi kwa jiji la Linz. Lakini haswa, katika maeneo mazuri katika jiji hilo, nafasi hizo pia ni sehemu za uwasilishaji ambazo hazijatumika ambazo zinaweza kutumika vizuri kwa wakati huu. Kwa hivyo usakinishaji huu wa kipekee wa dirisha la duka na dhana ya "Spot On" nyuma yake zilitengenezwa. Usakinishaji wa taa shirikishi hugeuza madirisha tupu kuwa vipande vya sanaa vya kuvutia na vya ajabu, huku pia zikiwapa biashara za ndani hatua muhimu ya muda. Sisi. Upendo. Linz.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award

Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Spot On Ufungaji Wa Mwanga Mwingiliano huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.

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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