Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
A set of monitors displaying the action inside triggering children outside to come in
and play! (Windows entirely covered with vinyl except for peepholes at kids' height...
Psssst!)
Outcome
Letterlab was all about letters in the broadest sense of the word. In this exhibition,
children aged 6 to 13 and their parents discovered that the letters you mostly en-
counter in topics mean a great deal more.
Letterlab made children realize that the letters we use for reading have a history of
development, that they are designed, and that the way in which that takes place de-
termines how the letter functions.
The exhibition let the target group view letters from different perspectives:
• Letter and sound: the pronunciation of a letter could very well be closely associated
with the shape of the letter. How does that work?
Inside the 'theatre' children could play a customdesigned and programmed game. The
game, projected inside a large structure built from letters, could be controlled by play-
ing two oversized musical instruments. Each key launched a different sound as well
as a corresponding letter or shape onto the game field.
• Letter and shape: a letter consists of several components, or several forms. That is
how you get different fonts. Appropriately, five new fonts were created for Letter-
lab.
The designers also designed a giant desktop for the exhibition space, including menu,
files, folders and pop-up windows. Inside the windows, visitors could manually leave
their own pixel message. An example of a pixel font could be found on the desktop
as well.
