"Our goal is to redesign place-based learning through data visualization. More specifically, we are designing a new data layer for the Visualizing the Bay Area platform exhibit in San Francisco's Exploratorium science museum."

"The challenge that the SF Mayor's Office of Innovation, the Exploratorium, and Gehl Architects presented to our team was this: take this 60' x 20' space on Market Street, and do something with it.  Make it greener. Make it more exciting.  Make people want to linger.  In short, make it better."

"This is the Museum 3.0 project, where the visitor is allowed to create hypotheses, “hack” the museum environment, and collect data on themselves and other visitors to support their hypotheses."

"We came up with a prototype of an experiment/exhibit that allows our user to recall the fun experimentations of her childhood yet allows her to learn and experiment with a new technology that will likely be widespread in the future."

"Our CityWindow mirror installation interrupts the routine of pedestrians along Market Street, surprising commuters with a new view of both the city, and themselves."

Science is a daunting subject and design can give science the context it needs to be understood by all citizens of the world. Design puts abstract scientific ideas into concrete experiences for people to consume. Design can also enable people to contribute to scientific knowledge without formal training. 

Cornell | crowdsourcing bird observations