"Teen Chicago" Interactives

Client:

Chicago History Museum

Market Type:

Museums & Education

Project Type:

Kiosks

  • teenchicago_main
  • teenchicago_vicky
  • teenchicago_work

Tools & Technology:

Adobe Flash

Awards

Muse Award

Project Description

Tracing the teenage experience through the twentieth century, Silver Oaks created three award-winning, DVD-based interactive interpretives for the “Teen Chicago” exhibit. “Clubs,” “Bedrooms” and “Work” explore the responsibilities and pastimes of generations of Chicago teenagers and provide glimpses of their working, school and home lives. Structured as matching games and displayed on 42″ touchscreen monitors, the interpretives invite visitors to select a photo of a person or group of people and then try to match it to the appropriate job, school club or bedroom, respectively. Once a match is successfully made, a brief description highlighting the relationship appears. Recognized by the American Association of Museums Media and Technology committee, “Clubs,” “Bedrooms” and “Work” received the highly-acclaimed MUSE Award.