ZIJUN LIN
Service & Experience Designer
Experience Design Project.
Urchin never gives up.
UNGP is an engaging aquarium activity to help children Increasing empathy through role play treasure hunt and learn relevant knowledge.
03/2019 - 04/2019 | by Zijun Lin & Jing Zhu & Senciria Chou
About the project.
Havets Hus Aquarium is trying to transform sea life education from the traditional way like reading text from on the wall into more interactive learning.
Values and physical connection leads to real changes and children have important influence to a family. So we propose Urchin Never Gives Up, which is an aquarium urchin adventure package for 6-12 years old children.
This project aims to create the experience of cosplaying a sea urchin to make children learn the knowledge of sea urchin and also increase their empathy for sea life conservation and ocean protection.
Proposal.
Main goal.
How can Havets Hus (Lysekil Aquarium) create empathy through engaging activities?
Proposal.
Design an engaging aquarium activity to help children Increasing empathy through role play treasure hunt and learn relevant knowledge.
Experience storyboard.
Scenario.
App.
Ocean life game APP. After the tour, children can download the app for further study.
Children can interact with the treasure hunt booklet through the AR of the app.
Process.
Costume.
After experimenting with several different fabrics, we chose a lightweight, waterproof, two-sided fabric.
Besides, we ironed the interlining to make it look puffier, and its conical "spines" can keep upright.
We chose a fabric with tassels, cut them into strips and pasted them on the bottom of the cloak and around the conical "spines" to simulate the tentacles of sea urchins and add details to the whole costume.
Teeth prop.
The fact that sea urchin has nanomaterial teeth and they are strong enough to bite the rock is one of the most interesting facts, and we designed a set of 3d-printed rings in the shape of sea urchin teeth that kids can wear on their hands to simulate the five teeth of a sea urchin. And we use oily clay as the stone, which can be scrapped and recycled.
