PLAY.
WORK.
BUILD.
Client
The National Building Museum
Location
The National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.
Sector
Public Space
Size
850 sqft
Awards
AZ Awards Finalist
Core 77 Professional Notable
IDEA Finalist
Society for Environmental Graphic Design
Digital Blocks is an original, interactive, projected installation of virtual block play that we created for the National Building Museum’s exhibition, “PLAY. WORK. BUILD.” Re-imagining museum experiences for the digital age, the exhibition explores the connections between play, design, and the work of building professionals in a fun environment for kids.
Digital Blocks encourages kids to engage in a freeform performance game of creation and destruction using virtual Imagination Playground blocks. The interactive video projection traces the shape of bodies and fills them in with virtual blocks. Any movement causes the blocks to topple and the exciting process of building (and more fun!) begins again.
With physical blocks situated next to the digital blocks installation, kids can easily see how the physical world can be explored digitally.
Our Digital Blocks installation blends physical block play with technology, allowing children to build their own worlds digitally.
Selected Press
Digital Blocks, Metropolis Magazine
2013 AZ Awards of Merit: Temporary Architecture, Azure
Merit Award, SEGD
Emphasizing The Importance Of Play For Both Children And Adults, Contract Magazine
Imagination Playground: David Rockwell’s Gift to Budding Architects Is on View at the National Building Museum, BLOUIN ARTINFO
‘Play Work Build’ Puts Creativity On Exhibit At The National Building Museum, The Washington Post
An Interactive Exhibit Chronicles The History Of Building Blocks, FastCo. Design
Rockwell Group’s “Play Work Build” Opens at National Building Museum, Interior Design Magazine