Power Play
experience design  |  physical installation
Power Play is an interactive exhibit built for The Fleet Science Center and San Diego Gas & Electric. Designed by Unified Field, this exhibit challenges visitors try to keep the power grid in balance while maximizing the use of renewable energy sources. The wall-mounted graphics, buttons, LED strips and screens show how the power grid works.
Homes, offices, schools, hotels, businesses and the military demand power while hydro-electric, wind, solar, natural gas and coal meet the need for power. Visitors at either end of the wall play as consumers or generators trying to balance the push-pull between demand and clean energy generation -- and to avoid a blackout!
While at Unified Field, I worked on the experience design of this project from the very beginning, drafting proposals, diagrams and specs to coordinate with the architectural firm, SDG&E and the Fleet museum. I later specified these ideas into wireframes supported by research about the Smart Grid, energy demand and energy sources.
AGENCY
Unified Field
EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
Quincy Bock
VISUAL DESIGNERS
Jun Chen and Stephanie Sassine
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING
Jeff Miller