Park Finder

We created a special sign that encouraged people to both play and explore. By turning the sign in any direction it reveals the National Park it's pointing to. Each park also triggers a musical tone. So you can use it for wayfinding, or just whip it around to listen to music—either way it's pretty addicting.

Creating this sign was the result of technical, sound and aesthetic research. The sign is inspired by the forms of classic National Park signs seen across America—mixed with a music box and a modern design sensibility. Inside the sign, physical gears meet rotary encoders which feed information into the central audio visual application. The generative music was based on the kind of harmonic tones found in wind chimes and music boxes—tones that can be combined in different ways while still retaining a musical sensibility.

The installation has been placed in Madison Square Park, New York, at the steps of the Washington Memorial in Washington DC and on the South Lawn of the White House. We’re excited to see where it ends up next.

• Zander Brimijoin - Creative Director
• Daniel Scheibel - Technology Director
• Lisa Walters - Senior Producer
• Adrià Navarro López - Creative Coder
• João F. Freire - Physical Computing
• Eric Hagan - Hardware Developer
• Eve Weinberg - Design Intern
• David Terranova - Documentation
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• Sweatshop - Industrial Design
• OhrenKunst - Sound Design
• Pink Sparrow - Fabrication

• Grey New York - Client