Questacon is Australia's leading technology & science museum for primary school aged children. The Canberra museum has been visited and loved by kids Australia wide for over 20 years. Questacon was expanding to include a new educational facility for high school students, located at the heritage listed Royal Australian Mint, where student could learn science and technology skills hands on, as well as see exhibits being designed, built and tested on site. The expansion included school workshops, staff workshops, exhibit space & staff headquarters.
Working closely with the Interior Design team and Questacon board, environmental graphics and wayfinding was designed to highlight zones and journeys intuitively in the space using colour.
Large scale illustrative graphics were also designed to inspire creative thinking and problem solving. Based on the historical illustrations of Heath Robinson (Absurdities & unlikely machines), the custom illustrations displayed overly complex, absurd mechanics in a hand drawn style, connecting the historical nature of the site to the new technology educational facility.
Winner, 2013 Sydney Design Award
Interior Design, Public or Institutional Space