Funky Forest is a wild and crazy digital interactive ecosystem, created by visual and motion graphics designer Emily Gobeille and interactive designer and artist Theodore Watson. In the Funky Forest you can manage the resources to influence the environment around you. Streams of water flowing on the floor can be diverted to make the different parts of the forest grow. If a tree does not receive enough water it withers away but by pressing your body into the forest you can create a new tree based on your shape.
Sonic life forms inhabit the forest who depend upon a thriving ecosystem to survive.Funky forest was originally created for the Cinekid festival but has the forest has grown since then and now it has seasons. You can experience winter, summer, spring or fall in the fun, imaginative and magical world of the forest and it's been set up in Moomah, the wonderful family cafe hangout activity place in New York city.
Emily has also created the Carnival Cruise and Interactive aquarium for Arnold R&D and is installed in store front windows in 6 cities across the US. Also another project she's done for kids is called the Here to there and is a poster series for kids and is the first pair in a series of experimental posters for children that combine science, nature, algorith and design, to feed their imagination and curiosity. She's also done some motion graphics for Nickelodeon. You can see more of her work here.
2 comments:
Hi there! Wow! How I would like to take my kids to Funky Forest. Such a cool and unusual experience. Thanks for sharing this find.
You have a lovely blog. I'm going to watch the Alma video you posted before.
Have a great weekend!
Hello, I saw that you left some comments on my blog the other day... I just wanted to say THANKS!!! It's always nice to meet to new people and I really do appreciate your comments. Thanks for stopping by and I enjoyed viewing your site as well. :) nice meeting you!
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