Seeing As a leader in innovative interactive exhibits, the Exploratorium always offers us a welcomed challenge. Optical Moderna started out as a single vintage photograph of a 20th century optometrists shop, and with Gizmo’s design team, became a full-scale recreation. Always looking for ways to maximize the value and usefulness of our work, Gizmo incorporated…
Salute In 2010, Gizmo helped California sculptor Michael Davis by fabricating, transporting, and installing “Salute”, a marker of time and location, continually interacting with the environmental conditions of the site. Mounted in front of the new Kansas City (MO) Metro Police station, the work resembles a weather vane topped with a copper officer saluting the…
Blow Up Gizmo produced the Breath Console for “Blow Up” an interactive sculpture installed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The array of 12 smaller impellers records and transmits a pattern of human breath to a room-sized field of wind powered by a wall of 12 large fans. The wall…
The Los Vaqueros Interpretive Center helps to teach children about local and Native American history. Gizmo helped the center redesign their existing display to enhance learning and effectively represent the indigenous cultures of the area. In addition, we expanded storage space by creating faux rock forms to seamlessly fit into the exhibit, re-created a life…
Gizmo worked with Zeum to create interactive exhibits for children that foster creativity and innovation. Utilizing arts media and technology tools, Gizmo developed several exhibits, including Whoosh, Reality Check, Word Up, Toyz, and digNubia. A “wind wall” encourages kids to build and test their own wind-powered creations while a pipe organ allows them to explore…