Restaging a Garden Party 1907, and Historic Toy Hunt, were two projects developed by year 3 communication design students. Students developed social history storytelling, through the design of interactive experiences using material and digital forms. Working with the content and histories of Olveston, a heritage home, gifted to the southern city of Dunedin, New Zealand, the projects engage historic values in innovative ways.
Both projects use Augmented Reality to tell old stories in new formats, bringing history to life for new audiences. Students engaged with social history research using immersion and role playing. They developed design outcomes using user-focused methods, which engage young people with old stories, not the normal demographic of this museum. The outcome was a valuable collaboration between academics, design students and a local community heritage group, and was presented at NODEM Digital Design and Heritage Conference in Poland, 2014.
