5 Secrets of Digital Experience Design, with Patrick Snee

Making the Museum

How can we make digital experiences work for all visitors — whether kids or grandparents?

Hint: it has to do with recognizing “diverse digital literacies.” When should you bring in a creative technologist? Why should you aim for the strong verbs? What is “sneaky attract mode”? How do you do paper prototyping? Are a lot of digital experiences in museums essentially “sexy browsing”? Are touch tables a trend that will never die?

Patrick Snee (Creative Technologist) joins Jonathan Alger (Managing Partner, C&G Partners) to reveal “5 Secrets of Digital Experience Design”.

Along the way: tessellation, thinking in three dimensions, and a return to agar art!

Talking Points:

1. Think in 3 Dimensions

2. Assume Diverse Digital Literacies

3. Identify the (Strong) Verb

4. Distill the Personality

5. Prototype Early and Often

Guest Bio:

For more than two decades, Patrick Snee has designed and engineered immersive, interactive exhibitions for leading museums and brand environments. As a creative technologist, he uses a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to craft effective, engaging digital experiences. A former agency founder and principal, Patrick now consults on complex media projects in roles ranging from concept strategy to interaction design to application development. His recent projects include immersive experiences for Kennedy Space Center and Nokia Bell Labs, interactive exhibits for Liberty Science Center, The Henry Ford, and the National Archives, and digital strategy for the New Britain Museum of American Art.

Show Links:

https://patricksnee.com/

[e-mail]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-snee/

https://www.instagram.com/mnemonic.studio/

About Micro-interactions:

https://uxdesign.cc/micro-interactions-why-when-and-how-to-use-them-to-boost-the-ux-17094b3baaa0

Prototyping Digital Exhibits:

http://www.mnemonic.studio/memo/prototyping-digital-exhibits-part-1/

The Magic of Paper Prototyping:

https://uxplanet.org/the-magic-of-paper-prototyping-51693eac6bc3

Prime Access Consulting:

https://www.pac.bz/

Shivers Down Your Spine:

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/shivers-down-your-spine/9780231129893

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About MtM:

Making the Museum is hosted (podcast) and written (newsletter) by Jonathan Alger. This podcast is a project of C&G Partners | Design for Culture. Learn about the firm's creative work at: https://www.cgpartnersllc.com