Vidya
Innovative solutions for libraries.
Vidya focuses on the introduction of new spaces and digital mediations choices based on the 15-24 years old practices.
vidya.fr
Publisher, UX, Project manager, Concept designer, Artistic direction, Technology watch
Pierre Boulangé: architect, illustrator
Aymeric Ingret: 3D modelisation
Lydia Jory: programmation, illustrator
Lucie Rizzo: architect, illustrator
Adrien Morisse: UX/UI & artistic direction web, motion designer, illustrator, graphic artist
More than 80% of people from the Y generation own a smartphone. Mobility and digital devices are everywhere. We created a crossmedia application that be can accessed from smartphones, tablets and computers. All of the life aspects inside the library and what is linked to it at distance (from our own place) is taking care of. The App in Vidya is: a profil, a member card, renting medias (books, musics, videos), coworking with other users, citizen projects, social network around the library and culture, gamification, reading and buying items...
In order to create a useful application based on users and their needs, we created wireflows as a base for the app architecture and functionalities.
'KIF' for 'Knowledge Is Fun' is a serious game template. It re-mediatize copyright-free art pieces (mostly books). KIF's games are 'action point and click' games. The games purpuse is to collect knowledge in order to progress and win. The interaction in the game is conducted by the gamer's gesture capted by a movement detector (kinect).
Through this, the library opens a door on the documents it preserves. Via KIF, the library gets closer to players, legions among 15-24 year olds. This serious game is a tool to attract and feudalize users. While delivering their knowledge in a ludic way, 'KIF' allows users to have fun. It stimulates imagination and relaxes them. The library is a publisher of content.
Architecture and stage set
400 m² in the frame of the competition by the 'Île-De-France Region' was asked. But we imagined the building, spaces and stage sets articulating: digital tools, common spaces, energetic efficiency and nature.
So as to give a structured approach of our work, we wrote a report mentionning: sources, studies and steps of the project.