makebelieve design & consulting has significant expertise in the conceptualisation, design, and development of digital interactives for museums, cultural heritage, and educational institutions of different kinds. We understand the particuliarities, practical limitations, and affordances of both informal and formal educational organisations, and design custom applications and exhibits with the involvement of content experts in every stage of the process.
Design and development of an on-line virtual tour of the Roman Agora of Athens & Hadrian's Library, including a dynamic timeline for the depiction of the site's evolution through time, VR panoramas, and personalization features. With minimatik. 2007-2010.
Conceptual design & development of a number of gesture-based interactive exhibits for children incorporating science education simulations. 2008-2009.
makebelieve design & consulting designed and developed four digital exhibits for the Environment Museum of Stymphalia, located in the mountainous region of northern Peloponnese, in Greece. 2006 - 2009.
Design and development of an interactive multimedia production with games concerning the names and places of the Messenia prefecture in the Peloponnese, for the new archeological museum of Messenia in Kalamata. 2008-2009.
A series of digital productions, including interactive kiosks and DVDs, which highlight the culture and technology of the olive and olive oil production in Greece from antiquity to the present. 2006-2007.
Design and development of two digital films depicting the overall process of marble mining from the Vathi quarry in Tinos and the accurate 3D reconstruction with animation of the 1920s marble cutting machinery. 2006-2007.
Design and development of digital applications for the Museum of School Life in Chania - Crete, Greece. Digital exhibits include an interactive design activity - game and interfaces for browsing the Museum's collections of digitized newspapers and school blogs. 2009.
Conceptual design, 3D modelling and animation for two main digital productions and multiple subset productions for the Musuem of Industrial Olive Oil Production in Lesvos, Greece. 2006.
Design & development of an educational website about the Byzantine Mystras for students and educators. 2005-2006.
Conceptualisation and coordination of two proposals in response to the tender for the design of the National Museum of Contemporary Art's web portal. 2006.