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Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil

makebelieve design & consulting completed the design and development of four different digital productions for the Museum of the Olive & Greek Olive Oil, located in the city of Sparta in southern Greece. 

The four productions are described below:

Interactive Recipes kiosk.

Interactive game on DVD.

An interactive game for children 8-12 y. of age, consisting of 9 different types of engaging and educational games (logic, memory, skill games, etc), which are organised in three levels according to the historic periods of olive oil production. The players must collect enough olive oil to unlock the next level and reach the end of the game.

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Teacher's guide DVD.
A rich resource for the classroom including information (text, images, sketches) about the Museum and the evolution of olive oil production, in hypermedia form.

 

Interactive History kiosk. An interactive touch-screen presenting the evolution of the technology used for olive oil production throughout the ages with the use of illustrative 2d animations, photographs, and archival images.



Credits

• Production Coordinator: Dr. Maria Roussou, Interaction Designer
• Technical Production Coordinator: Dimitris Nastos, Computer Scientist
• Overall Coordination: Elia Vlachou, Archaeologist-Museologist, Head of Pireaus Bank Group Cultural Foundation's Museums Network

Additionally,
For the Interactive Recipes kiosk:

• Graphics and interface design:minimatik

For the Interactive Game:

• 2D and 3D Graphics and Animation: Antonis Makrigiannis, Graphics Designer/3D animator
• Programming: Panayiotis Apostolellis, Interaction Designer
• Scientific Advisor: Antonis Plytas, Electrical & Mechanical Engineer

For the Educator's Guide DVD:

• Graphics and interface design:minimatik
• Content authoring (text and image selection): Panayiotis Perdikoulias, Archaeologist
• Hypermedia editing and assistance: Maroussa Tsakogianni, Cultural Technologist

For the Interactive History kiosk:

• Graphics and interface design:minimatik
• 2D animation: Yiannis Stilos
• Scientific Advisor: Antonis Plytas, Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
• Scientific Advisor: Dr. Nikos Kampanis, Mechanical Engineer