The team from Edinburgh Napier are off to Tynecastle High School for our first kit delivery and testing day. It’s a good thing we have a trolley! Our co-designers at the school will be given the chance to test the kits and give feedback on what works well and what might need tweaked. We’ve also got loads of bags, badges and stickers to help spread the news that the kits have arrived to the rest of the school. We’re looking forward to a fun and interactive session, feedback to follow soon!
Timon from the graphics team has been leading the push to get some promotional items (that are also useful!) ready for the kit launch dates. We have bags featuring our mascot, that will be used by pupils to make sure the kits are taken home safely, stickers to put on the kits, and also badges to promote the project around the schools. They should be here mid October – just in time for the schools getting their kits.
Max, Suzi and Dimitri have been testing out the 3d printers, creating various things we can take to the schools, including (it would appear from the video clip!) a tiny robot army…. Can’t wait to see what the pupils make once the printers are delivered to the schools.
Excitement in the office today as a huge pile of printers and material for the 3d printing kits have arrived! Just need to get the 3D team in to set them up and test them, and they’ll be ready to handover to the schools.
Getting the right branding for the kits was always going to be a challenge, so we began by collecting ideas from our co-design partners. As can be seen from the image above there were a lot of great ideas to work with. The graphic design team (Timon and Manuel) then worked these up into some more polished ideas to see which would be suitable for the finished kits.
Finally, after a lot of discussion and a bit more tweaking from Timon to make sure it had the right balance of personality and clarity, the logo you’ll see on all the kits was born!
Here’s David from the Digital Graphic Novel Team, planning the outline story for the kit, before moving to the tablet to translate the idea to digital and add colour. The image below will be part of the finished kit; helping those using it to understand how to design a story that will be visually appealing while learning new technical skills.
Meet Stickybones- the stars of our stop-motion animation kit. They are fully articulated, have a stand to help them fly and jump and even have magnetic hands so they can hold on to objects.
The stop motion team are currently trying out different apps so they can make recommendations for the kits. Here’s the first wee jump test made by Timon- Much more coming soon!
Keep checking back and follow our progress as we co-design 10 inspiring, creative, STEAM kits with our partners in local secondary schools.