{"id":1100,"date":"2010-02-13T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T02:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2010-02-13T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T02:49:33","slug":"design-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/design-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I took a trip to two places that I hoped would provide some design inspiration. First, the Official NYC information center which uses these disks as interactive elements as well as a touch screen tv display and overhead tracking mechanism (I think). The displays help visitors find things to do in New York, save them to their disk, and print, email or text the information to their phone, so that they can create a custom guide to New York City.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1079\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0298.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1079\" title=\"img_0298\" src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0298.jpg\" alt=\"img_0298\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General view of the center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1075\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0294.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1075\" title=\"img_0294\" src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0294.jpg\" alt=\"img_0294\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instructions to create a custom NYC guide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1073\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0291.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1073\" title=\"img_0291\" src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0291.jpg\" alt=\"img_0291\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View what celebrity New Yorkers like to do in the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1077\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0296.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1077\" title=\"img_0296\" src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0296.jpg\" alt=\"img_0296\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The disk is placed onto a reader...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1078\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0297.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0297.jpg\" alt=\"img_0297\" title=\"img_0297\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1078\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your selections are displayed using Google Earth on a set of large monitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1076\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0295.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1076\" title=\"img_0295\" src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0295.jpg\" alt=\"img_0295\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wall-based touch screen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second place I visited was the American Museum of Natural Science, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was a brief trip. I just wanted to get an idea of what types of displays they had and if a touch-based display would be appropriate. There&#8217;s a lot of information in the museum and I wasn&#8217;t there too long. But, here are some of the displays that the museum has, that I hope will become useful to me. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1117\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0320.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0320.jpg\" alt=\"img_0320\" title=\"img_0320\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1117\" width=\"225\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Touchscreen display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0319.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0319.jpg\" alt=\"Display of earthquakes, worldwide\" title=\"img_0319\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1116\" width=\"225\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Display of earthquakes, worldwide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1112\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0309.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0309.jpg\" alt=\"Static museum display\" title=\"img_0309\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1112\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Static museum display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0308.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0308.jpg\" alt=\"Buffalo display\" title=\"img_0308\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1111\" width=\"225\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buffalo display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1115\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0318.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0318.jpg\" alt=\"Earthquake display\" title=\"img_0318\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1115\" width=\"225\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earthquake display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1108\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0299.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/img_0299.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the floors at the natural history museum\" title=\"img_0299\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1108\" width=\"225\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the floors at the natural history museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I took a trip to two places that I hoped would provide some design inspiration. First, the Official NYC information center which uses these disks as interactive elements as well as a touch screen tv display and overhead tracking mechanism (I think). The displays help visitors find things to do in New York, save &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/design-inspiration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Design Inspiration&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,76,181],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1129,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}