SNAPSKETCH - COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE CABIN AND THE PILLARS IN THE CITY
new forms of participative communication in urban spaces​
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ABSTRACT
WHY
This project’s main goal is the re-instating of non-places, transforming them into collective spaces of social interaction. It would be very fascinating to enable cablecar passengers in the air and pedestrians on the streets to sketch, text, or tag directly onto touch panels. The graphical outcome will be temporarily displayed in the urban space on the supporting pillars of the ropeway. The pillars would, in a way, be «upcycled» and become part of a participative street culture. This new language and communcation platform enables the digitalisation of analog intercultural exchange in the urban space.
WHAT
«Snapsketch» wants to give the possibility to interact between cabins and urban centers, creating a new combination through a series of panels on which you can sketch, that are able to directly communicate with each other, as well as the possibility to draw directly on the cabin’s wall.
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HOW
This surrealistic representation keeps being exposed for a limited time only (like on the social media app Snapchat), after that it will be automatically deleted. At the end of the day some sequences of the best results will be displayed in the city space.
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FOR WHOM
An experience for everyone who loves to draw and communicate in non-conventional places. From children to old people, everyone can free his fantasy and improvise as an artist. For all citizens who are willing to interact in new forms of participative communication.
CHOOSE YOUR STYLE
In the cabins as well as on the pillars you have the possibility to change your brush and its color, so you are able to realise almost everything you want,
in any way you want.
SOCIAL INTERACTION
the importance of communication
This main goal of the «SnapSketch» project is the re-instating of non-places, transforming them into collective spaces of social interaction. It would be very fascinating to enable cablecar passengers in the air and pedestrians on the streets to sketch, text, or tag directly onto touch panels.
We also designed an app that shows
at the end of the day the best sketches, texts, or tags. This new language and communication platform enables the digitalisation of analog intercultural exchange in the urban space.
This surrealistic representation keeps being exposed for a limited time only (like on the social media app Snapchat), after that it will be automatically deleted. At the end of the day some sequences of the best results will be displayed in the city space.
EMBELLISH THE CITY
The graphical outcome will be temporarily displayed in the urban space on the supporting pillars of the ropeway. The pillars would, in a way, be «upcycled» and become part of a participative street culture.
Thanks to the touch panels integrated into the cabins and on the pillars you can easily sketch and improvise yourself as an artist. Transform the city with your fingers, make the pillars become part of a participative street culture. This new language and communication platform enables the digitalisation of analog intercultural exchange in the urban space.
SKETCH
make the city yours
Choose your brushes
Sketch directly on the cabin's walls
Sketch directly on the pillars placed in the city
Upcyling of the pillars by adding expressive design pannels around the pillars
SnapSketch mobile APP | participative city marketing via social media channels
Scenographically designed pillars become impressive landmarks within the city
Design: David Calabrò, Giovanni Dipilato, Dario Javier Sosio