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A virtual book

The Tales of the Tiles

A virtual book
Type
Interactive installation for the small museum “Contus del Arregiolas”
Place and date
Cagliari, July 2021
Our role
Structure and software

A work created together with &makers, meant to accompany Mercedes, the museum’s founder, in telling the story of the collection.

The “Riggiole” (traditional Sardinian floor tiles) have a double value, artistic and historical, as they tell the great events, as well as the everyday stories, of Cagliari and Sardinia over 4 centuries.

We wanted to integrate technology into the atmosphere of the museum: a big real book with blank pages lying on a table, and the simple movement of the hands to leaf through it and explore its functions through a projection.

Besides information on the pieces in the collection, the virtual book lets you build virtual floors by playing with every possible combination of the Riggiole designs, placing the resulting floors inside the three-dimensional reconstruction of a period room.

Video, loads only when you press play (91 MB)

Photos (15)

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