Social Objects: Designing Spaces Where Strangers Participate

Day 2

Club A

11:00am

Presentation

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Session Description

Museums have spent decades learning how to turn strangers into participants, using objects and moments that invite people to engage with each other, not just with the exhibit in front of them. This session takes that body of knowledge, the theory of social objects, and translates it into a practical lens for anyone designing immersive, corporate or public spaces. We'll look at what actually makes an experience participatory rather than passive, and how those same principles can be applied well beyond museum walls. The goal is a framework you can take into your own projects, whatever the budget or scale, to design spaces that generate genuine engagement between the people in them.

Speakers

Raul Leiva
Raul Leiva
Creative Technologist
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