POSTER HOUSE

CLIENT — SAGA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT & MADE IN JAPAN PROJECT

STUDIO — KASA

PM — ROBERT DE SAINT PHALLE

CD — JOHN KUDOS

PHOTO BOOTH

UI / UX — SUMIT PAUL

PHOTO MANIP — ASHLEY WU

MOTION — DARIUS WANG

DIGITAL POSTER WALL

UI / UX — ASHLEY WU

TECHNOLOGY — QANTA SHIMIZU

POSTER MACHINE

UI / UX — SUMIT PAUL

GRAPHIC DESIGN — ASHLEY WU

TECHNOLOGY — QANTA SHIMIZU

CHILDREN’S AREA

GRAPHIC DESIGN — ASHLEY WU

PRODUCTION — ASHLEY WU

FABRICATION — MALTBIE

Poster House is the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters, presenting a global view of posters from their earliest appearance in the late 1800s, to their present-day use.

We created four permanent interactive exhibitions that will foster visitor engagement and learning on many sensory levels. Key to the project is the physical integration of the exhibits into the architecture that aligns with Poster House’s aesthetics and messaging. Through a series of collaborative explorations, we first determined the intended visitor experience for each exhibit before crafting the right solutions by using a combination of physical and digital methods.

Photo Booth

Visitors can use the photo booth to place themselves in iconic posters. The final posters can be received via email or text message to be printed.

A CLOSER LOOK

Digital Poster Wall

An oversized 4K screen displaying random posters from the collection, up close. Museum staff can easily update and curate the collection through the system we have built. Contents on the screen can be controlled by pressing a staged button at the venue.

Poster Machine

Visitors can use this design station to experience the poster creation process. Each step explains the significance and meaning of every single ingredient required to make a poster—symbol, color, phrase, font, and design styles. They can pick from one of three themes: Propaganda, Film, or Advertising. We created over 143,000 images that represent every possible path one can take in designing a poster!

Children’s Area

Coloring mural wall with poster magnets, CMYK layering station, and interactive vintage pay phones for kids!

The best user experience is a seamless one. We put extra effort in making the physical and digital execution as unnoticeable as possible to the visitor so that they can focus on experiencing the exhibited content. This required a highly coordinated effort between 3D designers, graphic designers, programmers, and museum stakeholders.

Read more about Poster House and KASA’s interactive work on Quartz, Gothamist, Print Mag, GDUSA, TDC, and Core77.