Noah and I went to the Schenectady Museum today, which is technically an area museum, but since 75% of the interesting science in Schenectady is General Electric, they pretty much own the museum. We saw a few rad things, including Edison’s final patent, and a very odd tinfoil spool recording, but the coolest thing is a poster set we found.
Apparently done in a series of over 100 each, these are posters are pretty amazing. They were meant for schools and classrooms, to get kids excited about science.
The most interesting thing about this from a marketing standpoint is that it breaks down all the complicated stuff GE is doing into bite-sized thematic posters, and then has a sensationalist headline.
HEY YOU CAN TOTALLY DO THIS NOW
So what I’m thinking is we could do some experiments with what the imagery would translate into with a more modern style of illustration, add some animation, and make them kind of one-trick interactive – like you could do a feature demo or something really cool, like a one hit minigame.
UPDATE: I have been thinking about it for a few days, and went to a comic store, and bought a ton of books that have inspirational artists that feel like PROGRESS. I have some friends in the industry too. Maybe the thing is we commission a variety of modern artists to do limited posters, and we make them animated/interactive. Obv the internet is for making things accessible not limited, so what makes them special ? I think probably a special kind of immersiveness.
