The Science Museum Lates have found a reliable partner in London College of Communication (LCC) for their experiential events.

In 2015, they collaborated with BA (Hons) Interaction Design Arts students to celebrate the Principia Launch – the first British ESA Astronaut Tim Peake and his mission to the International Space Station, and in 2018 Science Museum Lates with Mastercard with the Francis Crick Institute approached BA (Hons) Interaction Design Arts for an event on bio revolution.

For the Principia Launch, the brief was to design exhibits that celebrated all things space. For the event with Mastercard and the Francis Crick Institute, the students were briefed to build exhibits that would engage the visitors while helping them understand a medical concept. The students first created the prototypes at LCC and the Science Museum selected the ones that would be displayed at their exhibition. Lates attracts around 3000 adults every night and LCC students’ projects were viewed by them in these widely publicised events.

Among the ones selected for Principia Launch was Emilie Forsmark’s interactive audio project ‘Planet Chitchat’ which explored what it would be like to speak in the atmosphere of other planets like Neptune and Mars. N.Ziqq’s project ‘Cosmic Octave’ identified which planet people’s natural voice sounds most like. Tina Rashidi’s ‘Solar Age’, an astro-calculator, allowed the visitors to find their age on any planet in the Solar System. ‘Space on Earth’ by Saffron Parker explored how everyday tasks could be performed using space equipment. Other projects included a hunt for ‘space bears’, a rocket launch challenge and a space-themed game of battleships.

The medically themed installations were FutureHuman Operation, Urbanaut, Heartculator, Blood Lines, Heartbeat Orchestra, Placebo and Hit the Road Jack, all of which presented complicated medical concepts through fun and exciting experiences.