In the autumn of 2007 a team of researchers and students from the MediaLab of the University of Art and Design (1) and a team of staff from the education service of the Design Museum in Helsinki (2) decided to collaborate together on a project called The Secret Life of Objects. The project aimed at finding new ways to discuss design objects with different groups of visitors, using several types of media.
(1) From MediaLab TaiK, Andrea Botero, Mariana Salgado and Diana de Sousa
(2) From Design Museum, Hanna Kapanen, Mirjam Kraft, Anna Louhelainen and Leena Svinhufvud
One focus of this project was to find new methods to discuss design objects with five year-old children, introducing them at the same time to digital media tools. The teams created a pilot workshop format initially intended to happen at the daycare centers' premises and to be conducted by the museum's educators.
A series of five different workshops were produced and tested. They were named Esa ja Esineet, (in English, Oswald and the Objects). Esa is a puppet who dreams about mysterious objects, as you can see from the video bellow.
After this experience we agreed to turn Esa ja Esineet into a service that uses online media to provide educational activities from Design Museum to daycare centers from all Finland. Esa ja Esineet is now an autonomous project, and the practical part of my MA thesis. The project is now a prototype in testing phase.
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