The Digital Picnic
Installation Design and Fabrication
2018
The Digital Picnic was commissioned in 2018 by the Illinois School of Architecture and the Urbana Food Hall. The design uses digital projectors to create a unique indoor picnic experience. Diners used a custom designed control device to scrub through the landscape image type, color, and transition effect that would be displayed on the adjacent walls. With a massive variety of options each dining experience was entirely unique, and users could even request custom images to be added to the display set. During the cold winter months the Digital Picnic allowed users to be transported to a place much different than the wind-swept prairies of Illinois.
“Would you care to join me in the Frighteningly Jade Mountains?”
Project Team
Christian Pepper - Physical Installation Design and FabricationColter Wehmeier - Digital Installation Design and FabricationChris Woodward - Installation Concept Co-designRobert Prochaska - Physical Installation Fabrication and Photography
Eric Pryor - Public Events Poster Design
Urbana Food Hall - Client
UIUC - Client
Digital Picnic documentation images by Robert Prochaska.
Installation Design and Fabrication
2018
The Digital Picnic was commissioned in 2018 by the Illinois School of Architecture and the Urbana Food Hall. The design uses digital projectors to create a unique indoor picnic experience. Diners used a custom designed control device to scrub through the landscape image type, color, and transition effect that would be displayed on the adjacent walls. With a massive variety of options each dining experience was entirely unique, and users could even request custom images to be added to the display set. During the cold winter months the Digital Picnic allowed users to be transported to a place much different than the wind-swept prairies of Illinois.
“Would you care to join me in the Frighteningly Jade Mountains?”
Project Team
Christian Pepper - Physical Installation Design and FabricationColter Wehmeier - Digital Installation Design and FabricationChris Woodward - Installation Concept Co-designRobert Prochaska - Physical Installation Fabrication and Photography
Eric Pryor - Public Events Poster Design
Urbana Food Hall - Client
UIUC - Client
Digital Picnic documentation images by Robert Prochaska.
Fabrication and Installation
2018
2018
Concept Design
2018
2018
