Most of us remember playing board games as young children. We not only mastered strategy and spatial recognition鈥攊f we were lucky, we learned diplomacy, teamwork and how to be a gracious winner and a good loser. Early games date back to 3500 B.C. and new ones are still being developed today. Simple boards and game pieces may take a back seat to technology and electronics, but the gameplay can be just as exciting.
Second-year industrial and interaction design students in the 鈥� (VPA) Department of Design explore the genre of board games in 鈥淕ame On!,鈥� an exhibition that will run Sept. 8-22 at the Design Gallery at The Warehouse, first floor, 350 W. Fayette St., 黑料不打烊. The show is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The students worked on the project as part of the course 鈥淧rinciples of Industrial Design II.鈥� They began the assignment by understanding what made an activity interesting to a group of people and worked their way to the creation of compelling objects.
For more information, contact Denise Heckman, associate professor of industrial and interaction design, at daheckma@syr.edu.
