HOW Magazine's blog features Chicago Botanic Garden project

Interactive Education

15 letters, a Chicago-based interactive design company developed eight interactive, educational touch-screen kiosks that will enable Chicago Botanic Garden visitors to get a hands on experience in understanding the essential role plants play in every day life and the critical role garden scientists are playing to preserve and better manage natural plant communities.

Each kiosk is designed within a workbench and includes a touch-screen, speakers and other interactive elements that support the scientific concepts covered within each bench. The kiosks eature unique, participatory games, videos and simulations for users to play with and learn from. Each is physically located in front of a glass wall that separates the laboratory from a visitors' gallery and each kiosk focuses on teaching a specific educational concept through the use of a participatory simulations.