Concept Design
The STEAMpunk Factory
Unlock Mechanical Wonders through the Power of STEAM
Created for THED 730: Concept Design, this project is a proposed wing for a children’s museum. The steampunk theme appeals to children’s imaginations, offers opportunities for scientific exploration, and is a play on words for STEAM, the educational acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math. For this project, I focused on of balancing kinetic interactive activities (which are more satisfying for children and gives them time away from screens) with digital games (which can easily be updated and reprogrammed, thus encouraging repeat visits and replayability).
To view the full process book—which includes a table of contents, deliverables, quantitative and qualitative research, guest personas, other concept art plus call-outs, early sketches, mood boards, and more—please use the form on the Contact page or email BizHyzy@gmail.com.
Retrostellar Resort
Voyage into Yesterday’s Future
In THED 730: Concept Design, our professor tasked us with making a space-based resort. My group decided to bring the optimism and whimsy of the Atomic Age to the present through Retrostellar Resort, a midcentury-inspired vacation destination featuring helpful robots, a high-tech salon, a vintage diner, and zero-grav cars. I co-wrote the mission statement and was in charge of creating the opportunities page and guest journey map, storyboarding the commute, depicting the programming that took place in the lobby, and designing the salon and beauty bots.
To view the full process book—which includes designs by my collaborators Ella Van Haren and Bella Cooney—please use the form on the contact page or email BizHyzy@gmail.com. We created this project with the belief that in the foreseeable future, artificial gravity and hours-long travel to the moon could be feasible.
Escape from Moria
A Thrilling Middle-Earth Experience
For THED 720, an introductory Theme Entertainment Design course, I was given a building blueprint and asked to fill it with a dark ride and queue. My proposed Lord of the Rings–themed roller coaster takes place during the reign of of Durin VI, the Dwarven King who dug too deeply and greedily for mythril and awakened the balrog. By setting the ride during this era, guests can experience the creatures and places that make the Mines of Moria so iconic to Tolkien fans, such as the Doors of Durin (“speak friend and enter”), mythril mines, goblins, balrog, and Dwarves themselves.
Our classes allow us to use IP for educational purposes. I do not claim to own any rights to the Middle-Earth franchise or Tolkien estate.
To view the full process book—which includes a materials board for each scene, mood boards, storyboards, and more—please use the form on the Contact page or email BizHyzy@gmail.com.
