Molly Lenore celebrates her company’s 20th anniversary and discusses the ingenuity she brings to experiential projects.
A young person walks into New York Hall of Science’s “Connected Worlds” exhibit and, with the wave of a hand, directs the flow of water to their newly created environment. Another gesture plants seeds or transforms the sky into bilious clouds, bringing a sense of wonder and joy to the child.
The 2,300-square-foot virtual world is one of Molly Lenore’s most groundbreaking accomplishments. Lenore’s internationally renowned design and technology studio Moey, in collaboration with Design I/O, helped bring to life one of the most responsive environments ever created for a museum.
In an age of ever-changing technology, Lenore is at the forefront of making complex ideas tangible. The exhibit’s 38-foot digital waterfall, 20 projectors, and a field of gesture sensors help visitors of all ages better understand the fragility and interconnectedness of our natural ecosystem.
That work continues to this day. Lenore collaborates with museums and cultural institutions to create public spaces like Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Brooklyn, New York, where Moey integrated QR codes into the park’s redesign to connect visitors to the historical contributions of the Stonewall Riots rebel through a quick scan and tap on their smartphone. […]
Click here to read the full piece. This story was originally published by LGBTQ Nation on November 14, 2023.
