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Who Killed Mr. Stripe?

Yunzi Liu

A fictional crime scene has been staged in the gallery space, inviting visitors to solve the mystery. The project adopts concepts of multisensory design, game design, narrative theory, and interaction to create an immersive atmosphere. It expands typical gallery experience and engages the intuitive nature of interaction.


Overview for Grad Show 2

Overview for Grad Show 2

The whole space is rotated by 90 degree to give the viewers a bird’s eye view and is designed in two colors to eliminate distractions.

Instruction to the project

Instruction to the project

Mr. Stripe was killed in his office. Three suspects are listed. Who killed Mr. Stripe?

Evidence hidden in the cabinets

Evidence hidden in the cabinets

Evidence is hidden in Mr. Stripe’s office. In those cabinets, there are books and boxes. The viewers can investigate through the whole space.

Evidence hidden in trash bin

Evidence hidden in trash bin

People can push aside the paper scraps and beer cans to search the evidence.

Front view of the cabinets

Front view of the cabinets

Evidence cards are hidden in one of the fake books, beneath the wedding ring, and on the first page of the calendar.

Hints related to the murder motives

Hints related to the murder motives

Money in the wood box indicates that Mr. Checkerboard owes Mr. Stripe a huge amount of money.

Evidence hidden in the photo frame

Evidence hidden in the photo frame

Follow the instruction. If you wanted to know Miss Dot’s story, start with the photo frame.

Tear-off evidence cards

Tear-off evidence cards

Evidence cards are binded as tear-off sheets so that people who do not have enough time can bring the cards back and solve the case at home.

Evidence hidden under the rug

Evidence hidden under the rug

People can lift the rug and get the card.

 Model

Model

Scale: 15:1

Evidence cards for Mr. Checkerboard

Evidence cards for Mr. Checkerboard

1. Mr. Checkerboard owes Mr. Stripe 1 million dollars DUE DATE: MARCH 25, 2020

2. Mr. Checkerboard announced bankruptcy DATE: MARCH 19, 2020

3. Mr. Checkerboard will be sued for his debt DATE: MARCH 26, 2020

Evidence cards for Miss Dot

Evidence cards for Miss Dot

1. Mr. Dot was killed in a car accident DATE: MARCH 23, 2015

2. Mr. Stripe repaired his car after an accident DATE: MARCH 24, 2015

3. Mr. Stripe drove drunk after a party DATE: MARCH 23, 2015

Evidence cards for Miss Stripe

Evidence cards for Miss Stripe

1. Mr. Stripe and Miss Dot will get married DATE: MARCH. 25, 2020

2. Mr. Stripe will leave all of his assets to Miss Dot EFFECTIVE DATE: MARCH 25, 2020

3. Miss Stripe and Mr. Stripe have no kinship TEST REPORT DATE: MARCH 18, 2020

People searching for evidence

People searching for evidence

People searching for evidence

People searching for evidence

People searching for evidence

People searching for evidence

Thesis talk

Thesis talk

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