House of Wisdom
Envisioning the library of tomorrow
How do you usher a traditional library into the 21st century?
To celebrate the Emirate of Sharjah’s designation as a UNESCO World Book Capital, we joined forces with Injazat, Alkemy and Foster + Partners to create the House of Wisdom, imbuing spaces with an integrated digital experience across countless touchpoints.
From robotics to facial recognition, interactive stations and totems, and a “book espresso machine” to print and bind books on demand, every facet of the physical realm was brought to life through a complete digital experience enclosed in a powerful app.
House of Wisdom reinterprets the classic library, expanding it to a place for meeting, learning and growing. To do so, it was essential to bring together the design of physical spaces and phygital touchpoints.
Sigurdur Thorsteinsson
Partner
360° design for an integrated experience
About the project
Client
Shurooq, the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority
Year
2020
Expertise
- Customer Experience
- Design Thinking capability development
- Destinations and hospitality
- Digital ecosystems
- Digital product design
- Experience design
- Integrated projects
- New service prototyping and development
- Omnichannel customer journey design
- Service design
- Service innovation
- Space design
- UX and UI for digital touchpoints
Industry