Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden

The exhibition was designed by Onne Brouwer from Designwolf. He has devised a number of subtle but very illuminating effects for the exhibition that Hypsos has developed in close collaboration with Onne. These are a number of subtle effects that give the exhibition a special touch:

1. The display case containing bone fragments and the human model. The femur and skull canopy are displayed in a black frame, which makes them seem to hang in the air. A mirror foil on the center wall of the showcase “projects” the image of the model over the bone fragments, which are suddenly visible at the place where they belong. You could speak of an analogous form of Augmented Reality.
2. In the last area there is a lifelike primal woman whose bone fragments have been found. This reconstruction was made by the Dutch artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis. From the ground a number of floodlights are aimed at the rear wall, so that the visitors not only see the shadow of the primeval woman, but also their own. Now they are part of the story about human development.