Numbers in Nature demonstrates how nature has an inherent structure that can be expressed through numeric and geometric patterns. These mathematical tools help us understand and appreciate the world around us. Ravenswood Studio fabricated two sets of this award-winning, interactive, and fully-immersive exhibit for the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.

The exhibit’s centerpiece is an 1,800 sq. ft. interactive mirror maze. In order to make this experience shatter proof with thousands of students running through it daily, we used prison-grade mirrors to prevent breakage. A highly technical lighting system was also developed, and embedded into the floor to help create this unique illusion of a “hall of mirrors.”

In the maze a series of hidden “easter eggs” deliver additional content and serve as dead ends. When visitors approach the two-way glass an infrared sensor is triggered, revealing hidden graphics, digital games, and math-based artifacts.

In addition to the interactives in the maze, more interactives can be found in the areas before and after. The “Vitruvian Mirror,” a Kinect-powered camera and video screen measures the visitor’s height and wingspan, letting them know if their body conforms to the Golden Ratio. The exhibit also uses digital creation stations to explore mathematical patterns through art, architecture, and music composition, culminating in a biological look at symmetry and fractals.