A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith from Changeist were the inaugural SA Water Futurists-in-Residence at MOD. during November 2023. Scott Smith is the Founder and Managing Partner, a futures research and consulting partnership established in the US in 2007. Susan Cox-Smith is a Partner and Director: Experience and has over twenty years of experience as a […]
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Applications are now closed We’re looking for people to join a MOD. Youth Board. It’s a program for young people who are interested in testing, prototyping, and co-designing concepts, exhibitions, events, and experiences. Who you are: You are between 15 and 25 years of age You may be a student at UniSA, but you don’t […]
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Nature is important Life is wonderful, nature is life, nature is important. Nature is important, that’s something that most of us agree on. But housing, infrastructure, agriculture, animals, re-creation and wellbeing are important too. How do we share nature to satisfy the needs and desires of people, whilst nurturing plants, animals, earth and skies? MOD.’s […]
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Our Youth Board is now in its second year and we’d like to share the experiences from our members. This group of eight young people have different interests, some are at school, some at uni, and some are working. All of them are excited about science, art, and helping to create experiences for young people […]
Read moreWe set a schools design challenge this year to think about how over the next 50 years our bodies might break out of the limits of life on earth to explore new environments in space, or in virtual environments, and the types of challenges this brings. Or how we overcome limits imposed by changing climates […]
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It is common to have an existential crisis when looking up at space. But what about when you look down? We mean deep down, into the depths of the ocean. There’s a whole world down there that we don’t understand, waiting to be discovered. In our latest Q series, we explored these questions through conversation, […]
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On Saturday 14 October, while Australia was voting to reject recognition and voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples in the constitution, MOD. invited people to a field trip down to Yundi Nature Conservancy. Eight willing guests came along as part of programming for the Nature Festival and together we went on a guided […]
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With emerging technology becoming a large part of our everyday lives, our capabilities are more enhanced. Where do we draw the line? What do we feel comfortable with? September’s Ethos event considered the ethics of augmenting humans, including questions about using external technologies – like our phones – to enhance ourselves more broadly. Ethos aims […]
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As you might have seen, for the last few months we have been encouraging our visitors to ask questions about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum. Our temporary exhibition in our Open Lab has engaged thousands of visitors, but we wanted to know how helpful we have been. What did people learn? Had we actually […]
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Over the last few months, we’ve been displaying a temporary exhibit encouraging visitors to ask questions about the upcoming referendum for the First Nations Voice to Parliament. As a museum focused on engaging 15-25 year olds, we wanted to create a space for caring inquiry. We wanted a place where our young visitors – who […]
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