Users can learn about the history of Himalayan balsam's introduction to Europe and its impact in Germany through large posters. A full-scale display highlights the plant's physical properties and what makes it invasive. Furthermore, postcards offer visitors a memorable takeaway, reminding them of the plant's danger beyond the exhibition.

An interactive game, developed with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, simulates the exponential spread of Himalayan balsam. Users control the number of plants and years via a rotary knob, visualizing growth in an area of 120 square meters. Once the field is overtaken, session data is collected and added to a cumulative total, representing the overall affected area by all visitors. This highlighted the devastating environmental damage of planting Himalayan balsam, during the end of semester exhibition at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd.

The contents of the exhibition are spanned across an untreated stainless steel tube structure, which strongly contrasts the balsam through color, materiality, and form. The layout allows for a variety of information displays that can be explored from different angles and provides the possibility to project the simulation onto the table.

From life-sized paper prototypes to the final product, every step ensured a cohesive solution. Using projections helped us refine content proportions and typography, while traditional methods, like pressing balsam for integration into the design, added depth. Our iterative process explored various visual directions and information displays, with the goal of creating an engaging visitor experience.