So Fun Studio is an interaction design

collaborative that creates joyful and

distinctive public art.
 WHO WE ARE

John Paul Erin

Costello Guido
inventive design friendly, colorful
and technical graphics and
precision illustration
John Paul
Costello
personal art and
design
Erin Guido
personal art and
design
Together, we use art and design to
bring wonder and imagination to
everyday life.
We create collective experiences in public spaces; our projects spark conversation
amongst strangers and friends and ignite in people a sense of optimism. We
incorporate kinetic design to invite participants to touch, feel, build, and move. We aim
to stimulate light-hearted but meaningful engagement and encourage young and old
to value their own creativity.
PLEASE TOUCH
at the Akron Art Museum
Please Touch shakes off all of the
traditional museum-goer behavior
and asks visitors to use their
sense of touch to experience the
exhibition.

As part of the show, we designed

and fabricated four unique art
installations. As a rebellion against
the continual shift toward digital
and screen-based interaction, we
created artworks that invite young
and old to use their motor-skills
and physically change the pieces.
The collection of colorful large-
scale works invites visitors to turn,
move, build, and play using shapes
or words.

Also participating in the exhibition:

Jordan Elise and Christopher Lees
of Horrible Adorables and Jay
Croft founder of Street Canoe.

Photos by Brittany Graham and

posted to social media by museum
goers.
in progress
piece by piece
TODAY I FEEL

Literally and figuratively this

free standing installation is the
centerpiece of the show. Its wheels
spin freely from one another and
give users complete freedom to
display their "feelings". Oddly
enough, the spinning skewers
used to cook gyro meat inspired
this piece! The sculpture is roughly
6'x6'x6' and is made of 15 wheels,
each with 30 sections of hand-
painted alphabet and punctuation.
Plywood, Steel, Acrylic
SHAPES AND PEGS

This make your own mural is a

5'x10' pegboard that invites users to
add, subtract, and arrange colorful
shapes to create their own art. The
shapes range in size from 13" to 4"
across.
Plywood, MDF, Acrylic
IT'S GOING TO BE

This spinning artwork is a 5'x5'x12"

hanging box that houses cylinders
linked by bicycle chain. By turning
colorful knobs on the sides of the
box, users can create different
combinations of sentences such as
"It's going to be the most fun ever
because we are together!" or "It's
going to be a little scary but only for
a little bit". The two text cylinders
with 5 sides of hand-painted text are
each connected to the top cylinders
of painted patterns that rotate
continuously as the sentences are
changed.
Plywood, Steel, Acrylic
MELPOMENE AND THALIA

Inspired by a Czechoslovakian
pop up book, this face blinks and
wiggles its nose when users move
the bottom handle from side to side.
The mouth also spins to change the
emotion of the character. 5'x5'x5"
Plywood, Acrylic
installation views
John Paul Costello and Erin Guido
sofunstudio@gmail.com
@sofunstudio