From concept to reality
Our involvement began by assessing the feasibility of the concept and consulting on how visitors should experience the installation. Working closely with the creative team, we designed the complete user journey, ensuring every interaction felt intuitive, responsive and encouraged exploration.
Delightful delivered the project’s UX and interaction design, bespoke electronics, embedded software, sensor integration, lighting behaviour and rapid prototyping before producing the manufacturing-ready electronics.
Building the experience
The installation transformed a wall of whisky casks into a collaborative musical instrument. Each cask responded instantly to touch with synchronised sound and lighting, allowing multiple visitors to create evolving musical performances together.
To bring the experience to life, Delightful Tech collaborated with internationally recognised composer and musician Jon Baker, creating bespoke compositions inspired by Royal Brackla’s three core whisky expressions. By translating flavour notes into music, visitors could experience the character of each whisky through sound as well as taste.
A dedicated configuration application also allowed installers to assign audio, adjust lighting colours, calibrate sensors and commission the installation without modifying firmware, making each deployment quick and flexible.
Supporting international manufacture
Following successful prototyping, Delightful supplied the production electronics to Uboat, the specialist fabrication partner in China, supporting manufacture and ensuring seamless integration into the finished installation.
The result
The Royal Brackla Interactive Cask Wall combined creative technology, bespoke electronics, immersive audio and intuitive interaction to create a memorable multi-sensory brand experience.
The project showcases Delightful Tech’s ability to support experiential installations from concept feasibility and UX consultancy through prototyping, electronics design, embedded software and international manufacturing support.
Services
- Technical consultancy and concept feasibility
- UX and interaction design
- Bespoke electronics and embedded software
- Sensor integration and lighting behaviour
- Rapid prototyping
- Manufacturing-ready electronics
- Installer configuration application
- International manufacture support