The Future Scriptorium
Guests answer a few questions and receive a shaped project idea with visuals. Their vision is then written live into a physical book by a plotter — a lasting record of 2032.
A client wanted a memorable experience for a live event: guests fill out a short questionnaire about their project ideas, and the system turns their answers into a shaped concept with visuals. All ideas go into a shared library so people can explore what others created. The real highlight was a plotter that wrote each vision into a physical book with a pen — right in front of the guest — to keep as a five-year vision of 2032.
We built the complete system from the guest experience to the physical plotter and stayed on-site to support the team.
The Real Challenges
A few practical requirements shaped the project:
- Simple guest experience. Attendees needed an easy web app on their phones or devices to answer questions, see their generated idea and images, and browse the full library of other projects.
- Live physical output. A plotter had to write each finished vision into a real book with a pen while the guest watched.
- Mixed language text. Ideas combined Arabic and English. The plotter needed clean instructions that handled both right-to-left and left-to-right text without errors.
- Reliable single-line writing. The machine works best with single-line fonts. Ready-made single-line Arabic fonts were hard to find, so we needed a way to convert regular fonts into a format the plotter could use smoothly.
- Full control for the team. Operators needed a clear interface to manage the print queue, run test prints, and take manual control if anything needed adjustment.
Solution Architecture Diagram
How We Built It
1. Guest web app
We created a straightforward web experience where attendees answered a questionnaire, received a shaped project idea with visuals, and could explore the growing library of other people’s visions.
2. Smart generation backend
The system processed answers and generated ideas and images in real time. Everything was stored securely so the library stayed up to date throughout the event.
3. Operator control panel
A separate web interface let the team manage the plotter queue, send test prints, and issue basic commands. This gave them full control if automatic flow needed a quick adjustment.
4. Custom plotter connection
We built a dedicated solution running on a Raspberry Pi that received commands and turned them into precise drawing instructions for the plotter. Special care went into handling mixed Arabic and English text so every page wrote cleanly. We also created a process that converted regular fonts into single-line versions the machine could use reliably.
On-Site Support
Our team stayed available throughout the entire setup and event period. We helped with configuration and made any needed adjustments right away so everything ran smoothly from the first guest to the last.
The Result
We delivered a complete interactive experience that turned personal ideas into generated concepts and physical books written live in front of guests — combining digital creativity with a memorable tangible moment.
Have a similar idea that mixes digital interaction with physical output for an event? Let’s talk about how we can build it together.
