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As part of the Australian Museum’s redevelopment of the Surviving Australia permanent gallery, Monkeystack was engaged to design and develop an interactive touchscreen experience that explores the evolutionary journey of Australia’s iconic kangaroo.
Located at the centre of the exhibit, the installation pairs a responsive touchscreen with a large display, immersing visitors in a hands-on exploration of prehistoric through to modern Australian environments.
Monkeystack collaborated with event specialists Village Gate and the South Australian Tourism Commission to create large-scale, dynamic multimedia content designed to immerse and inspire international guests at the Australian Tourism Exchange.
As part of the Australian War Memorial’s redevelopment, Monkeystack partnered with the Memorial’s exhibition and curatorial teams to develop an interactive experience for the Afghanistan Gallery. The project focused on communicating a highly specialised military process to a broad public audience in a way that was both engaging and accessible.
Given the complexity of the subject matter and the sensitivity of the stories being told, extensive collaboration with curators and subject matter experts was essential. Through thoughtful UX design and narrative structuring, the experience helps visitors better understand the operational realities of contemporary conflict.
As part of the Australian War Memorial’s major redevelopment, Monkeystack delivered multimedia experiences for the new Middle East Gallery. The project explored complex and sensitive subject matter, requiring a careful balance between historical accuracy, accessibility and engaging visual storytelling with animation and projection.
Working closely with curators and subject matter experts throughout the design and development process, Monkeystack created experiences that help visitors understand both the global impacts of conflict and the personal experiences of those who served.
Monkeystack developed a touchscreen interactive experience for the Australian Space Discovery Centre, located in Adelaide’s technology hub Lot Fourteen, designed to communicate Australia’s extensive and varied role in space.
The interactive’s dual touchscreens allows two users to interact with a digital map of Australia simultaneously, accessing a collection of text, image and video content of various buildings and locations across Australia including launch sites science centres that support the space industry.
Monkeystack was commissioned by the Australian Museum to produce a multi-user interactive table top touchscreen experience for their new permanent gallery, Wansolmoana (One Salt Ocean).
The Australian Museum in Sydney commissioned Monkeystack to produce a touch screen interactive for their permanent Minerals gallery – an exhibition that’s been 2.7 billion years in the making!
IWS (Integrated Waste Services) wanted to reimagine their entry space with an engaging experience that invites school groups, clients and partners to gain a deeper understanding of what really happens to waste beyond the bin.
Monkeystack created media-rich, immersive screen content that transported guests from dawn in Venice Beach to nightfall at the fictitious Manifest Motel, accompanying a beautifully curated multi-course menu from Restaurant Aurora.
An experience designed to ignite all five senses and carry you completely into another world.
Monkeystack were asked to produce a spatial narrative app experience with augmented reality (AR) that brought the work of contemporary First Nations artists to life for Illuminate Adelaide: South Australia’s premier winter event that brings together the best and boldest in art, music, technology and invention from around Australia and the world.
Monkeystack was commissioned to develop a large scale touch screen climate change interactive for the Changing Climate permanent gallery display at the Australian Museum, Sydney.
‘Project Space Botany’ is an educational, gamified app-based experience that Monkeystack produced for the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia as a program supported by the Department for Education.
The Department of State Development South Australia (formally Department for Trade and Investment) engaged Monkeystack to design and develop an engaging interactive experience for expos and trade shows, launched at the World Hydrogen Summit 2024 in Rotterdam.
Monkeystack produced 3D animations to visualise Flinders University’s outstanding discovery of fossilised footprints – the oldest evidence in the world of a reptile-like animal walking around on land.
Winner Silver– Corporate Video at AEAF (Australian Effects & Animation Festival) Awards 2025.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) recently conducted a huge remodelling project for the National Electoral Education Centre (NEEC) educational space in Old Government House, Canberra. Monkeystack was commissioned to produce a 3D interactive game for the space and provide a seamless experience between the physical and digital world.
BAE Systems Australia commissioned Monkeystack to produce a launch video and a suite of mission animations to debut the ‘STRIX’, their new, one of a kind VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) uncrewed air system, at the 2023 Avalon Airshow in Geelong, Australia.
BAE Systems Australia commissioned Monkeystack to produce an interactive experience ‘Cube’ to debut at the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition 2021 in Brisbane, Queensland that represented their structured brand guidelines as a modern, forward-thinking company with cutting-edge innovations.
Monkeystack produced a suite of engaging and educational interactive learning stations and games for the Marine Discovery Centre, the only coastal and marine educational facility for school-aged students and the broader community in South Australia.
Smartraveller wanted to reach travellers with fresh, relatable content that cut through the noise of traditional communication. The challenge was to deliver multiple awareness messages – from following local laws and respecting local cultures, to being aware of methanol poisoning and partying safely – within a 30-second format suitable for global distribution across social, web, broadcast and on-demand platforms.
Monkeystack were asked to join forces with TRUCE Production and The TABOO Group to bring the first animated Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Split Second film to life.
Split Second is a unique competition that gives young Victorian storytellers an opportunity to submit a short film idea that will help raise awareness of road safety issues and change behaviours among young drivers. 2024 had a greater focus on reaching culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, and was the first time that two winning concepts were selected – including the competition’s first ever animation.
Monkeystack produced an ongoing 2D animated series of ‘Know Before You Go’ reels for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s flagship consular brand, Smartraveller, in collaboration with Dentsu Creative PR.
Winner Gold – Web Viral at AEAF (Australian Effects & Animation Festival) Awards 2025.
Winner Bronze – Web Viral at AEAF Awards 2024.
Education Services Australia commissioned us to produce a 2D animated series of educational resources for early years students to build interoception awareness (feeling more connected with your body and your bodily signals) and practice self-regulation activities. We created five ‘Brain Break Bops’ animated music videos, each demonstrating an interoception activity, plus other fun dance moves and memorable song lyrics, for the viewer to follow along and practice as whole class groups, smaller groups or in one-to-one sessions.
