a traditional pencil drawing being brought to life with augmented reality
What is a Lit Kit?
Lit Kits are augmented reality edutainment experiences for young creatives 13+. Each Kit brings analog tactility to digital Literacy and the spatial web to STEAM education.
Pairing paper and pixels through the magic of augmented reality, Lit Kits help young people transform passive media consumption into active media creation wherever they live, learn and play. Each Kit includes 2 analogue and one digital activity, a zine and collectibles with digital content guiding makers as they explore technology and create art.
mixed-reality edutainment
Collectable feature artworks from peers, pros and the public domain and take makers on a journey to media experiences past and future.
What we’re up to
Maker-kits currently in development focus on:
The Animated GIF
Artificial Intelligence
Augmented and Virtual Reality
What we're doing differently
unlike all other stem maker-kits on the market, lit kits are…
Immersive Experiences
Explainations
creator tools
instructional guides
art supplies
workshop waste
Who we are
karen darricades, founder
Lit Kit Founder karen darricades is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and independent media producer. Lit Kit’s play-based STEAM activities are based-on 15+ years of media literacy education from her youth-serving non-profit arts organization Never Gallery Ready, winner of the Toronto Arts Foundation’s 2022 Arts for Youth Award. She sits on the Artist Advisory Board of the 3rd largest Augmented Reality platform, Artivive. When she’s not working directly with young people to foster digital literacy and creative play, she’s expanding conversations about the role of media technology as host of the #WeMakeMedia podcast: a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media, and how that goes both ways.
team
Our multidisciplinary team of artists, influencers and creative technologists bring global experience from 3 continents to our product development and a dedication to supporting young people in building the future of media technology, for social good.
Liza Miller
Sales and Logistics
Justin Adam
Miniature massive Design, Creative, Web.
Ken Ogawa
Designer & Illustrator.
Gold bug interactive
App Development.
early adopters...
sign-up to be the first to have access to our kits + receive creative briefs for commissioned works to be featured in releases
Each lit kit features art made by youth selected from the 10,000+ works created with the support of NGR funders, partners and program hosts:
