A person at a STORYBOX BeCurious Totem in a public park, with 'Tap to Give' on screen
Tap to Give
Contactless giving

Precincts and partners can utilise the Totem for local fundraising initiatives. Tap to Give supports touch-based interactive displays that say 'Thank you'.

Take it with you
Content downloads

Access to local stories and experiences, including music and podcasts connecting to local place insights, histories and more. Download straight to your phone — no app required.

Sensing places
Customised colour indicator

Unique illuminated colour treatments to signal place identity and experience. Purple places as night time economy destinations.

Made for outdoors
Spotted gum & steel

Options include graffiti-resistant timber and galvanised steel, built for both temporary or permanent installation. Can support First Nations artwork commissions.

Tap the markers to explore the Totem
STORYBOX Places · BeCurious

The STORYBOX Totem

A place-based interactive touchpost for lively precincts, designed to connect precinct owners with communities and journey-makers, celebrating local talent and stories worth sharing.

View specifications → Enquire Taking orders from September 2026
The idea

Connecting to curious wayfinders

The STORYBOX 'BeCurious' Totem is a new product launching in 2026 as part of the award-winning STORYBOX Places program.

Where the STORYBOX Cube promotes event-based digital programs and storytelling activations, the Be.Curious Totem enables precinct owners and place-makers to connect with way-finders and journey makers who want to be on the move.

Each Totem acts as a local listen and learn post featuring stories, podcasts, audio tours and more. Participating partners work with the STORYBOX Team to help curate and showcase connections, people and experiences that make a place not only liveable, but loveable.

The new STORYBOX Totem is designed for both temporary and permanent uses, both indoor and outdoor spaces.

A 'listen and learn' post for curious people and place-lovers everywhere.

Key Features

For Places and Precincts in Transition

Storywalls
Community memory sharing

StoryWalls lets anyone share a story or personal memory about a place in transition. Precincts and place partners can use the tool to curate a living wall of local stories.

Used by Inner West Council
Explore
Self-driven exploration

Supports touchscreen navigation through maps and directories of local habitats and experiences.

In development
Programs
Curated programs

Community and cultural events and experiences, moderated and curated by precincts and partners.

See example
Access
Accessible by design

Features for vision- and hearing-impaired audiences, with location-based audio playback and downloads for audio tours, podcasts and more.

Stories
Listen Up

Bring audio into the mix: curated voices, oral histories and music unique to local places and communities.

Insights
Embedded insights

People-counters and IoT sensors support measurable reach and activity monitoring for local precincts.

Tap to Give
Contactless giving

Supports fundraising by precinct partners, galleries and museums. Designed for fundraising events, activations and indoor gallery and museum spaces.

Serviced by STORYBOX
Not set and forget

The STORYBOX team support partners with ongoing digital curation and support, meaning Totems remain actively maintained during live installation periods.

STORYBOX Places

Explore the STORYBOX Kit

The Totem is one part of the STORYBOX family of place-based storytelling products.

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See the full specifications

Dimensions, displays, power, connectivity & how to access.

Specifications →