Launch Pad is the most visited gallery in the Science Museum and offers a real hands-on way to experience a variety of mechanical and scientific activities. Children can play with a two way mirror, check out electrical currents, spin on a platform to experience centrifugal force, walk along a suspension bridge, pump water into a high level cistern, move grain around a circuit with cogs, wheels and pulleys and project their voice across the gallery with giant sound dishes.
Sunday, 28 March 2010
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Mechanical interactive,
Museum
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The gallery was created to update the story of space exploration including the latest technical development in long distance space probes. A circular imprint in the floor traces out the diameter of an Apollo rocket with an actual propulsion unit displayed nearby. Large space vehicles previously held in storage were put on display for the first time, suspended from the upper floor slab in a setting which was designed to represent a space highway. A new interactive mission control centre with roll playing activities such as ‘launch a rocket’ were formed in the centre of the gallery.
We were the lead consultants and designed the layout, display structures, interiors, display cases and the outward appearance of the interactive exhibits.
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Digital interactive,
Display,
Interior design,
Mechanical interactive,
Museum
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As part of the refurbishment programme for the London Transport Museum, Minale Tattersfield was asked to design a new identity and signage. The idea was to create an identity that would evoke the classic London Transport identity and commemorate the relationship between a great urban transport system and the people using it – past, present and future.
The symbol that we designed showed three different ages of London Transport travel. From a top hatted Victorian gentleman to a modern passenger, speed is communicated through movement lines which increase through the ages. We also designed a suite of literature and produced a guidelines manual to ensure the identity was applied correctly and consistently throughout.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Branding,
Information graphics,
Signage,
Visual identity,
Wayfinding
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Having heard of the success of our interior design at The Square, Corney & Barrow commissioned us to design several of their wine bars. They wanted a fresh, contemporary, stylish and elegant look and a departure from the designs of their other outlets.
Altogether we have designed seven wine bars and although they are part of a chain we have been able to give each one a unique look and character, using natural materials and warm tones of colour to create a relaxed and mellow atmosphere.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
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Interior design,
Wine bar
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The Square was opened in London in 1991 by owner and chef, Phillip Howard and since then it has been rated consistently as one of the top restaurants in London.
We designed the interior, comprising bar, restaurant and private dining room, to be elegantly refined rather than overstated, in order to provide a relaxed and comfortable dining experience.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
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Interior design
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Eureka! Is the award winning museum and charity based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Everything in the museum has been designed to inspire children to find out about themselves and the world around them through hundreds of hands-on exhibits.
We designed a world for children where they could take on adult roles whilst learning about science, society, commerce and work. The gallery is a small working town with a house, shop, post office, bank, factory and garage all set around a town square complete with fountain and excavations exposing an area below ground level. The house has been de-constructed to expose its construction and all tits services such as water supply and drainage. It also contains a working kitchen for cooking activities. Children can dress up and work in the shop, factory or bank, service a model car, deliver the post or explore the structures and buildings, both above and below ground.
Monday, 15 February 2010
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Exhibition,
Mechanical interactive,
Museum
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The interior was designed to be a show place in which this prestigious development could be marketed and secondly to be an office for the sales staff and project management team.
The development is on the waterfront in Portsmouth and the marketing suite was designed to highlight the panoramic views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The visitor entered into the marketing suite via a long corridor which enhanced the vistas and views of the surrounding seascape.
The leather panelled walls were curved to represent the shape of waves and also echoed the organic shape of the building. A monitor showing CGI’s of the development was set within a glass clad column. A model of the development floated on a circular, internally illuminated plinth.
Other areas we designed included private offices, meeting rooms, kitchen and toilets.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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Interior design,
Office space
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Launch Pad is the most visited gallery in the Science Museum and offers a real hands-on way to experience a variety of mechanical and scientific activities. Children can play with a two way mirror, check out electrical currents, spin on a platform to experience centrifugal force, walk along a suspension bridge, pump water into a high level cistern, move grain around a circuit with cogs, wheels and pulleys and project their voice across the gallery with giant sound dishes.
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