These are some albums of pictures I have taken.
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Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre
Date: March 2009
Design Company: 3D8
Client: Scottish PowerFour different items were installed at the newly refurbished visitor centre at the Cruachan pumped storage power station on the banks of Loch Awe.
1. Reception Desk Clocks:
Large green LED clocks were installed behind the reception desk at the visitor centre. One clock tells the time and the other the time of the next tour. The next tour time is updated automatically or may be set manually if required.
Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre
Date: March 2009
Design Company: 3D8
Client: Scottish Power2. How Cruachan Works:
The visitor presses one of two buttons and LEDs mounted behind a graphic panel flash in sequence to show how the power station works in each of its two operating modes, either pumping or generating.
Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre
Date: March 2009
Design Company: 3D8
Client: Scottish Power3. Responding to your Demand:
This interactive allows visitors to explore what the Cruachan Power station does at different times of day. A large handle may be turned to point to different times of day. At various key times separate lightboxes illuminate giving specific information. Additionally a large analogue meter moves to indicate the... (see next image)
Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre
Date: March 2009
Design Company: 3D8
Client: Scottish Power4. Interactive Room Set:
A room set contains 5 different domestic appliances and a large electricity 'meter'. Visitors can switch each appliance on and off and see how much it costs to run on the wall-mounted electricity meter. The applicances consist of cartoon style graphic lightboxes which illuminate when the appliance is 'on' or, in the case of the washing machine, spin around.
Jive in the Hive
Date: February 2009
Design Company: Blue the design company ltd
Client: Alnwick CastleA wooden plinth holds two versions of the classic 'steady hand game' in which a wire loop must be passed along a twisting wire without touching it. In this application the twisting wires represent the 'dances' that bees do in order to tell other members of their hive where flowers may be found.
Jive in the Hive
Date: February 2009
Design Company: Blue the design company ltd
Client: Alnwick CastleA wooden plinth holds two versions of the classic 'steady hand game' in which a wire loop must be passed along a twisting wire without touching it. In this application the twisting wires represent the 'dances' that bees do in order to tell other members of their hive where flowers may be found.
IrnBru Vox-Pop Interactive
Date: August 2008
Design Company: Studio SP
Client: AG BarrMembers of the public were recorded and photographed discussing their views on IrnBru. This interactive contains images of 16 people each mounted on a light-box. When the visitor presses the large illuminated switch the 16 lightboxes flash on and off in a random sequence landing on one face which remains illuminated. The unit then plays the comments made by that person through a ceiling mounted loudspeaker.
Magic Rose
Date: December 2008
In collaboration with: Rachel George
Client: Glasgow Academy of Music Theatre Arts (GAMTA)A specialist prop designed and built for a production of Beauty and the Beast at the SECC, Glasgow. The eight petals on the rose are held in place by miniature electromagnets and can be released in turn using a handheld wireless remote control. Powered by batteries hidden in the stand. This product was developed with Rachel George (www.rachelgeorge.co.uk). A video of the rose in operation may be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj5d7B_Wqvc
Morse Code and Foghorn Interactive
Date: March 2008
Design Company: Campbell and Co
Client: North Ronaldsay TrustTwo interactives were developed for a museum in the North Ronaldsay Lighthouse located on the most northerly of the Orkney Islands.
1. Morse Code Interactive
Visitors have the opportunity to try sending messages in morse code using a real morse code key. As characters are tapped out they are displayed on the adjacent large red LED which scrolls as more characters are keyed.
2. Foghorn
A simple interactive allowing the visitor to press a large red button and hear the sound of a foghorn (extremely loudly!)
Flow Prover Model
Date: March 2009
In collaboration with: AG Modelmakers, Nottingham
Client: HoneywellAlan Graham Modelmakers in Nottingham (www.agmodelmakers.co.uk) manufactured a model of a flow prover, an industrial device for accurately measuring flow rates, for the device's manufacturer Honeywell. Eagle Designs designed and manufactured an electronic controller to make the model operate as required.
Greenock Cut Visitor Centre
Date: January 2009
In collaboration with: Guy Bishop
Design Company: Ross AssociatesA relief map of the area surrounding the visitor centre mounted in a glass-fronted case. Visitors may press one of the 6 illuminated buttons at the bottom of the case in order to locate features of interest which are then indicated by coloured LEDs.
Selkirk Collection Box
Date: February 2007
In collaboration with: Guy Bishop
Design Company: Ross AssociatesAn interactive collection box for the Halliwell's House Museum in Selkirk, Scotland. When a coin is put into the box the 'horses' start to gallop and LEDs illuminate in sequence on the map behind the horses to indicate the path of the famous 'Selkirk Common Riding'. The collection box was designed and manufactured by Guy Bishop (www.guybishop.com). Eagle Designs designed and manufactured the electronic controller required to make the box operate.
A video of the collection box in operation may be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SIInYBEaJE