With the recent launch of the iPhone 4S and reports that Apple have bought 3D mapping company, C3 Technologies, it is thought that the future of iOS Maps are likely to include a third-dimension. Now for the non-technical heads out there this means in the future maps on iPhone handsets are likely to be in [...]

ALFA the Alien first came to these shores as part of an e-game to help school children in Somerset learn about their countryside. After rebuilding his spaceship, we’re pleased to announce that ALFA has returned to explore the Somerset coastline. Funded by the Somerset Coastal Pathfinder project, this is the second web based e-game we [...]

Working closely with the Somerset Council Tourism Delivery Team, we’ve been developing a web based game to help primary school children in Somerset explore the rich history and environmental diversity of their county and provide KS1 and KS2 curriculum support. After some exciting creative workshop sessions with children from primary schools across the county, we’ve [...]

Well, its taken just  a few short weeks to completely re-work the way our website was built. Why did we do it? Well, this has enabled us to use a ground breaking, open-ended system that gives us unprecedented control from a content management system and sparks a new way for us to deliver stunning, easily [...]

What’s in the design? Aside from the practicalities of colour contrast, font types and sizes and physical parameters such as reach ranges, cones of vision etc. your visitor communication will stand or fall on the basis of how well you consider the following: Layering – for example, using a range of different media (e.g. panels, [...]

Hello! I’m Gavin. I’m normally the quiet one of the Imagemakers team but this week I’ve been asked to do the blog. This is something that I’m not very familiar with so this is a first for me. What can I say about Google SketchUp? Well, It’s a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful design tool used [...]