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All systems go at Grange Court

A great article here about Grange Court, Leominster, where we’re working with Leominster Development Trust and Herefordshire County Council to interpret the site. http://www.museumsandheritage.com/advisor/news/item/2818?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Advisor+newsletter+2&utm_content=Advisor+newsletter+2+CID_457afe55b11fc74c15af261706de2cb4&utm_source=Email%20Campaigns&utm_term=Read%20more%20on%20Advisor  

Wetlands developments in China

Wetland sites around the world are hugely important areas from an ecological point of view but they also provide opportunities for visitors to enjoys the great outdoors and make connections with nature. Like many around the world, the Chinese government may have made some errors several years ago by managing water levels at some wetland [...]

Getting 'Appy in Ranger Magazine

The latest Ranger Magazine, the magazine of the Countryside Management Association, features my top five tips on how to approach building a smartphone app for your organisation. Download a PDF of the article by clicking here (1.1Mb)

Simple low tech interactives = learning fun

Many-a-client asks for something different in their project briefs – we want bespoke, nothing off-the-shelf please. Quite understandable. They want visits to their experiences to be memorable, not only for the things people learn, but also the means by which they learn. Whilst the project we have recently completed at Sutton Bank, for North York [...]

Copper Kingdom

                I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. Suffice it to say that I recently attended the official opening of the Copper Kingdom Centre at Porth Amlwch in Anglesey. Having worked very closely with the client team to develop the interpretive content, I feel I could [...]

Tonghua Science and Technology Museum

My last visit to China, despite being cut short after picking up a tummy bug, has, it transpires, being a real success for us. I played a small part in the Imagemakers’ effort – there was the usual contribution of creative thinking from Jane and Rev and we couldn’t do this without Emily in our [...]

Hugh Dennis unveils Yorkshire's best view

This is a lovely video from the Yorkshire Post about the opening of the Lime & Ice exhibition we created at the Sutton Bank National Park Centre. We worked with the team at the North York Moors National Park Authority to create the Lime & Ice concept, the interactives and the artwork for this amazing [...]

Up close and personal with the Ivory Bangle Lady

Both Stephany and I went up to York to plan out the nitty-gritty for the new project and came face-to-face with the Ivory Bangle Lady – quite literally. Whilst this is nothing unusual for Stephany, who really shows such affection for the remains she studies, I was a little more perturbed by being so close [...]

Imagemakers shortlisted for Heritage Sandbox project

I’m delighted to announce Imagemakers have been invited to pitch for the REACT Heritage Sandbox project. We’ve partnered up with two academics from the Department of Archaeology at Exeter University and will be heading to Watershed in Bristol on 2nd March to present our ideas. The competition has been tough, five universities from the South West submitted a number [...]

Cadw appoints Imagemakers to develop i-explore apps for major heritage sites

We’re excited to announce that Cadw (the official guardian of the built heritage of Wales) has appointed us to develop a suite of apps for some of their major heritage landmarks. The first is for Conwy Castle and Town Walls in North Wales, a magnificent fortress built by Edward I.  Visitors will download the app [...]

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