Exploring heritage sites in 3D

Posted by Becky Horsfall in 3d, Blog Posts, Design Media, Digital, Heritage, Interactive on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am | No Comments

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 3D, transforming Apple’s basic Google Maps into something much more powerful, fun and engaging. If these reports are true then what does this mean for Google and how can heritage sites use this technology to engage a wider audience? Google Street View, Historic Centre of...

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ALFA the Alien Rides Again!

Posted by Liz in Blog Posts, Design, Design Media, Digital, Interactive on Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 1:41 pm | No Comments

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 have developed for primary schoool children in Somerset.   Travelling with ALFA they’ll learn about coastal history and marine environments as well as important subjects such as the impact of sea level rises, coastal management...

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Meet alien ALFA!

Posted by David Revell in Blog Posts, Design, Design Media, Digital, Interactive on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 4:09 pm | No Comments

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 created a series of game ideas that feature an alien character called ALFA. This friendly alien traveller has crash-landed in Somerset. During the crash bits of his spaceship have fallen off. The...

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New Imagemakers Website..

Posted by The Imagemakers Team in Blog Posts, Branding, Design, Design Media, Digital, Interpretation, Social Media on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at 1:51 pm | No Comments
New Imagemakers Website..

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 managed and  fully integrated social media focussed websites to our clients. Not only this, but the sheer power ‘under the bonnet’ means we have a fully web 2.0 compatible site that can be updated and managed by anyone with simple word processing skills...

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All the right notes: Part Three

Posted by Matthew Jones in Blog Posts, Design, Design Media, Interpretation on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 5:23 pm | No Comments
All the right notes: Part Three

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, audio trail, visitor centre touchscreen interactive) to communicate the same message. Hierarchy – this refers to the arrangement of information in a logical and intuitive manner. On a panel, for example, there should be a single, relevant...

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