Britain’s Heritage Heroes, 6th Feb, BBC2

Posted by Liz in Uncategorized on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 11:19 am | No Comments

Our job here at Imagemakers is to help clients tell stories about the heritage sites they care for, to inspire the public and ensure these places are preserved for future generations.  It’s fair to say we are passionate about heritage!  But we are constantly amazed at the levels of commitment, hard graft and creativity applied by the teams we work with. Often they are striving to achieve big things despite a small team and limited budget – or even volunteering their efforts.  So the fantastic new TV series, ”Britain’s Heritage Heroes’,...

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Tianshui Forest Information Centre and Trail, Gansu, China

Posted by Liz in Blog Posts, Design, Exhibition Design, Interpretation, Uncategorized on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 3:31 pm | No Comments

We are thrilled to announce that together with our partners ANDA, we have been appointed to design a new Forest Information Centre in China.  The centre willl educate children aged 6-16 years about the importance of forests in the ecosystem.  It is thought to be one of the first environmental education centres in China and a landmark project.  It is situated in Tianshui, a large city in Gansu, a province in North West China. Like many new projects in China, it is on a huge scale. The site and buildings are being developed from scratch, including...

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5 stars for Bugs Count App

Posted by Liz in Apps, Blog Posts, Uncategorized on Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 2:59 pm | No Comments

Our Bugs Count app for the Natural History Museum is getting great reviews on the Apple store: 12 Sep – 5 stars:  Really interesting and easy to use 5 Sep – 5 stars:  Very good app. At last I can find out what all these critters are 28 Sep – 5 stars:  Beautiful images and very well laid out app. Very informative. Worldwide versions please!! 3rd Oct – 5 stars: ...

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Hop, skip and a jump

Posted by Matthew Jones in Uncategorized on Monday, July 18th, 2011 at 12:01 pm | No Comments

How do you explain to kids the threats posed to wild animals by habitat destruction? The answer, obviously, is to make a playground game of it! Working closely with the client team at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, we designed a snakes-and-ladders-style game in which kids play the part of animals trying to move along habitat corridors from one fragment of habitat to another. Local company Premier Signs Ltd turned the vision into reality by painting a 2m x 2m gameboard on the tarmac, and producing an accompanying instructional ‘A board’ with a...

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Lime and Ice Exhibition

Posted by Matthew Jones in Uncategorized on Monday, July 18th, 2011 at 9:00 am | No Comments

Fancy some lime & ice? Then look no further than Sutton Bank in the North York Moors National Park. Soon you’ll be able to visit the new ‘Lime & Ice’ visitor centre exhibition. Clearly the ‘lime’ and ‘ice’ references don’t relate to a refreshing beverage - though no doubt you will be able to buy one in the cafe. In fact it points to the powerful geological and geomorphological forces that created the iconic Sutton Bank escarpment. The lime refers to the limestone rock that forms its heart; the ice refers to...

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