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showcase
connecti
Making the
on
THE MUSEUM relies on the use of audio-
The London Transport
Multiple monitors show transport activity
visual and interactive techniques to
Museum, in Covent
in each city. Here, the interesting point is
enhance and interpret its exhibits and
Garden, re-opened last
the way in which the footage was obtained,
artefacts, with Electrosonic acting as AV says Electrosonic’s Robert Simpson.
systems integrator for the project.
November after a two-year
“While the image collage was edited and
New content for major exhibits was
and £22m programme of
assembled by ISO Design, the raw images
produced by ISO Design but a significant refurbishment and were provided by no less than 180
proportion of the content was produced in
extension. bfl examines
contributors who live in the featured cities.
house, either as new material or drawing
how exhibits have been
A request was put out on Facebook for
on archives. Much use is made of audio to
repackaged.
people to record their city journeys, and
animate otherwise static or mute exhibits the result is a lively and stimulating exhibit.”
with specially commissioned soundtracks.
Whilst the principal exhibit designer was Heartbeat
Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Conran Another exhibit in the City Wall area is
Design Group devised the entrance feature ‘Heartbeat’. Here the daily traffic patterns
‘World City Wall’. This exhibit
a request was put out on
of the cities are projected in
compares transport in London with dynamic graphic form, with the
that in five other major cities, New Facebook for people to whole images being “pulsed” to the
York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi and
record their city journeys
rhythm of the human heart.
Paris. It shows how world cities are The Design for Travel Gallery is
sustaining growth and vitality through inno- based on London Transport’s emphasis
vative transport solutions. on good design. From the roundel logo
22 building forleisure November 2008
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