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Syx Automations strikes deal with Amersfoort Zoo to become a new ReCreatex user
Amersfoort Zoo was founded in 1948 by two former schoolmates, Piet Knoester and Wim Tertoolen. Now, 68 years later the park is still a family business and the CEO Mr Fred Vis, the grandson of founder Wim Tertoolen, now runs… Read more
‘A world of feathers’ a visual spectacle
The exhibition’s topic, feathers, offers a myriad of stories about a wide variety of applications and meanings. Together with the museum’s curators, Kossmann.dejong has opted for a thematic approach to the different exhibition spaces. This allows for a multi-layered narrative,… Read more
Crown Fine Art works with Christie’s to bring auction clients to new ‘bought and delivered’ price before they bid
The innovative system, which accurately estimates shipping costs, allows lots to be accurately priced pre-sale and then efficiently and securely transported post-sale. Moreover, if successful with a bid, buyers can subsequently pay online for the complete package, including… Read more
Going loco for location-aware apps in the railway town of Wolverton
“Imagine a geometric pattern of raw, red brick, made up of long straight streets of terraced houses criss-crossing each other…the whole plumped down in the middle of gently undulating green fields and cornlands…and you have a rough bird’s eye view… Read more
Elmwood Projects release a short video of their fit-out at the Royal Mint Experience
Opened in May this year the £9m Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, South Wales, explores the history of the Mint, its money and the medals it makes, along with looking at people’s relationship with coins and the hobby of collecting… Read more
Grade II listed post-office in Brighton renovated and installed with Selectaglaze secondary glazing
A short walk from the Brighton shores are the Lanes, renowned for their eclectic shops and quirky cafes and bars. It has been a lively location for tourists and holiday goers for hundreds of years. Based in the centre of… Read more
Kossmann.dejong designs permanent exhibition celebrating 100 years of theatre-making at RSC
Set The Victorian Gothic building is home to the permanent exhibition, but also functions as a lobby and entrance to the theatre auditorium. Therefore Kossmann.dejong created not just an exhibition, but we made the whole building – with its intriguing… Read more
The Highland Folk Museum, Britain’s first open air museum, launches new ancient woodland audiotrail
As visitors explore the 30 buildings they get a flavour of how Highland people lived and worked from the 1700s up until the 1960s and now visitors can also join Alan Crawford and listen to his story ‘In the Land of the… Read more
The new World Rugby Hall of Fame designed by Mather & Co opens in the birthplace of the game in Rugby, UK
The World Rugby Hall of Fame consists of three main areas: A historic timeline, covering the game’s beginnings in 1823 to its global spread, right up to current events. The regions, looking at the six regions and 121 World Rugby… Read more
Marcon awarded fit-out of new Railway Museum by Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
It will be “full steam ahead” for Marcon’s heritage team, which will be responsible for the manufacture and installation of all specialist joinery, display cases, integration of audio visual hardware, interactives and installation of graphics within the new museum space. Read more
Langton Matravers Museum use Tinytag data loggers to help maintain a stable environment
The Museum primarily serves to inform the public and educational groups about the local Purbeck stone industry from Roman times to the present day. The museum, a non-profit-making charity run by volunteers, has one of the most extensive and prestigious… Read more
Rotronic unveils its new Environmental Monitoring System (RMS)
The new Rotronic Monitoring System (RMS) provides one complete, flexible and yet simple monitoring solution instead of many fragmented and complex systems working in isolation Rotronic is the largest Swiss manufacturer of products sold worldwide for the measurement of humidity,… Read more
hsd complete exhibition design on new visitor centre at Peterborough Cathedral as part of its 900 campaign
Exhibits were been designed by hsd and form the first phase of a site-wide historical interpretation scheme for the Cathedral as part of its Peterborough 900 development project. hsd will complete additional interpretation within the Cathedral grounds and enhanced interpretation… Read more
Extensis Collaborates with IPTC on New Standard for Video Metadata
Extensis® and The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), a global standards body of media, today announced the release of a new standard for video metadata that streamlines workflows and defines video metadata fields. The new standard is supported in Extensis’s… Read more
Selectaglaze use its expertise in the conservation of Banqueting House at the heart of Whitehall
In 1619-22 after its predecessor was destroyed by fire, Inigo Jones designed the Banqueting House we see today. Since its erection, Banqueting House has stood witness to many historical events; its main use was to host State events, masques,… Read more
Marcon secures fit-out of new visitor centre at Pearse’s Cottage, Connemara
The famous cottage was used by Patrick Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, as a summer residence and summer school for his pupils from St Enda’s in Dublin and the new visitor centre will house exhibitions, meeting… Read more
Mather & Co complete new National Horse Racing Museum at Newmarket
The National Horseracing Museum makes up one third of the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art at Palace House Newmarket. The new National Heritage Centre is situated in the Grade II listed Palace of Charles II and adjacent… Read more
Marcon Fit-Out completes the last chapter at Seamus Heaney HomePlace
The new visitor centre showcases the life and work of the late poet Seamus Heaney bringing together an interactive exhibition using the latest audio visual technology, a 160-seater theatre and performance space, learning zones for children and adults as well… Read more
Yorkshire-based Leach helps commemorate 675-year-old Oxford University story
LED Leach has also taken care of the design, manufacture and installation of the resulting 11 x 2.5 metre illuminated lightbox – a flexible and eye-catching structure that was installed in only 90 minutes. The team turned the project around… Read more