In 2004 we were commissioned by Sefton Council to design and install static and interactive educational displays in Southport's new Eco Visitor Centre. The centre is a showcase building for the popular tourist town and acts as both a park-and-ride facility and an eduational centre, with a purpose built class room fully equipped with modern IT facilities. The building itself features many energy efficient technologies.

After 5 very successful years, with lots of positive feedback from visiting schools we were asked to update the displays, with new graphics and some additional interactives. New additions include a freestanding globe housing two touchscreen displays and a "reduce, reuse, recycle" game built from recycled plastic.

Working with the centre's resident teaching staff we created concepts for interactive games, puzzles and quizzes all based on the themes of energy, water, transport and the environment.

We specifically wanted to avoid presenting children and other visitors with a wall of touchscreens, preferring to create a mix of updateable touchscreen interactives with some more tactile "hands on" electrical and mechanical ones, complete with buttons, levers, wheels and rollers!

Client

Sefton Borough Council

 

Project

Southport Eco Centre interactive educational exhibition displays

 

Elements

Exhibition design

Graphic design

Interaction design

Digital and multimedia

Animation

Illustration