Interactive Environmental Display for Lightbox Museum & Galley

published Oct 15, 2007
Interactive Environmental Display for Lightbox Museum Galley
Illustrator / designer Rod Hunt was commissioned by Real Studios in February 2007 to illustrate a large scale permanent interactive display for the new Lightbox Museum & Gallery in Woking, designed by Marks Barfield, the creators of the London Eye.

The project took over 3 months to complete, & was installed for the Lightbox building's official opening on Friday 14th September 2007.

It's a graphic lightbox covering a final area of 5m x 2m.

The content is based on what Woking, already Britain's greenest borough, is doing to support environmental issues within the town.

The visitor is given a selection of push buttons with facts/questions that light-up specific activities within the illustration.

The illustration needed to closely convey the identity & flavour of Woking, including many of its key features & landmarks.

So Rod spent a day photographing the town, supported by a guide provided by the Lightbox museum & gallery.

There were many design issues to resolve, including how to represent the carbon saving scale.

The final illustration was drawn at actual size in Adobe Illustrator.