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Slingshot unveils bio- activated horror maze


Aſter revealing plans for a bio-activated horror maze in the UK, interactive games company Slingshot has started crowdfund- ing to bring the concept to fruition. Described as “Crystal Maze meets Portal


in the real world”, Hyde will be formed around a matrix of rooms. Each room will comprise four doors with the aim of the game for participants to find their way through the maze of doors to a central point and back out again. Somewhere in the maze is a monster that players have to try to avoid. Te first events are scheduled to open to the public in March 2016, with the experience expected to last 45-60 minutes. Details: http://lei.sr?a=R2f9d_O


£20m fit-out for Design Museum


Willmott Dixon Interiors have been named winners of a £20m contract to fit out London’s Design Museum, which is planning an £80m move to the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. The Grade II-listed


building will become the new home for the Design Museum, which is ded- icated to contemporary design and architecture. The interior vision,


imagined by Bri t ish architect John Pawson, will include provision of new galleries with space for one permanent and two temporary exhibition areas. Also set to be featured will be learning spaces, a library, auditorium and office areas, in addition to a new restaurant. Funded by Arts Council England (ACE), the


Te Commonwealth Institute building is being refurbished for the project “Tis is a high-profile and prestigious proj-


Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and museum co- founder, Sir Terence Conran, the new 10,000sq m (107,600sq ſt) space will provide three times more room than the Design Museum’s cur- rent location at Shad Tames. Around 400sq m (4,300sq ſt) will be devoted to learning facilities.


Sciss is supplying the new digital planetarium


Glasgow upgrades to new fulldome planetarium


Glasgow Science Centre is set to upgrade its facilities to include Scotland’s first fulldome digital planetarium. Due to open at the end of Q3 2015, the


new fulldome digital system by Sciss will allow for guests to see the universe in three dimensions, with the technology able to take them on journeys across the solar system, the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond. In addition to astronomy, the system will


show 360º fulldome films projected in HD across the 15m (49ſt) dome, with Google’s “Back to the Moon for Good” narrated by Tim Allen among the first to be shown. “Te new digital system will allow our


visitors to explore the universe like never before through live presenter-led shows tak- ing them on a tour through our solar system, or zooming out of the Milky Way to seeing our galaxy from above,” said planetarium manager, Steve Owens. “We will take sec- onds to transport our audiences to places in space that would take the fastest space- craſt ever built 40,000 years to reach and we will have shows suitable for all ages.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=u8b4A_O


12 Rolling Stones exhibition set for 2016


The Rolling Stones have announced plans for a tour- ing exhibition displaying rare and unique treasures from the band’s 50-year history. Promoted and presented


by Australian company International Entertainment Consulting, Exhibitionism will make its debut in April 2016 at London’s Saatchi Gallery. On show will be more than 500 artefacts from the band’s personal archives, which a statement said would embrace “all aspects of art and design, film, video, fash- ion, performance, rare sound archives and at the heart of it, the Stones’ musical heritage.” “We’ve been thinking about it for a long


time but wanted it to be just right and on a large scale just like planning our touring con- cert productions,” said Mick Jagger. “I think right now it’s an interesting time to do it.” Te immersive exhibit will fill nine rooms,


spanning 1,750sq m (18,800sq ſt) in total, with each room looking at a different period


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ect that will see the Design Museum become one of London’s biggest attractions when we complete the fit-out, with more than 500,000 visitors expected annually,” said Willmott Dixon Interiors’ COO Mike Hart. “We are very proud to be delivering this last,


important stage of the museum’s long-term plan for a bigger home, especially as we have a long track-record restoring listed buildings into modern spaces fit for the 21st century.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=d8v7h_O


More than 500 artefacts from the band’s personal archives will feature


of Rolling Stones history. Te tour will be the largest of its kind to ever be staged by a band or musician and has had its collection curated over a period of three years. “While this is about the Rolling Stones, it’s


not necessarily just about the members of the band,” added Keith Richards. “It’s also about all the paraphernalia and technology associ- ated with a band, such as the instruments.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=s6W6Y_O


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