Illustrator/designer Rod Hunt was com­mis­sioned by Real Stu­dios in Feb­ru­ary 2007 illus­trate a large scale per­ma­nent inter­ac­tive dis­play for the new Light­box Museum and 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 Britains 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 and flavour of Woking, includ­ing many of its key fea­tures and land­marks. So Rod spent a day pho­tograph­ing the town, sup­ported by a guide pro­vide by the Light­box museum and 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.

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