Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You, Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
DHA Designs were delighted to design Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You! Based on the hit BBC show, the visitor is ‘shrunk’ in the lab and then travels through a giant ear into Dr Chris’s brain!
We worked closely with designers Drinkall Dean to create a colourful and stimulating experience for children. For reasons of budget and sustainability, we raided the SIM lighting store, and used whatever we could find to create moving effects and colour for the earhole, nostrils and brain. We supplemented this with a custom pulsing LED, and strings of coloured neoneon to link all the senses together. Integrating all this safely into the setworks was a labour of love.
We also worked closely with an access consultant to provide an alternative Casambi lighting scene for advertised Relaxed viewings.
The result is an immersive, dynamic space, looking expensive and exciting but crafted on a shoestring lighting budget.
Project Credits:
Client: Science Museum Group
Designer: Drinkall Dean
Graphics: Kit Studio
Contractor: SetWorks
Electrical Contractor: CP Electrical and Enliten
Image Credit: Science Museum Group – © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum Group