Curved Graphic Screen, The Science Museum

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Project: Curved Graphic Screen, The Science Museum
Description: Exhibition Projection Screen
Client: Real Studios
Location: The Science Museum, London
Applications: Feature
Ref: 2010

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Having worked with both Real Studios and Flemming Associates on several occasions in the past, we were delighted to be asked to be a part of this prestigious project for the Science Museum in London. We designed, supplied and installed a large curved graphic and projection screen to form part of the exhibition Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age - an exciting exhibition which revealed the most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK.

The design intention was to create a curved graphic element that ties information together through space, and is also used as a projection area for three different projections. It was essential to keep the screen as simple as possible to avoid taking anything away from the exhibition below. We therefore used a previously proven aluminium framework with a blackout printed fabric which had a dye sublimate print on it.

At 25m long and 5m tall at its tallest point, the graphic re-registration on the tapered grid-like screen had to be perfect. The entire screen was rigged from above using a bridle cable system allowing the frame to be supported twenty times from ten different fixing points.

The exhibition took place at the Science Museum from September 2015 to March 2016.

Image Credit: Philip Vile

Exhibition Design: Real Studios

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