Deer Park Alpha

New Forest, UK: We were asked a week or so ago to go and talk about our approach to design at a conference in the New Forest. The usual last minute ‘oh dear what shall we speak about’ discussion took place. Then, after 10 minutes, a watercolour and a quick flick through the book closest [...]

Portsmouth, UK:
We started this morning putting up the signs for The Route project. Thanks to Portsmouth City Council (Jayne Rodgers especially)  for sponsoring the production and fitting. More on the signs to follow later.
The Route links communities by connecting existing streets along a 5KM north-south section of Portsmouth, UK. It is a proposal we developed [...]

Portsmouth, UK: Last year we developed this proposal for a new football stadium and cultural buildings in the centre of Portsmouth. The idea came from a discussion with local planners, so we cannot take credit for the whole idea. However we thought we would do a montage to illustrate the proposal which has been put to the [...]

Southsea, UK: This July we put together three proposals for the Pyramids Centre in Southsea. Our first effort was to cover the broken glass with the largest community mural in Europe at a cost of £30,000 including design, production and installation. We made this proposal to the city council off our own back.

We then had [...]

Portsmouth, UK: We have been working with Admiral Lord Nelson School on a project through the Creative Partnerships programme.
A group Year 9 students spent the summer term 2009 exploring their school and city through a series of lessons that asked them to consider how the school and city worked and did not work. Using mapping, [...]

Portsmouth, UK: This is our recent proposal for illuminating the entrance to Portsmouth City Centre.
Light Rain: A shower of light greets motorists as they enter the centre of Portsmouth. Like gentle fireworks, a wave of light passes through the LED strips. All the strips are randomly timed and as a whole seem to produce a rain [...]