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Technopolis, the Flemish Science Centre
26 September 2017
Mid 2017 Technopolis launched the online school competition Pitch and Play. Third grade teachers and students get the opportunity to build a new interactive exhibit that will ultimately be installed at Technopolis. The concept is entirely new in the Flemish education field, as the competition is based on an online gamification platform simulating a virtual entrepreneur environment. This way Technopolis endeavours to create an online community that co-creates the science centre’s future.
NorthernLight Design
22 September 2017
NorthernLight developed, designed and implemented Bright Ideas hub and challenge. The project is part of Shell’s ‘Generation Discover’ initiative and consists of a futuristic dome that will travel around The Netherlands for the coming 3 years, as well as an exciting digital challenge that can be done by children of group 7 of all Dutch primary schools. Through the Bright Ideas project, children can playfully discover the world of science and technology.
NorthernLight Design
22 September 2017
We are proud to have been part of the development team for the new Music Tour that has now been added to the Rijksmuseum app. NorthernLight was responsible for the concept, user experience design and content of the Rijksmuseum app, that is now in operation for 4 years and has had millions of users from around the world.
NorthernLight Design
22 September 2017
NorthernLight recently completed the design phase of the Sirius Art & Science Park. This ambitious project consists of the redevelopment of the media centre of the Olympic Village of Sochi. The aim is to turn the place into an enriching attraction that will become a destination for returning, multi-day visits. The project includes a talent development program as well.
NorthernLight Design
22 September 2017
Let’s YouTube, the world’s first exhibition about YouTube, has been nominated for the Children in Museums Award. This highly interactive exhibition, designed by NorthernLight for the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, enables visitors to experience the impact YouTube has on their lives. The exhibition has received a lot of attention in the media and on social media since its opening in October last year.
NorthernLight Design
22 September 2017
For the first time in the world, waiting rooms at railway stations have been enriched with precious objects and converted to mini museums. With the concept “The Museums of … “, NorthernLight follows the new identity of the three museums for world cultures, which are museums of and about people.
CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics
5 September 2017
At CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Apply by 24 September.
The Natural History Museum
26 July 2017
At the Natural History Museum in London. A female blue whale Hope is the new star of the reimagined Hintze Hall of the museum.
Wellcome Collection
25 July 2017
At the Wellcome Collection, London. A crowdsourced exhibition that tells stories of our relationship to the natural world.
Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
25 July 2017
Read the preliminary results of the citizen dialogue held in Spain in the framework of the NANO2ALL project.