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10.10.2026
We're proud to have been appointed to one of the world's leading motor museums to explore what the next ten years could look like, and get the team ready for signficant growth and change.
Throughout 2026 we will support the museum in a variety of ways to uncover a future strategy - from understanding what the role of a motor museum can be to designing compelling experiences. Along the way we'll be researching visitors, running sprint strategy days, creating new ideas and
10.02.2026
Our latest research report explores the accessibility of the Wild Paths Festival and other music venues for neurodivergent audiences.
Drawing on the lived experience of neurodivergent researcher Sophie Davies and a 480 person audience survey, the report shows that small, low-cost changes to information, signage, wayfinding, sensory design and staff practice can dramatically improve live music for neurodivergent audiences.
We have included a practical framework for festivals, live music venues and cultural organisations who programme live music highlighting
04.09.2023
We're looking for freelancers who love the idea of waking up in the morning to make a difference to the lives of our clients and the communities they serve. We're a community too, one that loves to share expertise and work as a team to solve all sorts of problems around the world. Our contract with our freelancers is one that brings you in with warmth and openness and shares all our knowledge and insight that we have accumulated over
31.01.2023
The retail setting is evolving in tandem with visitor demand. Online shopping has transformed buyer behaviour, and city spaces are adapting to become more than just a shopping experience. From immersive art, to indoor water play, the experiences drawing the UK population to retail centres are completely different to pre-covid times.
The latest research
Recent research by A Different View, Leisure Development Partners (LDP), MAPIC, and Panelbase.com and presented at Mapic 2022
27.09.2022
Towards the end of the school holidays, and on another balmy summer’s evening in London, I followed many eager audience members from Woolwich tube station to No 1 Cartridge Place – Punchdrunk’s new venue in the East End of London. It was a much anticipated performance by the world renowned masters of immersive theatre.
For those of you who haven’t experienced a Punchdrunk performance, here’s a little essential information. The company which has been around since 2000 was formed by Felix
27.09.2022
Nostalgia. That sentimental affection for the past that is often dubbed “the memory of happiness”. The momentary release from modern-day stresses via a flicker of the good ol’ days. A taste of the past that leaves a sweet taste in the present.
Whether it’s self constructed when looking through old photo albums from the 60’s, or evoked without request via an old school 90’s banger on the radio, we are all comforted by nostalgic thoughts and feelings in our lives.
But how

