Final Year Studio - Research - Split Flap Display Email

split flap display email, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

Above are some screen grabs of emails sent to the Research Department at the National Railway Museum in York. I asked whether they would know where I could aquire a 'Split Flap' Display Screen often used in train stations. Unfortunately they were unsure but told me to Goolge 'railwayana'. This gave me some interesting results of auction websites for railway station signs and memoribelia. I still couldn't find what I wanted, so it is looking as though I am going to have to make my own analogue textual display, which will also be useful as my idea progresses and I will be able to customize the mediums effect. A good thing to do will be to visit the National Media Museum in Bradford to understand the differences and similarities associated with analogue and digital display media.

Click here for NRM website