At Dead Walk Designs, we are interested in the emotional potential of smell for creating a visceral sense of immersion at visitor attractions. Here are a few ways we might incorporate scent into a design! Theme Parks In a theme park, smells can be used to create feelings of happiness and excitement. They are especially…
If there’s one thing we’ve learnt in our years building for attractions, it’s that things can get damaged! Many times, we have been approached by clients who have made their own props, or maybe they’ve worked with a design company without much attractions experience, and they haven’t had to wait long before their props broke!…
The Dead Walk Designs team often refers to books for knowledge or inspiration during projects. The books listed below are some that we have found particularly useful, or that members of our team have used for guidance early in their careers. If you are new to attraction design, you might find some of these handy!…
When you don’t have actors to hand, how can you incorporate characters into your themed attraction? A character can be represented by animatronics, sculptures, theming, audio, images, props or even smells. In this article, we will show some of the instances when we’ve created or represented characters, sharing some of our thinking behind the processes.…
With Halloween around the corner, here are some of our favourite spooky projects at Dead Walk Designs! Ghost Train Back in 2018, the Dead Walk Designs team was excited to build scenes for a ghost train that was essentially a blank canvas. Starting with only a series of black corridors that the carts ran through,…
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve made our mask prosthetics available to order online! Each latex mask forms around your face and can ‘blend’ with the skin seamlessly when applied with the right materials. The masks are also unpainted, meaning they can be customised as the user pleases! Zombie mask Skull mask Clown mask Vampire…
At the start of a project, we’ll produce a range of quick sketches to give the client some ideas as to what could be possible. With Halloween on the way, here are six of the spookiest sketches we’ve produced for visitor attractions! Pumpkin podiums This sketch was made to convey a spooky aesthetic, but it…
As part of our design package, particularly with sets, scenery and themed displays, it can be useful to create a computer-generated model which is built to scale using measurements from CAD drawings and onsite surveys. These models help us to understand the overall concept and discover, at an early stage, which content will work for…
Your guests might not always notice consciously, but the details count, and they all add up to make your experience extra special! Something that can often be overlooked is consistency in storytelling. Guests will visit a theme park, adventure golf or puzzle room for a sense of escapism, and the stronger your story is, the…
With season three of The Mandalorian out today, we thought we’d take a look back at one of our favourite projects—refurbishing Stormtrooper armour! For those who enjoy cosplaying, or even those with an attraction featuring costumed figures, you will find that quality is lost over time. Wear and tear from continued use can mean maintenance…