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The Industrion in Kerkrade needed to be renewed. A traditional museum that had recounted the history of industry in Limburg had to be modernized into a contemporary science centre. Tinker was called in to develop a new concept and design in collaboration with the management.
Our starting point was the way in which technology, nature and society influence each other. The message: people are not passive consumers of industrial products, but active producers of questions, demands and problems. The core concept of the centre was to be the endless evolutionary development that these influences create: Continium.
The Explorer Zone, a ramble through the possibilities mankind may create, from meat that grows on a tree to a contest of skill against a robot. In this way, visitors see how they are giving form to their own future. All the exhibits have been newly conceived and developed. Garnished by the Time Zone, in which history takes centre stage, and the Future Zone, a quiz in which your ideas for the future are instantly visualized.