About Designs for Life

There will be 30 panels in total. 15 panels will occupy spaces either side of the main staircase as shown in this drawing courtesy of JacobsGIBB Ltd / Crispin Wride Architectural Design.

Each panel will measure 50cm x 50cm and will be worked in a variety of techniques including patchwork, quilting, silk painting, hand and machine embroidery. The majority of these panels should be finished by November 2006 when they will tour the county. Following the tour they will be on permanent display at Diamond Light Source.

About Diamond Light Source

Diamond Light Source is the largest UK science project for 30 years. The new synchrotron facility is under construction in South Oxfordshire, and scheduled to open in early 2007. This 21st century machine can be described as a series of 'super microscopes', which will be housed in a 235m diameter doughnut-shaped building (left).

Eventually Diamond could provide as many as 40 different scientific experimental stations. A key goal of Diamond is to become a leading UK research base with a unique culture that cross-fertilises ideas from different fields of science.

Photograph courtesy of Diamond Light Source Ltd.