Seeking the manufacture of a portable pod as part of a wider campaign for the Official Tourist Board for the Peak District & Derbyshire, Peter & Paul approached Unibox to help bring their creative ideas to life. At the very heart of this campaign, an escape pod was to be engineered – a visually intriguing pod-like structure with an external activation button. The pod would be used across various marketing channels, including at pop-up events, social media and online.

Unibox’s Tension Fabric System allowed the design team to seamlessly wrap graphics around corners, making it the perfect system for the creation of a pod. The final design however, required much more than a 3D Tension Fabric Display for the exterior of the Escape Pod. Our design team introduced bespoke functionality to the interior of the pod to create a truly unique experience. Working with the modular aluminium framework used to support the structure, we then mounted white padded panels to all sides of the POD, with an added hint of drama.

A highlight of the concept was a hidden room within the pod, incorporating a secret door for the actors (who were all twins), to swap places. This was created using aluminium profiles spanning the width of the pod, with padded internal walling mounted onto the framework that perfectly matched the side walls. To create the initial moment of theatre, along with the concealed white gating, linear LED lighting was installed around the edge of the entrance, designed to provide a halo effect.