Strike a pose with 3D street art
Mon 15 August, 2016![Article Header Image](/media/110608/3d-street-art-sneak-preview-web.jpg?format=auto&quality=30&rnd=131917895735100000)
Shoppers at Luton’s The Mall can strike a pose and snap a selfie in a piece of 3D street art celebrating the opening of the University of Bedfordshire’s new library.
Located right in the centre of The Mall, on Wednesday 17 August and Thursday 18 August, the 3D artwork has been commissioned by the University as a fun representation of its new state-of-the-art library.
It uses an optical illusion to create a breathtaking, three-dimensional image, looking down through the seven storeys of the library. Visitors can take selfies of themselves balancing on piles of books or teetering on the edge of a huge drop.
Share the selfie on twitter using the #JumpintoBeds. Prizes are for grabs for the best photo with £40 in Amazon vouchers going to the winner and two runner-up prizes of £20 in vouchers each.
As well as marking the opening of the new library it comes on the eve of students receiving their A level results.
Bob Cozens Director of Admissions at the University said: “We wanted to find a fun way to make sure students who are thinking about going to university after getting their A level results were aware of the huge investment in student facilities that’s been going on at Bedfordshire.”
The stunning seven-storey state-of the art library is just one part of a five-year, £180m investment, to transform the University of Bedfordshire’s campuses.
The new library will provide the University’s students with an all-in-one centre for learning, studying and socialising. It has:
- 7400m2 of space
- 7 floors
- 916 study spaces including group study, quiet study and silent study
- 530 PCs
- 154,000 books across 6km of shelves
- 38 lockers
- 3 teaching rooms
- 2 presentation rooms
- Cafe
Students, who are interested in finding out more about the University of Bedfordshire or would like a tour round the new library, can talk to a member of the student recruitment team at The Mall. Alternatively visit www.beds.ac.uk/makeithappen or call 0300 3300 073
Notes for Editors
Photo caption: Sneak preview of the 3D street art commissioned by the University of Bedfordshire to celebrate the opening its new library
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