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Designed to highlight the benefits of work supported by the Wellcome Trust, the Timorous Beasties window display was installed in 2005.
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Familiar Paisley and Argyle Pattern was adapted and morphed into surface repeats of bacteria, parasites and interlocking syringes for lampshades; when illuminated at night, images hidden in daytime appeared on the lampshade surface.
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The backdrop was created using Nottingham Lace, inspired by the first line of defence against malaria, the mosquito net, delicately interwoven with pattern repeats of mosquitoes and microscopes.
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