Weather Ghost
ESP32, SHT41 sensor, 2″ OLED, printed case
A desk thermometer with a resident ghost. He wears sunglasses when the room is hot and a scarf when it’s cold. Drag the slider to try it.
SW.2026.A1Complete
Objects that answer back.
Spook Workshop designs and builds interactive electronics for museums, brand experiences, play centres and escape rooms. Things to press, tap, pull and stand on, made in Liverpool and built to survive the public.
The Vessel Frame
E-paper display, AIS radio receiver, oak frame
SW.2026.01Available
What we make
When a visitor , .
Almost everything we build is that sentence: a person does something, and the room responds. We design the sensing, the electronics, the software and the enclosure, so the whole chain is made in one place.
Pick what the visitor does to see what we built for it.
Room 1
Maritime
Live ship data turned into objects and exhibits. Every large ship broadcasts where it is and where it’s going; these pieces let your visitors see it.
Enter room 1
The Vessel Frame
SW.2026.01Available
AIS Decoder Screen
SW.2026.02In development
Live Harbour Model
SW.2026.03In development
Room 2
Play & Puzzle
Interactive pieces for play centres and escape rooms, built to be climbed on, stood on and played with all day, every day.
Enter room 2Video still to come: the play town traffic lights, installed
Animal Scanner Tree
SW.2025.04Installed
Bakery Patch Panel
SW.2025.05Installed
Light Launchers
SW.2025.06Installed
Pressure Mat Video
SW.2025.07Installed
Play Town Traffic Lights
SW.2026.05Installed
Karaoke Machine
SW.2026.06In development
Room 3
Brand & Experiential
Interactive builds for activations, launches and retail. New concepts, alongside proven pieces from the other rooms adapted for a brand.
Enter room 3Concept render to come: a distillery’s botanicals wall, lit by a tasting card
Botanicals Wall
SW.2026.07Concept
Step-triggered film
After SW.2025.07Proven
Tap to reveal
After SW.2025.04Proven
Annexe
Our own work.
Projects nobody asked for, where we try new parts and ideas on our own time. When something works here, it ends up in client work.
Photo to come: Heliotrope on the bench
Heliotrope
Light sensors, servos, salvaged lamp
A lamp that gives no light. It finds the brightest light in the room and turns to look at it, like a plant following the sun.
SW.2026.A2In development
Photo to come: Ceiling Runner on its rail
Ceiling Runner
Stepper drive, aluminium rail, camera
A small robot that travels a rail fixed to the ceiling, so it can watch a room or follow someone across it.
SW.2026.A3In development
Portrait to come: at the bench, Liverpool
The workshop
Small studio, one point of contact.
Spook Workshop is run by [your name], who designs the circuits, writes the code and builds the enclosures. You talk to the person making your piece from the first call to the install.
On larger jobs we work alongside your fabricators, set builders and AV team, and take responsibility for everything that lights up, moves or makes a noise.
- Based
- Liverpool, working across the UK
- Hand-over
- Wiring diagrams, parts list, spares
- Built for
- Public use: locked, robust, low voltage
- Updates
- Software updated remotely
- BriefA call or a site visit. We agree what visitors should do and what should happen when they do it.
- Bench prototypeA working version for you to try and change before anything is built for real.
- Build and testFinal electronics and enclosure, left running for days before anything leaves the workshop.
- Install and aftercareWe install it, train your team, and stay on call when you need us.
Commissions
Tell us what should happen.
Describe the space and what you want visitors to do. Rough ideas are fine; working them out is part of the job.
contact@spookworkshop.com