Rewrite the Future

Housed within the Wardlaw Museum at the University of St Andrews, Rewrite the Future, is a temporary exhibition exploring big ideas around how society can act differently to create a more just and sustainable world. In response to this theme, we designed the exhibition as an experiment in sustainability, building everything, from walls to work surfaces and from chairs to labels, in an innovative recycled and fully recyclable cardboard material.

Client

University of St Andrews

Services

Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Strategy
Exhibition Branding
Marketing Campaign Graphics
Project Management

University of St Andrews

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Horrible Histories® Blitzed Brits

Imperial War Museum

Adventure Planet

National Museums Scotland

Provost Skene’s House

Aberdeen City Council

Dürer to Van Dyck

Design of this spectacular winter exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy which showcases over 50 rare drawings and watercolours by some of the world’s greatest artists: Dürer, Holbein, Rubens, Rembrandt and Van Dyck. The exhibition offered a unique opportunity to view the works, many never before displayed in Scotland.

Housed across four galleries, the displays take a thematic approach with interpretation exploring drawing techniques and materials. Individual stories give visitors greater insight into the creative processes of the artists and the historical context of their work. We designed a serene and intimate environment, with low lux levels, to enable visitors to immerse themselves in the exquisite texture, subtle shading and striking precision of these exceptional works. Our colour palette, inspired by the colours in the drawings themselves, ranges from warm golden tones to deep ink-black hues reflecting the mood, theme and narrative of each space. With strong visual appeal, the exhibition attracted a wide audience from international tourists to local visitors.

Image credit: Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House. National Galleries of Scotland. Graeme Yule

Client

National Galleries Scotland

Services

Exhibition Space Planning
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Wayfinding

National Galleries Scotland

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Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen City Council

Lavery on Location

National Galleries Scotland

Provost Skene’s House

Aberdeen City Council

Lavery on Location

Design of An Irish Impressionist | Lavery on Location, the summer blockbuster exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy for National Galleries Scotland. Part travelogue, part social history, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey from the sun, sea and sand of France to the heat of Tangiers, and back to wartime Britain via the magic of the Scottish Highlands. Each of the gallery spaces is themed to reflect Lavery’s travels, demonstrating the effect this had on his work as an artist who dedicated his life to observing and recording the changing world around him.

Image credit: An Irish Impressionist – Lavery on Location. National Galleries of Scotland. Graeme Yule

Client

National Galleries Scotland

Services

Exhibition Space Planning
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Wayfinding

National Galleries Scotland

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Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen City Council

Rip it Up

National Museums Scotland

Dürer to Van Dyck

National Galleries Scotland

Rangers Museum

This exciting new museum celebrates the story of Rangers Football Club, from humble beginnings in 1872 to its growth as one of the world’s most successful football clubs today. The Museum offers a dynamic, immersive experience, with visitor participation and interaction at its heart. The ability of the Museum to attract a wide audience, including day visitors, UK and international tourists, as well as football fans was central to the interpretation strategy. The Museum also explores the Club’s wider social and sporting history, extending its appeal to connect with a broad audience.

Client

Rangers Football Club

Services

Interpretation Plan
Research and Copywriting
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Strategy and Design
Interactive Design
Shop Design
Design of Print and Publications
Project Management

Rangers Football Club

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The Scottish Cup Gallery

The Scottish Football Museum

Rip it Up

National Museums Scotland

Horrible Histories® Blitzed Brits

Imperial War Museum

Kilmartin Museum

Design of new Museum interpreting the story of internationally significant Kilmartin Glen – one of the UK’s most important archaeological landscapes. The Museum responds to the Glen’s unique sense of place as it takes visitors on a journey from the present-day, back in time over 10,000 years. The interpretation uses the power of the objects these early people left behind, together with the monuments they made and landscape they inhabited, to bring their stories to life.

Client

Kilmartin Museum Limited

Services

Support for NLHF application
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Strategy and Design
Interactive Design
Wayfinding and Signage
Shop Design
Design of Print and Publications
Design and Build
Project Management

Kilmartin Museum Limited

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Adventure Planet

National Museums Scotland

Provost Skene’s House

Aberdeen City Council

Dressed to Deliver

The Postal Museum

Adventure Planet

Adventure Planet is an exciting interactive children’s gallery at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. The gallery aims to raise awareness and increase knowledge of biodiversity and conservation in children aged 3 to 8, and their families. Our brief was to communicate these topics in a safe and appropriate manner for the age group, which would lead to specific learning outcomes. We developed three themes: Marine, Woodland and Extinction and created an immersive and sensory space to engage children through touch, smell, sound and vision. We designed a range of fun and thought-provoking activities and interactive games to spark ideas about caring for wildlife and the steps we can take to preserve the natural world in our everyday lives.

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Client

National Museums Scotland

Services

Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Illustration
Digital Strategy and Design
Interactive Design
Project Management

National Museums Scotland

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Kilmartin Museum

Kilmartin Museum Limited

Horrible Histories® Blitzed Brits

Imperial War Museum

Dressed to Deliver

The Postal Museum

Aberdeen Art Gallery

Creating ‘a place for everyone’ was at the heart of our brief for the redesign of Aberdeen Art Gallery. We were responsible for the interpretation and redesign of 21 exhibition galleries, displaying the collection’s exceptional treasures and the stories they tell. Today the Gallery displays over 1,000 artworks, three times the number prior to the redevelopment. Combining experiential design with accessible exhibitions we developed new ways of engaging with visitors. We were also responsible for the digital and signage strategies throughout the Gallery.

Client

Aberdeen City Council

Services

Interpretation Masterplan
Support for NLHF application
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Strategy and Design
Interactive Design
Wayfinding and Signage
Shop Design
Design of Print and Publications
Project Management

Aberdeen City Council

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Provost Skene’s House

Aberdeen City Council

Mackintosh at the Willow

The Willow Teamrooms Trust

Kilmartin Museum

Kilmartin Museum Limited

Provost Skene’s House

We were commissioned to give a new lease of life to Provost Skene’s House, the oldest surviving townhouse in Aberdeen dating from 1545. We developed the building as an exciting new visitor attraction celebrating 100 pioneering people of Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland who have shaped the city and helped to transform the world. Spread over four floors, there are 12 themed galleries which explore all kinds of people from scientists, singers and sportspeople to authors, inventors and actors – game-changers across the generations.

Client

Aberdeen City Council

Services

Interpretation Planning
Research and Copywriting
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Design
Interactive Design
Wayfinding and Signage
Shop Design
Project Management

Aberdeen City Council

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Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen City Council

Adventure Planet

National Museums Scotland

Horrible Histories® Blitzed Brits

Imperial War Museum

The National Wallace Monument

We were appointed on a design and build contract to refurbish the galleries within The National Wallace Monument in Stirling as part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the building. Our brief was to ‘tell the story of William Wallace better than it has ever been told before’. To achieve this, we took visitors on a physical journey through the exhibition spaces using dynamic storytelling and innovative digital interpretation to build drama and encourage visitors to engage, explore and connect with Wallace’s story.

Client

Stirling District Tourism

Services

Interpretation Planning
Research and Copywriting
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Design
Interactive Design
Shop Design
Design and Build
Project Management

Stirling District Tourism

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Bonnie Prince Charlie & the Jacobites

National Museums Scotland

Mackintosh at the Willow

The Willow Teamrooms Trust

Rosslyn Chapel

Rosslyn Chapel Trust

Rosslyn Chapel

We were initially appointed at Rosslyn Chapel in 2005 to develop a strategy for managing the unprecedented number of visitors following the publication of ‘The Da Vinci Code’. We were subsequently appointed to develop the interpretive plan for the site which formed part of the successful NLHF bid for a new visitor centre which we went on to deliver. Our work encompassed the design of cafe and gift shop and the design and implementation of the signage strategy across the site. We continue to work with the Trust providing on-going support for interpretation, as well as designing marketing and educational material, and have played a key role in helping to develop a range of themed collections for the gift shop, creating bespoke packaging, branding and point of sale.

Client

Rosslyn Chapel Trust

Services

Interpretation Masterplan
Support for NLHF application
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Digital Strategy and Design
Interactives
Wayfinding
Shop Design
Print and Publications

Rosslyn Chapel Trust

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