MAY 2008
CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY
Designmap has been contracted to come up with three different design schemes and costings for the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery.
The gallery, which describes itself as a ‘mini-Victoria & Albert Museum’ and houses a collection of decorative and fine arts, is due to open next year. The revamp will mean extra space for exhibitions, events and corporate hospitality, as well as storage for the collections.
Designmap clinched its six figure contract last month, following a rigorous public tender process and a threeway, unpaid creative pitch.
MARCH 2008
MEDIEVAL MAGUIRES
Designmap win Medieval Maguires project at Enniskillen Castle, Northern Ireland, following a 4 way creative pitch.
Due to open summer 2008.
DesignWeek - Medieval Maguires
DOWN HOUSE
Designmap win Darwin bicentennial project at Down House.
Following creative submissions by nearly 100 consultancies from UK, Europe and America, Designmap were appointed by English Heritage for this prestigious project.
This Centenary exhibition at his home in the village of Down, is due to open in February 2009 which sees the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the origin of Species.
NOVEMBER 2007
SPACE AGE Exploration design and popular culture opens at the V&A Musuem of Childood. See press links below.
JUNE 2007 - 'SPACE AGE'. Designmap win 'SPACE AGE' touring exhibition for the V&A Museum of Childhood following 4 way creative pitch. The project launches in November 2007 at the Museum of Childhood and tours from April 2008. PRESS - Design Week June 7:
Designmap blasts off into space age
The public's fascination with space and its influence on popular culture, from design to literature and film, will be explored at a Space Age exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood in November.
Following a final four-way pitch, consultancy Designmap has been appointed to create the exhibition design, graphics and interactive elements.
At Space Age: Exploration, Design and Popular Culture the reality of how space exploration has developed and how the science fiction worlds have been created in people's imagination will be revealed, as well as the relationship between reality and fantasy.
According to Designmap director Daniel Sutton, 'Our concept for the exhibition is inspired as much by the interior and furniture design of Verner Panton and Eero Aarnio, as by the more obvious rich seam of science fiction graphics.'
On display will be real space objects, largely from the V&A Museum's collections, as well as classic space-inspired designs and childhood objects. Genuine space exploration items will be displayed alongside consumer goods styled along similar lines. For instance, a Russian spacesuit will be shown alongside an example from Pierre Cardin's 1960s Cosmos fashion range, a rocket will be teamed with a lava lamp and sci-fi-inspired toys, and a space helmet will be exhibited next to a helmet TV.
The exhibition's themes include: space exploration, fantasy, in the home, fashion and advances in technology.
Designmap will create vestibule-like environments to house each theme and will use object display, graphics, interactive installations and audio to explore the subjects.
According to Sutton, 'The exhibition needs to appeal to adults and those interested in design as well as children and sci-fi buffs. The design will make clear links between the "real" space items and objects from the design world.'
The show will open on 24 November and run until 6 April 2008 at the V&A Museum of Childhood, before starting a UK tour from May 2008.
JUNE 2007 - 'MUSEUMS JOURNAL'. PRESS - 'TASK FORCE SOUTH' appears in June edition 'Fighting Talk' article by Simon Stephens.
MAY 2007 - CUTTY SARK FIRE. Following the tragic fire at the Cutty Sark Designmap are working with the trust to develop Fire Appeal materials.
APRIL 2007 Cutty Sark Conservation Project temporary exhibition opens. PRESS - Design Week: www.designweek.co.uk/cuttysark
APRIL 2007. 'TASK FORCE SOUTH - The Royal Navy and the Falklands War' is opened by 1st Sea Lord.
MARCH 2007 - 'PRACTIVE WEB LAUNCH'. Following a revamp of the 'Practive' brand we launched the new web site at the end of March 2007. www.practive.net
NOVEMBER 2006 - CUTTY SARK CONSERVATION PROJECT. Designmap are appointed to the Cutty Sark Conservation Project Design Team following a 4 way creative pitch. The project includes the design of the temporary exhibition pavilion in Cutty Sark Gardens as well as the permanent fitout. The project is due to complete in late 2008.
NOVEMBER 2006 - 'FALKLANDS 25'. Designmap win 'Falklands 25' exhibition project at the Royal Naval Museum following 5 way creative pitch.