September 18th, 2009
Ignition has been working on an exhibition of Everton Memorabilia that is due to open later this month. The exhibition has been commissioned by the Liverpool Archive Office and funded by HLF. Ignition is working with Cube3 Creative Marketing, a Bolton based PR and Marketing company who has strong links in the sports and football industries.
The exhibition design provides a backdrop to showcase a private collection of Everton memorabilia through the ages. Visitors are invited into the Picton Reading Rooms at Liverpool’s grand Central Library through a players tunnel. The exhibition consists of a series of themed exhibits where visitors can explore the history of the Club, watch video while sitting in a mock up Goodison stand and pick your ‘all time 11′ team form bygone years.
Ignition has worked on permanant installations in the past but these have been more specifically aimed at the commercial sector. Lewis (Director at Ignition said “it is always a pleaseure to work on exhibitions that deliver an educational function. We are often involved in commercial trade exhibitions that are built for three days and then returned to storage. This exhibition is going to be open to the public for about twelve months which is great because I can invite my nephews along to see it. Especially because they are Liverpool fans!”
If you find yourself needing an injection of culture, sport, architecture and fun, get along to the FREE exhibition at the Central Library Liverpool.
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September 10th, 2009
Rain, Rain, Rain….that was my overiding experience of camping for two weeks in Wales in August. Apparently it was the wettest August on record. I left the team at the office to fend for themselves while I waded about in Crocs (I must blog (and wax lyrical) about the wonders of Crocs next) through 3 inches of Welsh mud.
On day four I am called from the office as we have been invited to pitch on an exhibition design project that needs to to be presented while I am under canvas. I had my laptop with me (it is a really useful tool when making sandcastles) and by chance was staying on a campsite that not only had wireless internet access but also had a little desk.
The creative exhibition stand design proposal was emailed over to me and I was able to break it down into critical components to be able to quote against. All this was emailed back to the office and I was left to continue sitting in the rain while the exhibition stand design was presented back in Manchester.
We won…which made me start to wonder whether there is any need for an office at all? Should I move into a tent, set up a desk and manage all my responsibilities from a tent in Wales.
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May 15th, 2009
We are busy designing a beautiful exhibition stand for a potential new client. This client is a Lighting Company interested in presenting themselves as cool, architectural and high value. Perfect. I love a brief like this for several reasons. Firstly, lighting is one of those products than can really make a difference in an environment, architects and designers use it to great effect to show off their creativity and it adds dazzle to colour and form. Secondly we are free to explore with little limitations on the brief and thirdly someone else has been looking for creative exhibition design solutions, found our website and given us a call.
Exhibition designers don’t get to indulge in lighting design too much, lighting is used in a different way, Exhibition designers need to remember that the clients service or product is the champion and this needs to be presented in an appropriate manner. If exhibition designers go mad with lighting the results can be a dramatic stand that looks wonderful but misses the most basic requirement of showcasing the client. But this new client is selling lights, we can go mad, we can explore shape and form and the lighting needs to be the champion. We have applied all the rules that we would normally apply to a brief and considered branding, site lines, space management, storage, hospitality (the list is endless) but we have been allowed to play with the lighting to such an extent that the design is alive with architectural detail and beautiful shapes. Let’s not get carried away, this is a pitch and new business is hard to get but I guarantee the client will be blown away.
At the moment our work is confidential but what ever the outcome I will be either publishing the visuals soon or (hopefully) the photos later.
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April 28th, 2009
I have made a note in my diary to ‘Blog’! I should be blogging twice a week I am told. I don’t have time to do anything ‘non essential’ twice a week. I clean my teeth fourteen times a week, put the bins out once a week and other than that it’s grab time in between work and projects.
The good news is we are busy and more importantly working on some really great exhibition design projects. One that I really want to talk about is FILMCLUB, a government funded organisation that helps schools set up film clubs in secondary schools. The benefits are obvious, “Setting up a film club is a great way to stimulate and inspire young minds - it’s a shared experience that encourages debate, discussion and social interaction.
It provides pupils with a unique opportunity to be inspired by the magical world of film while gaining new insights into other cultures.” Have a look a the website www.filmclub.org, set one up in your school! The refreshing change in this project is that it is for the benefit of schools and their pupils. There is something extremely rewarding about providing a service that is outside the B2B or B2C sector. Another similar project we are working on is a joint venture with Manchester based events company Ear to the Ground. We are working on the design and production of a huge event that will be in Cathedral square later this year. It is a mix of museum design and exhibition design. We have been asked to design and develop a series of interactive displays to help a multinational household brand celebrate 125 years of business. I can’t say much more but keep an eye on this space for more ‘public’ updates. That’s all for know, Blogging complete for a few day’s, back to work!
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April 23rd, 2009
Ignition has been experiencing an increase in overseas traffic to it’s website and an increase in interest in creative exhibition design services. The strength of the Euro is encouraging overseas clients to look at the UK for exhibition design and build services as the cost of European labour and transportation is expensive compared with the UK. Lewis Horton, Ignition Director said “We have seen an unprecedented increase in enquiries from overseas customers who are trying to maximise there marketing budgets. This means that we are once again competitive within Europe and are in a good position to capitalise on the exchange rate”. UK based clients who are interested in exhibiting overseas are now looking for UK exhibition designers to step up to the challenge. Lewis added “We are now looking at taking six large exhibition stands to Germany and Italy over the next six months and this trend looks set to continue”.
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