UWE 2015 End of Year Show

Research aim: To design a coherent exhibition using simple display systems to enable multiple disciplines to display varied project work in a way that can be relocated.

THE CLIENTs: Todd Burton (UWE Associate Dean), James Burch (UWE Senior Lecturer), Andrew Batchelor (Associate Head of Department - Product Design)

THE TEAM: Jon Twigg, Clare Heath – Pratt, Jason Hoholis

UWE Master of Architecture Students: Jon Twigg, Clare Heath – Pratt, Jason Hoholis

Project Length: October 2014 - December 2014

Client: Todd Burton (UWE Associate Dean), James Burch (UWE Senior Lecturer), Andrew Batchelor (Associate Head of Department - Product Design)

"UWE Bristol End of Year Show showcases and celebrates new talent, with students sharing their work with friends, family, the general public and potential employers, providing inspiration for all who attend."

The project brief was to design and zoning of the End of Year Exhibition in which around five hundred students of the Faculty of Environment & Technology will be participating and displaying work in. Our vision for this project was to celebrate the momentous achievement of hardworking UWE students with an inspiring display of creative and intellectual work. As well as focusing on the benefits for students, the end of year show will also be great publicity for the University - showcasing the huge scope of work that the faculty enables their students to produce over the year. A variety of departments were considered throughout the design process as well as regular meetings between Faculty members and students of other departments.

A main aim of the project and the clients primary concern was to cost effectively create a means of representation that will help the students present but also allow the department to store and relocate around the building as well as move it to a later London Exhibition. Examples of our prototype presentation boards and plinths have been used multiple times throughout the department and we are hoping that they will be used for the final Exhibition.