Metstudio Trade Show Stand for The Campaign for Wool
The Campaign for Wool
Client: The Campaign for Wool
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Budget: n/a
A travelling branded exhibit for the Campaign for Wool: an initiative originally conceived in 2008 by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and launched publically in 2010, in response to the enormous challenges facing the wool industry. The new exhibit launched at Grand Designs Live 2011 (winning a ‘Grand Designs loves’ medallion as one of the best stands at the show) and will be used across a number of events in the coming year and beyond.
Responding to a creative brief to move away from traditional notions of trade stands, the design team at MET Studio believed the campaign’s messages would be best served by simply spelling out the words ‘choose wool’ for high impact, using giant-sized letters for the word ‘Wool’ both for directness and also in order to use the letters as a medium to illustrate wool’s flexibility, forms and many varied applications.
The letter ‘W’ shows wool in its near-raw state in natural-coloured shagpile. The first ‘O’ is an earthy, neutral colour, made up of blanket sections overlaid onto one other. The second ‘O’ is a full-colour patchwork, whilst the ‘L’ is made up of carpet tuft samples. The rear side of the letters shows a photo-based pastoral scene of sheep grazing, chosen to underline the key messages about wool as a ‘smart’ material, whilst reinforcing the key message that sheep farming keeps the UK landscape green and beautiful.
WINNER
Grand Designs Loves..
Grand Designs Live 2011
“We absolutely loved the Campaign for Wool stand. It had real impact at the show, it was strikingly colourful, kids were clambering all over it, adults couldn’t resist stroking the large letters as they walked past, or in fact sitting on them. All in all we thought the effort that had gone into making such a showstopper should be recognised in some way.”
(Bernie Herlihy, Editor, Grand Designs)
Winner
‘Grand Designs Loves’ Award
Grand Designs Live 2011
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Award-winning Trade Show Booths – Designers Metstudio
Mary Chocolatier
Westfield Shopping Centre, London
Client: Mary Chocolatier
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MET Studio was commissioned to design a mid-mall retail kiosk for a Belgian chocolate brand entering the UK for the first time, located within the new Westfield Shopping Centre environment in west London.
The central display for the kiosk takes the form of a flowing, tiered unit made in white Hi-Macs in order to contrast fully with the product and show it off dramatically. The display allows for a very clean and pure feel, with a shape inspired by the density of melted chocolate and the way in which it falls, suggested by the tiered layering.
The materials choice for the display, as well as being aesthetically strong, allowed for a flexible design with real durability in order to withstand knocks and dents of constant everyday use.
Labels: award-winning trade show booths, good trade show booth design, good trade show display, marketing stand design
Metstudio - Expo Design - Libyan Pavillion in Shanghai
Metstudio Expo Design in Shanghai
Libyan Pavilion
In the tightest timeframe ever undertaken by the company, MET Studio was asked to redesign the Libyan Pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 Expo from scratch and to do so, from commission to opening, in only 25 days. Architect Yi-Ching Liu (formerly of Zaha Hadid’s office) designed the new building envelope and MET Studio was tasked with creating the new interior and exhibition, with Libyan company Ecou overseeing the whole project.
The theme for the new Pavilion was ‘Beautiful Libya and so much more’. With an AV- and graphic-led exhibition, MET Studio was able to talk about Libya’s past and culture, but also to show some of the highly environmentally-conscious building programmes of the current day and hopefully help change people’s opinions of this fast-changing and exciting country.
Ecou’s Chairman congratulated the creative team on their astonishing feat, saying ‘Where there is a will, there is a way. Nothing is impossible to achieve. It was a difficult, challenging and demanding task, but your joint efforts and teamwork have made it a success story after all. Those who have demonstrated their willingness to do their best in the execution of this project will always be appreciated.’
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Metstudio - Childrens city Dubai
Children’s City
Museum and Exhibition Designers Metstudio for Childrens City, Dubai
Children’s City
Dubai
Client: Dubai Municipality
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Budget: n/a
The Children’s City project was originally conceived in answer to an international competition set by the Dubai Municipality and its desire to give the local community a facility, which would provide an educational learning centre, combined with play facilities.
The result was the largest hands-on children’s museum in the Middle East. The final museum incorporated three building blocks with galleries centering on science and culture, as well as performance spaces and a planetarium.
The ambitious project – six years in duration – was completed successfully, thanks to a close working relationship created between a highly international team, from the client in Dubai to MET Studio in the UK to exhibit fabricators and contractors based in Germany.
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