Thursday, December 15, 2011

Metstudio Trade Show Stand for The Campaign for Wool

The Campaign for Wool

Client: The Campaign for Wool
Size: n/a
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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Metstudio - Childrens city Dubai

Children’s City

Museum and Exhibition Designers Metstudio for Childrens City, Dubai

Children’s City
Dubai

Client: Dubai Municipality
Size: n/a
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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