DUNDEE DESIGN FESTIVAL
Cohesive exhibition designS bringing together the work of talented artists, designers and makers in a former print factory
LOCATION
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND
CLIENT
dundee design festival
DATE
2016 & 2017
MATERIALS
VALCHROMAT / POWDERCOATED STEEL / TOUGHENED GLASS / BIRCH PLYWOOD / DRESSED REDWOOD / PINE / VINYL WINDOW GELS
SERVICES
Project management & Consultancy / Construction Design / Machining / Fabrication / Finishing / Installation
For the first two Dundee Design Festivals, Old School Fabrications were appointed as exhibition designers to transform West Ward Works – a former print factory into a unique festival venue.
We designed and made colourful industrial steel tables of bold proportions and varying material finishes, designed to present individual exhibits from studios, workshops and factories around the world in a coherent display. The festival included a series of workshops, performances, exhibitions and talks. We produced a range of accompanying exhibition infrastructure aimed at creating a friendly and distinctive space for visitors including: coloured window gels, a large three-dimensional logo form; bespoke exhibit display items; large partition screens; way-finding signage panels and steel benches.
This commission had many synergies with Old School Fabrication’s approach to exhibition design and production as DDF brought together practitioners who are testing materials, exploring new techniques and combining new and traditional craft and industrial processes.
