Gorilla Enclosure At London Zoo

This month saw the installation of subtle glass window vinyl's across the Gorilla Ensloure at London Zoo (Gorilla Kingdom). The project has been in the pipeline for a number of months with the aim of improving the Gorillas' privacy.

We produced 30+ vertical drops of UV printed optically clear vinyl, trimmed and spliced on site using our in house installation team. We even got a nice thank you card and treats from Kambuka - the largest Gorilla!

The beginning stages of the project a few months back began with the aim of trying to depict the perfect balance between ink opacity and colour vibrancy to appeal to both visitors and the animals within. The design enables the Gorillas to have a sense of privacy, while still being able to peer and see through the gaps in the artwork when needed. After only a few hours of the vinyl's being up, there was a noticeable improvement in general mood and demeanour.

To see our other outdoor installations, please click here.

LDG & Harry Potter: House of Mina Lima

Last week, the House of Mina Lima opened in Greek Street, London. Here you can find props, original prints and memorabilia for the Harry Potter movie series, all of which were designed and conceptualised by Mina Lima - a design partnership of Miraphora Mina & Eduardo Lima.

You can also see our amazingly vibrant digitaly printed wallpaper and durable, yet soft to touch printed floor graphics. Both are designed to last and will be as colourful as the day we installed them 6 months from now. You can see some of our other exhibition and visitor attraction-based work here.

The exhibit (of sorts!) is open now until the middle of next year, so if you'd like to see some of the books, prints and other objects - head down. The space is free to enter and un-ticketed.

You can also see some recent news coverage and Mina Lima's website below for more information.

http://www.minalima.com/about

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3633046/Hogwarts-letters-Marauder-s-Map-Daily-Prophet-Spellbinding-new-London-exhibition-features-real-props-Harry-Potter-films.html

Internal Branding & Marketing

Internal Branding & Marketing:

Combining visual communication within the field of display graphics, print and bespoke bookbinding to promote internal branding and marketing awareness in a thought provoking manner. 

We work with creatives in art direction, concept development, brand identity, design graphics, brand language development, critical writing to mention but a few areas.

Forme Partitions: office manifestation

Earlier this month London Display Graphics helped Forme Partitions in realising their Mondrian and Bauhaus inspired window manifestation.

Using an intricate mix of opaque, translucent and cut vinyls enabled us to fully realise and implement the original, complex on-screen design.

Forme were very happy with the end result and it's safe to say; so are we!

You can find more details and imagery of Forme's partitioning here.

Thomas royall - pop up graphic

We started off the new year by being asked to produce a 3m by 2m pop up backdrop for a an up and coming fashion brand by the name of Thomas Royall. Their range of designer swim shorts - as recently worn by John Terry and Raheem Sterling - needed a bright and expansive display to sit upon at at the London ExCel centre this month.

The 5 panel collapsible system proves very popular with similar positioned companies as the ease of transport and expandable and portable design makes it easy for users to assemble and adjust depending on the venue.

For a look at our other display graphics you can head over to our pop up banners section.

Thomas Royall's website is also listed below if you're looking to buy your summer beach wear early!

http://www.thomasroyall.com

'Tis the season...for vinyl manifestation.

It's that time of year again and as the calendar slowly ticks its way over into December shop windows all across the UK start to resemble frosty Disney films and Santa's Grotto.

Every year our client base throws requests our way to decorate and enhance their respective window displays. Specifically this week, Knoll and Cassina tasked us with replicating the visual briefs below using a mixture of window decals and cut-vinyl. Our contour and vinyl cutters were able to fully depict the supplied artworks and both jobs were finished off in a timely manner by our in house installation team.

For a better look at our other window graphic work, head over to our window decal section.

Cassina and Knoll have been supplying furniture for several years now. For a more detailed look at their ranges and styles please head over to their respective websites below.

www.cassina.com/en

www.knoll.com

In With the Spiders @ London Zoo

Back in early Summer London Display Graphics produced a huge array of internal signage and graphics for the current ‘In With the Spiders’ Exhibition within London Zoo. The whole aim of the exhibit is to allay certain fears and misconceptions regarding spiders. So if you are a bit squeamish at the sight of our 8-legged friends, we do encourage you to give the rest of the blog post a read…there is hope!

"In with the Spiders will bring people face-to-face with amazing arachnids from around the world in a completely unique and immersive experience..." – ZSL London Zoo website.

It is the first exhibit of its kind to offer a walk through experience with live spiders situated in and around the ceilings and walls. There is also a specific pay to enter program whereby those with various fears and concerns surrounding spiders can be shown and taught the various facts and myths to do with the often-feared creatures. By the end of this paid guide and experience (with potential mantle piece certificate in hand), it's hoped those with arachnophobia can be cured.

*This course runs for 4 hours once a month up until the end of October, for more information click here.

London Display Graphics were responsible for near all environmental and way finding signage, ranging from: printed rainforest window graphics, fabric stretched information panels, stenciled wall lettering and imagery, cut vinyl lettering and acrylic guide labels. With the metres and metres of print produced and installed there is a clear stamp of quality and consistency throughout the area – of which we’re proud to showcase as a prestigious case study.

Luckily for our ‘brave’ install team, the spiders weren’t quite ready to be placed around the exhibit at the time of install. Instead they were able to see the exhibit take shape and work towards ensuring even the smallest printed elements were produced with longevity and aesthetical quality in mind.

For a more detailed look at our work and the exhibit itself, the video below is a great opportunity to see all the elements up close. There is also a great introduction and explanatory guide as to what the exhibit offers for young and old.

To see more of our exhibition work this year, head over to our main page where you can see LDG’s Butterfly House case study at Whipsnade Zoo.

Exhibition Work: 'Waterloo, Wellington & Westminsiter'

This month, London Display Graphics decided to get all parliamentary and proper. The ‘Waterloo, Wellington & Westminster’ exhibit within the Royal Gallery at the Houses of Parliament now showcases a selection of printed black foamex panels neatly finished with overlaid metallic gold vinyl.

The exhibit itself explores Parliament's connections with the Battle of Waterloo, timely in connection with the event's 200 year anniversary. The exhibit as described by Parliment.uk is listed below:

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"Waterloo, Wellington & Westminster' will explore the connections between Parliament and this key event in European history, which saw the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by a coalition army led by the Duke of Wellington.

MPs and Peers played crucial roles in the battle and its legacy, from fighting on the battlefield to commissioning one of the most important commemorations of the event in the form of Daniel Maclise’s famous painting 'The Meeting of Wellington and Blücher after the Battle of Waterloo' (above)."

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LDG employed a number of new techniques to meet a creatively challenging brief. One stipulation by the client was that no white should be visible along the vertical edges of each panel. They also had large areas of solid colour for the background, which needed to consistent in shade and tone across the entire exhibit. So rather than print the background, our team came up with the idea to mount a pantone-matched grey vinyl to black PVC foamex. UV print was then applied on top in the form of white ink for text and to back imagery and pictures; having them appear exactly as they would have on screen. The last client-drive request was to have the main titles stand out from the rest of the print. It was decided that we use a separately applied gold metallic vinyl to fit the need that also helped to bring in and compliment the gold gilded frames used on the exhibit and all around the gallery.

The exhibit (now open to the public) runs until the 24th of September of this year, so get there while you can! To see our work in the flesh and explore and engage with the history behind the fascinating Battle of Waterloo and its associations with Parliament, you will need to join a guided tour. For more information please visit the Houses of Parliament’s website here.

http://www.nam.ac.uk/waterloo200/

http://www.parliament.uk/about/art-in-parliament/news/2015/april/waterloo-wellington--westminster-exhibition/

IAB Mobile Engage 2015

Last week London Display Graphics produced an array of signage for the annual Mobile Engage conference. Celebrating and showcasing the power and effectiveness of mobile connectivity as well as the opportunities it offers for brands and specific organisations.

The bulk of the production produced detailed mint green vinyl mounted onto white and black PVC plastic boards and vast amounts of cut and applied way-finding vinyl graphics. The most significant production method included mounting full sheets of 3mm Foamex with Mint vinyl and kiss cutting the artwork to peel away and leave a clean and finished design; creating an essential time-saving technique for nailing consistent colour and finish. This minty eye candy created a vibrant and consistently themed atmosphere within and throughout the Mermaid Theater in London Blackfriars, EC4, of which this was the 6th year running of the conference.

Eye-engaging and energetic, the circular and patterned design (created by O-Street - http://www.ostreet.co.uk/) created a kinetic and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere full of fluidity and energy, while still in-keeping with the technological and modernistic tones of the content within the conference.

The multitude of way-finding graphics, flat-bed printed signage and even glow in the dark cut vinyl lighting up the auditorium really did engage and challenge our production house, enriching a dynamic project with creative problem solvers and solution givers.

Until next year!

I got 21m's to go...

We recently supplied Structure Tone with an outdoor large format mesh banner. Situated in the bustling corporate district of Canary Wharf, Structure Tone's latest construction graphic helps to aesthetically improve an otherwise commonly perceived dull and messy looking construction site.

The banner measures an impressive 21m by 2.5m's - spanning the entire section of a cordoned off area. Eyeleted, hemmed and made from a wind resistant mesh, the banner is perfect for any outdoor areas and temporary sites whatever the weather.

Check out our other construction based graphics here.

Knoll: Window Manifestation work

We thought we'd share our recent work with local Clerkenwell design firm Knoll; specialising in office spacing, storage solutions, bespoke furniture and all with a modernist twist. Knoll re-branded their windows in line with an upcoming sale utilizing our services for producing and installing white and red cut vinyl manifestation to their store front.

Ranging from 3m's to 2.5m's in width the scale and size of the job, although simple in its end result, meant our install team had to meticulously prepare and craft the vinyl application with intricate wire frame designs in mind. The end result provides a contrasting use of bright vibrant blood orange red and stark emotive white in the aid of enticing people in while in-keeping with their modernist styling and values - if only for one weekend.

To see more of Knoll's line and range click here. Alternatively to check out more of our window manifestation work visit this link.

Media and Marketing event signage and props

A recent project for a PR and marketing agency in Central London. Printed and branded signage and hand held photo props were scattered around the intimate venue for this media and marketing night in Clerkenwell. We printed and finished the hand held props and signage using UV flatbed printers and digital Zund contour cutters. Produced on a lightweight 5mm Kappa plast material, the audience were able to manoeuvre and reposition the items with ease and without damaging the print surface.

We're hiring!

We have two job vacancies available at our large format display office. We are looking for a pre-press artworker at mid-weight level and a large format print operator.

Click this link to find out more or get in touch and send your CV to danny.bianchet@mjgroup.co.uk.

Window vinyl work at Cassina

Our recent project down in Brompton road provided a vibrant and suitably visual representation of the Cassina brand in South West London. Priding themselves on innovation, authenticity and craftsmanship, this recent vinyl installation work creates a unique and enticing shop front for the furniture interiors company Cassina.

A circular and peep hole type design presents the furniture and design elements within the shop front to the walking public, in keeping with Cassina's bright and vibrant red branding.

Measured, site surveyed and intricately laid out and installed, the MJ Group specialise in large format installation with deadlines, budget and conceptual representation in mind.

Pop down to the show room to see our work in action or if you're feeling homely, check out the furniture located within.

http://cassina.com/en

242 Brompton Rd
London SW3 2BB

Hours:

10:00 am – 6:30 pm

Roald Dahl Story Centre

As an ongoing project and existing case study the Roald Dahl Story Centre enables us to produce and output some of our most creative works. Not content with producing life-size MDF giraffes and bespoke, cardboard engineered golden tickets and giant peaches, we were tasked with recreating Dahl's iconic chair, complete with a specific patch which he used to help with chronic back pain.

The project consisted of contour cutting MDF panels, applying UV print to both sides and ultimately constructing, finishing and fabricating the complete structure. To go alongside this, an 8 paneled system was made complete with magnetic and mirrored vinyls to provide a unique and realistic environment, which aids in providing further environmental and graphical representations of Roald Dahl's life and work. The eventual packaging for the goods and works contained as much effort and creative energy as the printed pieces, in turn creating a lasting, professional impression that can be continually reused.

For more information on tickets and the exhibit itself please click here.

Yo can also view previous works and related case studies here.

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