https://www.joemartin.uk/contact daily 0.75 2020-09-03 https://www.joemartin.uk/services daily 0.75 2020-09-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/t/5f55f6f458ec0849a0e5dfe1/1599212790680/Jo-M-600x600.jpg Services https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio daily 1.0 2021-02-25 https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/studio-vega-d5rye monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66675/5f4f44bff4f8f06edd8e352a/1599202782769/IMAGES_MISHKAT_NOOR_04-2.jpg Portfolio - Exhibit Approach & Interpretive Planning Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy - King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I was responsible for the planning, development and build of all of the hands on and a number of the digital exhibits. Working in partnership with National Talents, KCA London led the masterplanning, design, content development and operations of this exciting new destination. The centre was designed and developed in just nine months. Mishkat opened in 2011 and now welcomes 40,000 visitors annually. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66675/5f4f443e4204207f6ab8eb44/1599157552547/Misk-Museum-7-1000x640.jpg Portfolio - Exhibit Approach & Interpretive Planning Masterplanning the new Misk Museum - for the Misk Foundation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. KCA London were commissioned by Misk to develop the strategic plan and early business plan for a new landmark science and technology museum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I was responsible for visioning, developing and writing the exhibit approach. Part natural history museum, part living biomes and part science discovery centre, the museum has three main themes, 'Our World', 'Our Selves' and 'Our Inventions'. Visitors can explore these themes through a series of real living landscapes as well as immersive digital spaces. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66675/5f4f443f0194e649f7e08e3c/1599202987619/New-Jiangxi-Science-and-Technology-Museum-1000x539.jpg Portfolio - Exhibit Approach & Interpretive Planning Great Adventure – Jiangxi Science and Technology Museum Jiangxi, China. KCA London were commissioned to provide the masterplan and conceptual design for the ‘Great Adventure’, the children’s galleries for this exciting new museum. I helped develop exhibit and experience proposals for five interconnected themed 'lands' that children will explore and interact with. The gallery will be split into: StreetLand, StoryLand, MiniLand, FutureLand and HealthLand as well as theatres and distinct workshop areas. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66675/5f51358ee927d77771cb7478/1599203136858/EN3-copy-1000x539.jpg Portfolio - Exhibit Approach & Interpretive Planning Esploranatura - Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), Kalkara, Malta. After working with MCST on the early planning of the Esplora science centre, KCA London were asked to masterplan the expansion of the site to include a new natural history museum and gardens. Our ambition is that the museum will have a unique sense of place, celebrating the ecology of Malta but also seeing how it fits with the rest of our planet. The traditional natural history museum tends to objectify nature and hold it at arms length. Seeing humans as disconnected from nature and superior to non-humans. I wanted to challenge this, break down barriers and build an emotional connection with the exhibits. https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/digital-cn27z monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51583e7590764436d5c41e/1599221077541/7837390.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Islington Recycling Centre - Islington Bourough Council. I designed and built a set of simple interactive games, quizzes and puzzles as well as some computer games for this education centre whilst working at the Science Museum. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51583f49230264753295e4/1599186642112/7837455.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Suitcase Exhibits / 'Carbon Scales' - Global Action Plan. Whilst at KCA London I was asked to design and build some very low budget education aids that could be packed away into a suitcase and taken to schools and festivals to teach people about sustainability issues. This photo is of the 'Carbon Scales' which allows users to compare the carbon embodied in different meat types to discover which meats tip the carbon scales the most. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51583f9c1faf7befad1ad6/1599221231431/7841183.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Suitcase Exhibits / 'Wind Up Scalextric' - Global Action Plan. This exhibit was part of a suite of exhibits that I made that highlight the environmental impact of our lifestyle choices. Users select a car (large, small or one where the windows are open and there's a roof rack with luggage on it) and then they wind up a generator to power the track. They can see and even feel the difference when they make an efficient choice. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51583fcef6a7438f04aa36/1599221287847/7866790.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Display - Western Riverside. This was a low budget touring exhibition that I built in the Science Museums workshops at Blythe House. It went around festivals and other events showing the life-cycle of materials, material samples and teaching about sustainability. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f515840aca83a28474338f5/1599204372805/7866997.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Recycling Puzzles - Various Clients. These simple puzzles challenge school children, in a recycling centre setting or a school classroom session, to match up the waste materials with the recycled products and to place them on the background that depicts the primary source material. Whilst at the Science Museum I created several sets of these. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51583e49230264753295df/1599170440131/7866998.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Teenager's Game - East Sussex Council. This was a teaching resource that I made several versions of whilst at the Science Museum. A class of children were split into groups and using the resources they had to solve puzzles and sort rubbish before role playing being in charge of a council. and making policy decisions about waste management and sustainability. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f5158497590764436d5c6f7/1599221331799/Burgoyne.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Classrooms of the Future Outdoor Interactive - Burgoyne Middle School, Bedfordshire. In this Science Museum project we developed ideas for a set of outdoor interactives in schools. We involved the children in the development process and tested prototypes of a number of ideas. I was responsible for developing renewable energy solutions to power them as well as the hardware and software involved and was part of the installation team. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51584bae2be27880d3ca2a/1599204630703/Tune+in.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Classrooms of the Future Outdoor Interactive - Sandy Upper School, Bedfordshire. At this upper school we created an outdoor common room with a solar powered jukebox and seating structure. Children could download songs whilst in class and wirelessly send them to the jukebox to play at lunch and break times. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51584baf839b4b97c0403d/1599221383649/Buttontastic%21%21.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Classrooms of the Future Outdoor Interactive - Maple Tree Lower School, Bedfordshire. This was one of a set of school outdoor interactives created whilst I was at the Science Museum. We involved the children in the development process and tested prototypes of a number of ideas. I was responsible for developing renewable energy solutions to power them, specifying the hardware and software involved and helping to install them on-site. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f5158ce9c1faf7befad3733/1599204665261/VEOLIA_RECYCLING+DISCOVERY+CENTRE_18.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects 'Material Detectives' exhibit - Recycling Discovery Centre, Veolia, Southwark. School groups visit this learning centre within a materials recycling facility in Southwark. This exhibit has them investigate the properties of different materials and work out where the materials came from and just how precious they are. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f5158ce30c6c373373d07b1/1599171653280/VEOLIA_RECYCLING+DISCOVERY+CENTRE_19.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects 'Recycle or Not' exhibit - Recycling Discovery Centre, Veolia, Southwark. Visitors watch different items of waste travelling along an on-screen conveyor belt and must stamp on one of the three floor pad to select whether to recycle it, compost it or send it to landfill. As the game progresses it gets faster and faster and it is a very popular game. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f5158ce30c6c373373d07ad/1599204899806/VEOLIA_RECYCLING+DISCOVERY+CENTRE_33.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects 'Mini MRF' exhibit - Recycling Discovery Centre, Veolia, Southwark. Set within a real MRF (materials recycling facility) visitors control this mini version that highlights how the process of separating materials works. They start with a mix of glass beads, metals, plastics and use a trummel, magnetic sorters, air sorters and hand separating to sort them. A video player shows videos of the real on-site machinery within the MRF. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51577f8f2e71451f442e1f/1599186679945/7837389.jpg Portfolio - Sustainability Projects The Green Living Centre (in Upper Street, London) - Islington Borough Council. This project was aimed at adult visitors as a place where they could go to find out about sustainable practices they could incorporate into their lives. All of the materials used were reclaimed, recycled or low energy, ensuring that the messages of the centre were reflected in the design and build process. The centre included a number of simple interactive exhibits, a computer database and an interactive map. We worked with Blustin Heath Design and the graphics were designed by Studio HB. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51557dd845d92e45433fab/1599204940367/7866914.png Portfolio - Sustainability Projects Woodland Composting Centre - East Sussex. The challenge in this simple computer game was to make learning about composting exciting. I worked with Joe Cutting to develop this exhibit. Visitors have to drive the composting truck to collect the composting waste and take it to the various parts of a composting plant and in the process they learn how composting works. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51557dd845d92e45433fa5/5f51557dd845d92e45433fb0/1599204977426/Lunchbox+prototype.JPG Portfolio - Sustainability Projects 'What's In Your Lunch' Exhibit - East Sussex Composting Centre. This is a prototype of an exhibit I made that used RFID and Arduino. The exhibit showed how reducing the amount of packaging in your lunch box can dramatically reduce the amount of waste going to landfill https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/digital monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5004b9adbea84aa5ea3f3a/1599205314091/ENGINEER+YOUR+FUTURE_02.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences Engineer Your Future - Science Museum London. I worked with Kiss The Frog to develop, evaluate and troubleshoot a set of three huge multi-player projection exhibits that challenge visitors to plan and build different types of networks: a railway network; an electricity grid and a baggage handling system, before testing them ‘live’. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f500ffe3ed608471693ae6a/1599205354313/7866914.png Portfolio - Digital Experiences Woodland Composting Centre - East Sussex. The challenge in this simple computer game was to make learning about composting exciting. I worked with Joe Cutting to develop this exhibit. Visitors have to drive the composting truck to collect the composting waste and take to the various parts of a composting plant and in the process they learn how composting works https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f50102475f60e289950e5e1/1599205392192/COLGATE+3.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Plaque Attack' Exhibit - from the travelling exhibition 'Keep Britain Smiling' which was made by KCA London for Colgate. Visitors have to brush the giant teeth and eliminate the plaque as it builds up (shown by glowing red LEDs). Sensors within the teeth measure their progress and feedback is given on the screen within the mouth structure. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5011bcadbea84aa5ecc8a6/1599205620053/20180308_134547.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Power The City' Exhibit - for Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy. Following an evaluation I had done of Mishkat's exhibit offer, I identified a number of exhibits for replacement. I then mentored their staff to develop a set of new exhibits and this was one of them. It identified the pros and cons of different energy sources to power a city and it required that users respond to changing events to supply a balanced mix. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5011bf560da13bd74255ae/1599205705354/20180308_135524.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Central Hall' Exhibit - for Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy. Following my evaluation of Mishkat's exhibits, this key orientation space in the centre of the building became a target for redevelopment. I wrote the tender for the work and helped evaluate the responses and manage the development. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5011bd93570b42ea19bd5e/1599205279498/IMAGES_MISHKAT_VISITORS_28.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Power The City' Exhibit - for Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy. This was the original exhibit we installed. It used models of different types of power source set within acrylic tubes with RFID tags in the bases. The finished exhibit looked lovely and had a lot of promise but sadly was let down by overly complicated software. Some valuable lessons were learnt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5011bd8cc94678bd77110d/1599205782193/Mishkat_Our+Precious+Liquids.jpeg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Our Precious Liquids' Exhibit - for Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy. This exhibit demonstrated the link between oil and desalinated water in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the worlds largest supplier of energy in the form of oil. It also consumes a staggering 20% of all the energy it produces. The vast majority being used to desalinate water or for air conditioning. Yet we discovered through evaluation that many children in the Kingdom are not aware of any link between oil and water. This highly active exhibit which involves competing with your friends to pump oil through a model desalination plant to produce water whilst learning about the process. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5011e652ac6c03932b25bf/1599165822047/MP_Int_GP1_Body+and+quotes_interaction_boy+moving.JPG Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Energy Everywhere' Exhibit - for Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy. This exhibit has visitors use gestures to trigger animations that show that there is energy everywhere and there are many ways to capture it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5012cf849cb53ee48aadcc/1599205924681/Saudi+2050+%40+Scitech-17.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Future Shaper' Exhibit - Saudi 2050 Travelling Exhibition. Developed by KCA London and Kiss The Frog this exhibit uses pucks to interact with a screen. Each puck represents a different design parameter and turning them gives different options to select from. Visitors use the exhibit to design different products of the future. When they are satisfied with their design they save it to a display along with other visitor's work. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5012d6849cb53ee48aae35/1599205974424/SAUDI+2050_29.JPG Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Robot Arm' Exhibit - Saudi 2050 Travelling Exhibition. Visitors program a robot arm by placing a set of counters (containing RFID tags) with instructions on them (e.g. left one, down two, close grabber, etc.). The objective is to pick up a ball and place it into a ball run. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5012e2560da13bd742932c/1599206002590/SAUDI+2050_33.JPG Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Future Shaper' Exhibit - Saudi 2050 Travelling Exhibition. Developed by KCA London and Kiss The Frog this exhibit uses pucks to interact with a screen. Each puck represents a different design parameter and turning them gives different options to select from. Visitors use the exhibit to design different products of the future. When they are satisfied with their design they save it to a display along with other visitor's work. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f50150840f7cb1d2634363a/1599206077780/NECSA+-+Geiger+Counter.jpg Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'Geiger Counter' Exhibit - NECSA. This is the display from an exhibit that I wrote the software for. It used RFID tags and was controlled with an Arduino board. A number of common daily items (or models of them) were fixed on a turntable which users rotate to pass the items under a Geiger counter. The display showed a reading for how radioactive they are. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6668f/5f5011bd5f15e62837735fba/1599206155470/Lunchbox+prototype.JPG Portfolio - Digital Experiences 'What's In Your Lunch' Exhibit - East Sussex Composting Centre. This is a prototype of an exhibit I made that uses RFID tags and an Arduino controller. The exhibit shows how reducing the amount of packaging in your lunch box can dramatically reduce the amount of waste going to landfill https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/sorted monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4cfebc81a96034f6a0cbc9/1599207149074/KCAlondon_Ahoy%21+1_Thumb.jpg Portfolio - Early Years Galleries Ahoy! - National Maritime Museum. I was part of the design team that created the new children's gallery for the NMM. This museum’s collection is particularly fabulous and inspiring and it was a pleasure to explore it. I worked closely with an early years consultant, accompanying visitors, and evaluating ideas in the development of our design. We created a maritime-themed landscape that included a number of themed play spaces. Children can fish from the end of the pier, stoke a steam ship’s boiler and captain a pirate ship. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4cfebdceb27e4afeb56cae/1598885485144/Boatyard.jpg Portfolio - Early Years Galleries Ahoy! - National Maritime Museum. This is an early concept drawing of mine showing a close-up of part of the 'Boatyard' area. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4d0275511e4f509fb5bb25/1599164871746/NMM+2_0001.jpg Portfolio - Early Years Galleries Ahoy! - National Maritime Museum. This is an early concept drawing of mine showing the 'Harbour' area. This is a safe sensory play space designed especially for under 3's visitors and their parents. It is a space they might find familiar - the beach and seaside - but it also affords views out across the rest of the gallery where they or their elder siblings can explore when they feel ready to. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4d08660fd7671843596c93/1599207382957/EO1rRzuXkAEvQPr.jpg Portfolio - Early Years Galleries 'Minibrum' - a city for children - Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham. Here is a photo of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton opening the gallery. It is an immersive STEM-themed play space created by KCA London and Paragon Creative in which children can explore a child-sized recreation of their city. Co-production with local children formed a key part of the development process, and throughout we worked closely with Thinktank to explore how the children’s ideas and creativity could be incorporated into the gallery. We also worked to integrate Thinktank’s unique collections into the gallery, creating a space that celebrates and highlights its connections to the wider museum. The gallery was shortlisted for Permanent Exhibition of the Year at the 2020 Museums and Heritage Awards. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4cff10511e4f509fb543ef/1599206491623/MEW-102_MW1_8661-1000x667.jpg Portfolio - Early Years Galleries Sorted! - The Postal Museum, London. This was the family gallery created by KCA London for visitors to London's Postal Museum. Putting children in charge of a mini-town inspired by Britain’s rich postal heritage. I was responsible for much of the 3D spacial design as well as designing and developing the exhibits and experiences. Children can play in an interactive sorting office, weigh parcels, deliver mail, fill postal sacks, drive a postal van and use pulleys and slides to move mail. Illustrated wall panels and moveable magnetic characters and postal vehicles create a busy London cityscape and graphic backdrop for the gallery. Image copyright: The Postal Museum / Miles Willis https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4d0041184e171b100a8b9a/1599165086725/TPM_SD_3D+Model+for+rendersV2_DH+2016-03-24+12355600000.png Portfolio - Early Years Galleries Sorted! - The Postal Museum, London. This is a plan view of the 'Sorted!' gallery, part of London's Postal Museum which was designed whilst working at KCA London https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4d0041b40a3222695023eb/1599206549700/jordan5.jpg Portfolio - Early Years Galleries 'Once Upon A Shape' - Children's Museum Jordan. I was part of the KCA London team who led the content and design of an immersive, playful and interactive exhibition for under 5s and their families. A play space filled with opportunities for interaction, open-ended play and discovery. The design was rooted in educational psychology and learning outcomes to help the Museum’s youngest visitors develop their motor and sensory skills whilst having fun. Once Upon a Shape was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah in October 2014. The Museum was the first interactive children’s museum in Jordan and its development was a key initiative for the Queen Rania Foundation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66627/5f4d09384ada6c4dfa1c31a7/1598886496782/Girl+in+grainpit.JPG Portfolio - Early Years Galleries 'Grainpit' - Science Museum London, Launchpad Gallery. This was one of the first things I built for The Science Museum when I was still freelancing as a fabricator and before I became part of the 'Creative Services' exhibit design team. https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/stories-wtmm6 monthly 0.5 2020-09-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51704ed79af8221d4cd4d0/5f5174c9925fd72d84d5221f/1600949851194/013__D12-1140x943.jpg Portfolio - Exhibit Audits & Recommendations Scitech Science Centre, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. This science centre was built in 2004 and little had been done to update any of the exhibits when I audited six of their seven galleries fourteen years later (in 2018). I evaluated and reported on over 300 hands-on exhibits as well as many touchscreens and video kiosks and made costed recommendations for the replacement of more than 40% of the exhibits. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f51704ed79af8221d4cd4d0/5f5176a433819313c2f23652/1599211947982/IMAGES_MISHKAT_VISITORS_41.jpg Portfolio - Exhibit Audits & Recommendations Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy - King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After designing and overseeing the build of the exhibits at Mishkat I was asked by the director to help recruit a maintenance team and give them ongoing support. I performed an audit of the exhibits a year after opening to identify which exhibits might need updating or replacing. I then mentored their staff helping them develop the skills to deliver a set of new exhibits. https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/stories monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66643/5f51939dfa5ad53db31c6573/1599183469226/IMG_0408-e1523549781512.jpg Portfolio - Telling Stories How Do We Look? – Exhibition Design Client: Francis Crick Institute, London. KCA London designed the Francis Crick Institute’s first public exhibition, How Do We Look? The exhibition profiled twelve Crick scientists through layered and multi-textual displays that included photos of the scientist, images of their work and audio of the scientist providing their own explanations, providing a personal and scientific context to the exhibition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66643/5f51939289860f3fd7e815ca/1599183194477/C0144656.jpg Portfolio - Telling Stories Francis Crick Institute – Open for Discovery. KCA London worked with the Francis Crick Institute to develop and design their first major public exhibition, Open for Discovery. Open for Discovery explores discoveries made by Crick scientists past and present and the impact and influence they have had for biomedical research and our lives today. These range from Francis Crick’s role in discovering the structure of DNA to contemporary Crick scientists Nobel award-winning research into personalised medicine. The exhibition combines archive news articles, objects, models, audio and graphics to tell the story of the Institute, its scientific legacy and the people who work there. The exhibition’s opening was featured on London Live and live streamed by the BBC News Facebook page Images: Copyright The Francis Crick Institute https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66643/5f4d19e06d16731958a5e4d4/1599182574300/TOL_ROYAL-BEASTS_01-1-1000x667.jpg Portfolio - Telling Stories 'Royal Beasts' - Tower of London. In this exhibition KCA London untangled a multitude of story lines and primary accounts to create an emotive, powerful and accessible exhibition experience for the Tower of London’s present day audiences. We had a very tight budget but were able to deliver intuitive, simple and layered exhibits that told the stories of the animals and their keepers at the Royal Menagerie. Today, Royal Beasts is the third most visited exhibition at the Tower of London, engaging over 800,000 visitors a year. Royal Beasts is the winner of the Best Leisure Product Award 2011 (BETA). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb66643/5f51931dfa5ad53db31c5544/1599210791720/DSC02567.JPG Portfolio - Telling Stories 'Move Over Einstein' - A travelling exhibition for the Institute of Physics. This was to mark the centenary of Einstein's release of his papers on special relativity (1905 - 2005) and it told the stories of a number of contemporary physicists who have built on his legacy. The content was difficult (such as the search for the Higgs-Boson particle, dark matter, and nano-bots), but we found ways to make it accessible by highlighting the personal stories of the scientists involved and by depicting them as ordinary people rather than in lab coats. https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/specialists-d3rkb monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d69a256f0115358121cb3/1600866199494/SAUDI-2050_32.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions 'Saudi 2050' - King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE). Whilst at KCA London I helped develop and tour this, the first touring exhibition for Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy (the science centre we developed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d69ad8a554130395a6f07/1600866199496/SAUDI-2050_03.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions Saudi 2050 includes hands on interactive exhibits, futuristic objects augmented by digital technology, and a tactile multimedia interactive where visitors create their own future creations guided by scientists and futurists. We worked with multimedia specialists Kiss the Frog, to create this unique interactive experience. The exhibition premiered at the Saudi Aramco Cultural Program in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It also travelled to the COP 18 UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, and to the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. It continues to tour the region. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d6324e9c92b5bc5a7c2c1/1600866199479/7866744.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions 'Move Over Einstein' - A travelling exhibition for the Institute of Physics. This was to mark the centenary of Einstein's release of his papers on special relativity (1905 - 2005) and it told the stories of a number of contemporary physicists who have built on his legacy. The challenge was to make the sometimes complex scientific stories accessible to a young audience. I was responsible for developing a set of exhibits that gave simple but fun entry-points into the content. AllOfUs produced an iconic centrepiece for the exhibition where visitors were invited to cycle around inside Einstein's imagination and travel on a light beam in his famous thought experiment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d63221ef0f018e75ea83b/1600866199482/2012-07-05-15.29.15-2-920x375.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions 'Keep Britain Smiling' - Colgate. This was an exhibition to explain and encourage dental hygiene. It traveled around the country visiting science centres as well as public spaces such as shopping centres. Here it is pictured in Westfield shopping centre in White City, London. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d6322c6bddd0270cd51c7/1600866199472/7866617.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions The Green-Up Bus - For Luton Council. Designed with Dan Howarth whilst at the Science Museum, this bus traveled around visiting schools and encouraging sustainability. I was responsible for developing a number of computer games, a database and other resources to tell the story of how we should all try harder to 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle' https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d67d85b2aa539171286e1/1600866199491/Get+off+the+blocks+05.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions 'Science of Sport' - The Science Museum. This was a hugely popular exhibition that traveled all over the world. I was responsible for over-seeing its installation and get out in many countries as well as troubleshooting and fixing any issues that arose with its many exhibits. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d632394671c26599de3fb/1600866199485/7866700.jpg Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions 'Chelsea World of Sport' - Chelsea football club. / 'Science of Soccer' - South Africa / 'Science of Sport' - China. A number of additional sports exhibits were inspired by 'Science of Sport' over the years and designed by myself and my design partner at the time Dan Howarth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb6665a/5f4d67c9565d0a74b257c526/1600866199488/Loadsakids.JPG Portfolio - Travelling Exhibitions 'Rethink Rubbish Bus' - This bus was designed and built for East Sussex council whilst I was at the Science Museum. https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/training monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb666a6/5f502fb5ea641b45fbb601fb/1599207968029/IMAGES_MISHKAT_VISITORS_41.jpg Portfolio - Training and Talks Mishkat Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I mentored and gave training in exhibit and content development to staff as well as helping recruit and train their maintenance team. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb666a6/5f502fd4b8869e0de28829d1/1599179626793/POSTAL+MUSEUM_TRAINING_08.JPG Portfolio - Training and Talks I gave professional training to the management team at The Postal Museum, London. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb666a6/5f50304ddf609d237a17ad90/1599207983832/UCL+Doha.JPG Portfolio - Training and Talks I gave a week long course as a visiting lecturer in exhibit prototyping at UCL Doha, Qatar. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb666a6/5f5030586b2d1e016f068592/1599207989325/Capture.JPG Portfolio - Training and Talks I gave a talk at Excite on the use of RFID, NFC, Bluetooth and other mobile technologies within exhibitions to tag exhibits and to extend the visitor experience. I spoke to many institutions in my research on the topic to work out what works and what doesn't and to establish how well these technologies live up to their promise. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb666a6/5f502feec7fb810c05d1f3dd/1599208040935/Ahoy20_sm.jpg Portfolio - Training and Talks I was invited to speak at the 'Museums at Play' conference organised by GEM (Group for Education in Museums). I also gave a talk in 'Engaging and Empowering Young Children' at another of the Excite conferences. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f4c36827960e8706cb666a6/5f5030640ec646106baad979/1599208058745/MALTA_TRAINING_12.JPG Portfolio - Training and Talks KCA London gave professional training to the Esplora science centre management team in Malta. I was responsible for training them in exhibit design and development, audience engagement, prototyping and evaluation. https://www.joemartin.uk/portfolio/modelmaking-fabrication monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b693bb026010e74ff841b/1600874835135/Wonderland+Weather+composite.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6bd7344f544bfdbc39eb/1600875522689/Trafalgar+Square+Model+composite.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6bf5e86e6e063845c1a8/1600875522282/PG+Tips+2.jpg Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6be71983c9129f9ed4e5/1600875530699/Gior.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6c2a48f026321e9c9f07/1600875588174/Joseph+and+his+Technicolour+Dreamcoat+smaller.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6c3c9dc1d663301d9d34/1600875592126/Boat+4.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6c2a3e805454521c22c0/1600875585561/Richard+Harris+smaller.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6c66dcc756640a9a6a15/1600875642481/Living+Bridges.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6c9087a0265bb1441f96/1600875688712/London+Model+composite.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6cc5d74f0c1f04f3b21b/1600875727512/NMM.jpg Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6cdc1877fb59c29afe94/1600875752448/Penguins+3.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6d48344f544bfdbc94e3/1600876084092/Coventry+Model+1.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6d48b026010e7400406c/1600875955122/Lost+In+Space.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6d480560f52853ea45d4/1600875990921/Pixar+fix.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6d481877fb59c29b0fa4/1600876082733/Scotish+Museum+Model.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6d484a7e71636515c151/1600875944285/Tower+of+London+composite.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6d48dcc756640a9a9937/1600875945569/Waterloo+terminal+composite.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6daa9dc1d663301df27d/1600875991197/workshop+pics.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f6b4797a37806288c64d656/5f6b6daa9dc1d663301df27c/1600876089728/Zaha+Hadid+1.JPG Portfolio - Modelmaking & Fabrication Experience https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking daily 0.75 2020-09-11 https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking/project-six-2nzl9 monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc0d/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc10/1589985934061/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Six https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc0d/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc14/1589985934058/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Six https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc0d/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc12/1589985934065/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Six https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc0d/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc0e/1589985934053/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Six https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking/project-five-wr5pb monthly 0.5 2020-08-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb7b/1589985934021/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb81/1589985934024/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb83/1589985934018/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb7d/1589985934014/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb7f/1589985934010/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb79/1589985934000/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb78/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb85/1589985934006/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Five https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking/project-four-ljds7 monthly 0.5 2020-08-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/t/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbc1/1598554037210/ Modelmaking - Project Four - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/t/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbc4/1598554042747/ Modelmaking - Project Four - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/t/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbc7/1598554048337/ Modelmaking - Project Four - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking/project-three-rrhdr monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb9f/1589985934090/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbaa/1589985934097/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb99/1589985934083/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb9d/1589985934093/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb9b/1589985934086/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb97/1589985934079/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb94/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfb95/1589985934075/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Three https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking/project-one-9epgg monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf5/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbfa/1589985934151/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project One https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf5/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfc01/1589985934148/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project One https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf5/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf8/1589985934133/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project One https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf5/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbff/1589985934144/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project One https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf5/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf6/1589985934138/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project One https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbf5/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbfc/1589985934141/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project One https://www.joemartin.uk/modelmaking/project-two-yyajr monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdc/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbe3/1589985934127/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Two https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdc/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbe7/1589985934119/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Two https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdc/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbe5/1589985934123/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Two https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdc/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbe1/1589985934112/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Two https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdc/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdf/1589985934116/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Two https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4c35648a35d1237842b78f/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdc/5f5bced5b47f9e43ef3dfbdd/1589985934108/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Modelmaking - Project Two