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Thiepval Museum and Visitor Centre

The Museum is located adjacent to the Lutyens Memorial in Northern France, erected in memory of over 72,000 British and Commonwealth troops missing in action as well as the graves of 600 British and French war dead. It is designed to give those who visit the context and understanding of all who died in the Battle of the Somme. We were the lead consultancy and provided all 3D design and layout as well as project management, film making, and graphics. There is a small amount of objects in glass cases and a large amount of graphic and audio visual interpretation.

Hayward Gallery – Undercover Surrealism

The Undercover Surrealism exhibition at the Hayward gallery was the first major survey of DOCUMENTS, the radical surrealist magazine published in France in 1929 and 1930, and edited by the avant-garde philosopher and novelist Georges Bataille. DOCUMENTS combined an eclectic mixture of art, archaeology, ethnography and popular culture, drawing in many of the greatest writers, poets and artists of the time, including Carl Einstein, Robert Desnos, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and André Masson.

The aim of the design was to recreate Bataille’s two-dimensional and monochromatic vision in a glorious technicolour pop up show, bringing together much of Document’s original material in order to create a three-dimensional vision of surrealism. The layout and the exhibition’s structure with walls punctuated with openings, created unexpected views and vistas that encouraged the viewer to really look. This was a full-frontal assault on the senses, intended to bring DOCUMENTS to life. We designed the layout, the interior architecture, the showcases and the display.

The Refinery

The Refinery is London’s premier one-stop grooming emporium for men. Barbering, skincare and treatments are available in its two retreats in Mayfair and in Harrods in Knightsbridge. Combining the comfort and atmosphere of a gentleman’s club with the vitality and sense of well being of a health spa, The Refinery provides an environment for relaxing, unwinding and revitalising.

Minale Tattersfield created the name and the identity and designed the interior for the original premises in Mayfair. The materials used were natural and traditional but given a contemporary twist. Dark oak doors, marble floors, granite tiling and stone coloured grey or deep blue walls work together to create a space which is stylish and luxurious.

British Museum – Mysteries of Ancient China

In the following major exhibition for Mysteriers of Ancient China, Graham Simpson, Minale Tattersfiled's senior exhibition designer created and designed the layout, the interior architecture, the showcases and the displays. This was The British Museum’s largest and most successful exhibition since Tutankhamen and achieved critical acclaim and a Design Week Award.

The unique collection of recent tomb discoveries, ranging from small pieces of jewellery to large bronze and terracotta castings, were being shown outside China for the first time. The exhibition covered the period from about 5000BC to the end of the Han Dynasty in 200AD.

Traditional Chinese architecture linking public and private space with courtyards and openings in structures influenced the orientation of the layout and the design, enhancing the visitor’s appreciation of the objects on show. 

British Museum - Vases & Volcanoes

In the following major exhibition for The Britsh Museum, Minale Tattersfield's exhibition designers created and designed the layout, the interior architecture, the showcases and the displays for the private collection of Sir William Hamilton.

Sir William Hamilton’s collection, was formed whilst he was the ambassador in Naples during the 18th century. The collection included objects from the ancient past, Greek and Roman, as well as natural specimens from the slopes of Mt Vesuvius. The exhibition bought together this substantial collection as a celebration of the period and the life and times of Sir William.

The visitor was transported back into the period of the 'Grand Tour' with the staging of the exihibition in a setting of 18th century interior design, using architectural forms, detailing and colours evocative of the period.

Science Museum – Space Gallery

The gallery was created to update the story of space exploration including the latest technical development in long distance space probes. A circular imprint in the floor traces out the diameter of an Apollo rocket with an actual propulsion unit displayed nearby. Large space vehicles previously held in storage were put on display for the first time, suspended from the upper floor slab in a setting which was designed to represent a space highway. A new interactive mission control centre with roll playing activities such as ‘launch a rocket’ were formed in the centre of the gallery.

We were the lead consultants and designed the layout, display structures, interiors, display cases and the outward appearance of the interactive exhibits.

Corney & Barrow

Having heard of the success of our interior design at The Square, Corney & Barrow commissioned us to design several of their wine bars. They wanted a fresh, contemporary, stylish and elegant look and a departure from the designs of their other outlets.

Altogether we have designed seven wine bars and although they are part of a chain we have been able to give each one a unique look and character, using natural materials and warm tones of colour to create a relaxed and mellow atmosphere.

The Square

The Square was opened in London in 1991 by owner and chef, Phillip Howard and since then it has been rated consistently as one of the top restaurants in London.

We designed the interior, comprising bar, restaurant and private dining room, to be elegantly refined rather than overstated, in order to provide a relaxed and comfortable dining experience.

Gunwarf Portsmouth – Offices and marketing suite for Berkeley Homes

The interior was designed to be a show place in which this prestigious development could be marketed and secondly to be  an office for the sales staff and project management team.

The development is on the waterfront in Portsmouth and the marketing suite was designed to highlight the panoramic views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. The visitor entered into the marketing suite via a long corridor which enhanced the vistas and views of the surrounding seascape.

The leather panelled walls were curved to represent the shape of waves and also echoed the organic shape of the building. A monitor showing CGI’s of the development was set within a glass clad column. A model of the development floated on a circular, internally  illuminated plinth.
 
Other areas we designed included private offices, meeting rooms, kitchen and toilets.

Grosvenor Waterside Chelsea – Offices and marketing suite for Berkeley Homes

The interior had a dual purpose, firstly to provide a show place in which this prestigious development could be marketed and secondly as an office for the sales staff, project management and the team running the construction.

The development is the largest art installation in the world and the massive wall within the marketing suite, punctuated with openings represented the strong positive and negative forms contained within the new building design. It also served a break between the reception area and the presentation suite, containing an audiovisual display and model of the development.

Other areas we designed included private offices, meeting rooms, kitchen and toilets.

Wild Bean Café

Minale Tattersfield provides design services for BP’s network of petrol stations and convenience stores across Europe. As part of this remit we have worked on a number of design projects for Wild Bean Café, the quick service coffee shops situated inside the convenience stores.

A new departure for Wild Bean Café has been a stand alone café situated at the entrance to the Portsmouth ferry port. We provided designs for this first outlet of its type. Another stand alone outlet, designed by Minale Tattersfield has been installed at BP’s office complex at Sunbury.

Whitewater, Newbridge Ireland – Offices and marketing suite for Balleymore Estates

The interior was designed to be a show place in which this prestigious retail development could be marketed and secondly to be an office for the sales staff, project management and the construction team.

The walls in the entrance leading to the reception area were clad in back illuminated blue glass. The reception desk was also clad in illuminated blue glass. Light boxes containing images of the development were set within the walls.

A showroom contained an exhibition of the development including a back projection screen. Other areas we designed included private offices, meeting rooms, kitchen and toilets.