Archive for the ‘Exhibition Design’ Category

‘Richard Rogers + Architects’, Madrid: New record of number of visitors!

The exhibition ‘Richard Rogers + Architects’ (designed by Ab Rogers Design), which was showing at The Caixa Forum in Madrid, closed last month. And Vicki, the Curator of Exhibitions at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, has announced that this exhibition had attracted its biggest audience yet to the RR+A exhibition in the CaixaForum Madrid with 232,799 visitors!! Hip-hip Hurray!

To recap, the show at the Pompidou Centre in 2007 - which also made a record of attracting the most visitors to an Architecture Exhibition EVER (in the history of Architecture exhibitions opened at the Pompidou Centre),  attracted just under 150,000 visitors.

So to date, over half a million people have visited the RR+A exhibition in total from Paris, London, Barcelona and Madrid!

We think this is an incredible figure for an exhibition of this size.

Richard Rogers + Architects MADRID

Richard Rogers + Architects: MADRID

Richard Rogers + Architects MADRID

Richard Rogers + Architects MADRID

Richard Rogers + Architects: MADRID

Richard Rogers + Architects: MADRID

All images courtesy of John Short


SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution, Somerset House. Press Images

The press images for SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution (Designed by Ab Rogers Design), arrived from our super-mega photographer John Short.

Despite the exhibition space being very very difficult to capture on camera, he did a wonderful job as always and we’re very happy about it.

(The full batch of images to be uploaded on our ‘ARCHIVE’ section … soon)

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution

All images courtesy of John Short


Prove it!, Science Museum Press Opening

22nd October 2009. With opening speeches from John Beddington (Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government), Ed Miliband (MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change) and David Miliband (MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), the press opening of ‘Prove It!’ (Designed by Ab Rogers Design) proved to be great success, creating a huge buzz.

This December, 192 countries will meet in Copenhagen to tackle climate change. In preparation for this crucial summit, the Science Museum commissioned Ab Rogers Design to design Prove It!. This exhibition explores the scientific evidence behind climate change, signaling that it is not belief, but fact. At the same time, it inspires action and a sense of optimism for a greener future.

A series of large cone-shaped tensile structures fill the space, constructed from lengths of string attached to powder-coated white steel rings. The strings are pulled taut against the Science Museum’s physical structure, tapping into its excess energy. As a counterpoint to the wasted energy of the public building, the structures act as temporary monuments made from an absolute minimum of physical materials, beacons that signal environmental consciousness to the world.

PROVE IT! Press Opening, Science Museum

PROVE IT! Press Opening, Science Museum

PROVE IT! Press Opening, Science Museum

PROVE IT! Press Opening, Science Museum

Images posted with thanks to venturethree.


SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution, Opening Night

The ‘SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution’ exhibition at the Somerset House (Designed by Ab Rogers Design), is already near to coming to an end- and it is a bit late to post photos from the Opening Night - but I think it’s always better later than never, so here they are!

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution Opening Party

And our one and only - Mr. Nick Knight and Super Naomi Campbell!

(Behind her, you can see the 22-foot interactive sculpture of Naomi Campbell!)

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution Opening Party

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution Opening Party

SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution Opening Party

Richard Greenwood, our project manager, was lucky enough to get some mobile snaps of them!

Thanks, Richard!


Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - ‘Screen Worlds’ Opening Day!!

The world-renowned Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI, Melbourne) celebrates the moving image in all its forms – film, television, games, new media and art. Ab Rogers Design won the international competition to re-design the major galleries and their associated permanent exhibitions and function spaces, with a total area of 2500square-metres. In addition, Ab Rogers Design undertook a master planning exercise of the centre as a whole, identifying the need to restructure circulation across the site and create a new external façade and a dedicated entrance to the galleries.

The design concept was to create a series of strong, flowing landscapes and forms to create cohesion and unity among the hundreds of objects and screens on display. Specified materials range from natural bamboo, recycled artificial turf and fiberglass through to traditional leathers. Together, they create a sophisticated and unexpected palette. In line with ACMI’s environmental policy, we have sourced sustainable, local, low energy and recycled products to minimise the environmental impact of production.

And … here are some photos from the opening event which took place today in Melbourne.

ACMI-ScreenWorlds-openingday

(And yes - that’s Cate Blanchett!)

ACMI-ScreenWorlds-openingday

ACMI-ScreenWorlds-openingday

ACMI-ScreenWorlds-openingday

ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ‘Screen Worlds’ - The Story of Film, Television and Digital culture


Exhibition ‘Richard Rogers + Architects’ at the Caixa Forum, Barcelona

This touring exhibition (designed by Ab Rogers Design), which first showed at the George Pompidou Centre in Paris, stopped by London at the Design Museum, then made it’s way to sunny Barcelona!

(But very recently moved to Madrid, and is currently showing at the Caixa Forum, Madrid.)

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Image courtesy of John Short

Please refer to our web site’s ‘Projects’ page -> ‘Richard Rogers + Architects’ for more information regarding this exhibition.