HS2 ‘Discover Euston’ hoardings and wayfinding

We’ve been working with MaceDragados Joint Venture (MDJV) since November 2020 on Phase 2 of the new station redevelopment. The project has involved digging down for the foundations for the new Euston Station extension for the HS2 service. To protect the public from the works – and to help them navigate around and between the sites – we’ve produced the hoarding graphics and designed the wayfinding system for somewhere close to 3km so far.

We’ve also worked with MDJV on other spin-off projects including a Team Euston brand, the interior signing of the site offices and welfare blocks, branding the induction room, installation guides for the planning application packs and a Net Zero Carbon Strategy comms pack.

A nice addition was the installation of two 5m external lightboxes to create an archway between Euston and Drummond Street – to help with the ‘sense of place’ into and through the site.

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Heathrow Crisis

Some say we’re adrenaline junkies but our pragmatic and speedy solutions to unforeseen events have been called upon more times than we’d like to remember. From the volcanic ash cloud (from that unpronounceable volcano) to the security lockdown after 9/11, and from the recent COVID-19 pandemic to strikes, we’ve responded with monoliths, wobblers, tensator tops, pull-ups, pop-ups and digital screens – often in multiple languages.

The process has been refined now so that pre-prepared screens can be uploaded within one hour of notification of an event – from a ‘playbook’ of over 50 situations.

Designs for hardware are then printed and installed – mostly overnight – but we have installed within 4 hours before.

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Heathrow Flight Information Displays

FID screens are the fastest and most flexible way of relaying information across Heathrow. And there’s now alot of them – over 11,000 at the last count.

It’s a well considered solution. Revolving screens of our designs support the airports’ key messages alongside live flight information and wayfinding information (also us).

Each airline requires nine screens for a ‘basic’ service. Add in first class, premium and premium economy variants and that total jumps considerably. Then multiply by 82 airlines and it soon obvious there’s a lot to look after.

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