Fish pass viewing platform artwork.
This year saw the completion of the artworks for the Colwick Fish Pass on the Trent in Nottingham. This was the culmination of an 18 month project for us which included a range of artworks including corten sculptures, stainless steel artworks, concrete seating and information panels.
Read MoreStar Posts arranged in a semi circle.
How to look at the stars and what does it all mean anyway?
These simple wooden pillars introduce the notion of how the stars and constellations relate to us and where the names and patterns originated.
Read MoreWelcome signage in laser cut Corten Steel.
Loch Leven is a RSPB reserve north of Edinburgh near Kinross. Set on the southern shore of the loch, this nature reserve offers a great day out for families, nature lovers and wildlife watchers alike. Ospreys visit the loch to fish during the summer, while up to 20,000 pink-footed geese fly in from Iceland come autumn.
Read MoreImagine standing in one of the wildest landscapes in England, looking up the valley and seeing Scots pine and native woodland stretching into the distance along a meandering burn. Black grouse forage below and golden eagles soar above.
This is the future envisaged for the land along the Scaup Burn at Kielderhead, stretching up to the Whitelee Moor Nature Reserve and on towards the border. Our job was to bring this vision to life.
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The Power of Bugs at the Stables in Gibside.
The Power of Bugs exhibition at Gibside has taken the smallest of wildlife and blown them to the size of a room so we can appreciated how beautiful these wonderful creatures are.
Read MoreInterpretation concepts for the interpretive seating at Kiplin Hall.
Historic Kiplin Hall gets an interpretive makeover. Wayfinding, interpretaton and seating combined.
Read MoreDesign presentation for the creation of the Hiking for Health 100 walks waymarker posts.
Hiking for Health have initiated a fantastic project linking 100 heritage routes through the north east. They include such wonderful sites such as Beamish and Consett. The posts include carvings of illustrations, distances and waymark the routes through varied and interesting countryside.
Read MoreI am the daughter of earth and water. This was the basis for the design of a cloud classification and identification panel we designed for the National Trust property at Gibside.
Read MoreNational Trust property - Wallington Hall - commissioned Differentia to create a range of interpretation throughout their site in Northumberland. This included, panels, artworks and structures.
Read MoreHirst Park Noticeboard Panel
Hirst Park is a park in Ashington which has undergone a massive transformation thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The design work included designing interpretation panels and interpretation artworks, landscape design and park furniture.
Read MoreCalifornia Way is a new green route through Wokingham. The wayfinding included a suite of bespoke site furniture design and created by us. The monolith signs are based on a standing stone and has rock art patterns perforated through the corten steel which references the ancient “sweet” routes that have connected communities through the centuries.
Read MoreThe Land of Oak and Iron is a Heritage Lottery funded landscape partnership project. The interpretation is the culmination of two years research, design and fabrication. The final interpretation panels are mounted onto corten steel with complementary oak poetry and wayfinding.
Read MoreCompleted Gateway Interpretation Sign at Markinch
We were commissioned to design and fabricate the Gateway signs for the Fife Pilgrim Way. Our concept was to incorporate traditional elements such as the classic arch of a field gate with the stained glass of a church window. The whole interpretive structure was designed for recyclability and every piece was carefully crafted by specialist carpenters and steel workers.
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At the beginning of the day as the sun is rising behind Lindisfarne Castle.
An interpretation shelter on Holy Island built using green oak and traditional construction methods, housing environmentally friendly panels and designed sympathetically into the landscape.
Read MoreA miners wheel used as a template to carry the interpretation of the National Forest.
This is the end of a two year process of design and various stages of interpretation ideas. The brief originally came to us with the desire to create a series of hubs using cut through corten steel. However, we felt that this treatment was a little unsympathetic to the project aims so we created a completely new design. The hubs came from the notion of a pit wheel within which we introduced the stories of the landscape setting for each hub. Thus the story is in steel. The interpretation panel inserted into the hub puts flesh on the bones of these stories. The spinning zinc etched discs and coloured resin introduce a fun element allowing for the interpretation to appeal to a wide ranging audience including children.
Read MoreRedhall Estate is in Darlington and is surrounded by countryside and increasing development. The Redhall Nature reserve on site is full of grassland species such as six-spot burnet moths and butterflies of all kinds.
Read MoreNew simple signage system installed in Bishop Auckland.
Read MoreNew GRP interpretation panels for Whitehaven town centre.
Read MoreThe Allen Valley is a place of wonder and industrial heritage - sitting just below the surface. Cold and windswept often but glorious always. So working here has been a great inspiration and the interpretation panels we have installed are now looking wonderful in this landscape.
Read MoreAudio, visual, touch and smell all available at the turn of the cubes.
The latest interpretation at Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare has built on the existing interpretation we installed last year and includes audio, visual, smell and touch interpretation. This all adds to the mix of engaging activities that the education team run at the centre to help visitors understand and feel fully engage with their work of helping animal welfare.
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