Exhibition design and equipment
If you need help installing an exhibition, or if you need to hire equipment for your show, you can find a list of useful companies and services in this section.
These listing include freelance gallery technicians, AV specialists, prop makers, AV equipment hire and more.
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ADi Solutions (Art & Design installation)
address1st Floor, 6-8 Standard Place, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3BEcontactDean Proctortelephone020 7729 8073fax020 7729 8074emailwebsite
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ADi Audiovisual (Art & Design installation)
address1st Floor, 6-8 Standard Place, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3BEcontactHarry Robinsontelephone020 7729 8085fax020 8962 9869emailwebsite
ADiAV can sell or hire a wide variety of Multimedia Projectors, video synchronisation units, projection screens, Data and Video monitors including Sony Cubes, Plasma Screens, professional DVD players, Hard Disk Video streaming and all sound equipment. You will not find state of the art equipment at a cheaper price. Recent shows include Barbara Kruger, Hussein Chalayan, Susan Collins, Tim Head and Gillian Wearing.
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Atacama Ltd
addressThe Studio, Sheep St, Charlbury, Oxford, OX7 3RRcontactJames Hawkescontacttelephone0845 004 2261website
Atacama Ltd is a film and new media design company specialising in museums, exhibitions and the arts. Based outside Oxford but work internationally on projects and collaborative ventures with artists & freelancers.
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Imagey Print and Display
address16 Bull Lane, London, N18 1SXcontactDavid Sullivancontacttelephone0845 833 0783fax0845 833 0793emailemailwebsite
Imagey manufacture and supply a large range of art display and printed presentation products, including perspex box frames; direct print to acrylic; canvas wraps on 1" and 2" stretcher bars; blockmounts to mdf, foamex and acrylic substrates; photo light boxes; freestanding acrylic frames and thick printed blocks and traditional picture framing. Large format photographic printing and exhibition graphics are also available.
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The Print Space
addressThe Print Space, 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DLcontacttelephone020 77391060emailwebsite
At The Print Space you can print Digital C-type archival large format photographic prints, large format professional Epson Giclee prints and CMYK proofs with colour accuracy and precision. Either colour correct your images on your own Mac and then upload your finished files to their printers via iMac, or rent a Retouching Booth, £12 per hour, to colour correct your images and then send your finished images to print.
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Stewart Contract Services
contactMark Stewartcontactmobile07775 625897email
Temporary exhibition walls, partition stands and plinths. All free standing or constructed on site, purchase or rental available.
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Capital Models
websiteaddressStudio 8, The Hanger, Perseverance Works, 38 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8DDcontactRobert Danton-Reestelephone020 7729 8660fax0845 612 1832
Props, signs , displays and architectural models
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MITES
addressFACT, PO Box 911, Liverpool L69 1ARtelephone0151 707 2881address07970 049 402fax0151 707 2150emailwebsitewebsite
The Moving Image Touring & Exhibition Service (MITES) is the national exhibition technology resource for artists and exhibitors in the UK. Based at FACT in Liverpool, it offers technical support and subsidised exhibition technologies ranging from data video projectors to computers and audio equipment. MITES has provided equipment for almost every major technology-based exhibition in the UK since its inception in 1992. MITES has a full-time Co-ordinator who can provide details of equipment hire costs and availability, take bookings and advise on equipment capability, support needs and training opportunities. Detailed technical support is available from the MITES technician and through a network of specialist staff. For bookings, conditions of hire and general enquiries, see the website.
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Local Digital Network
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To improve local access to film across London, Film London has purchased eight portable digital cinema kits. Hosted by eight partner organisations, each kit contains a digital projector, screen, sound system and DVD/VHS player. The partner organisations use the digital cinema kits for their own activities and also make the kit available to other organisations in their local area on a hire basis that is substantially less than the commercial hire charge. Local Digital Network partners are: The Video College; Phoenix Cinema; LUX; Four Corners Film; Film and Video Workshop; Connections Communications Centre; The Albany; Bromley Mytime. Links to all can be found on the Film London website.
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The Block
addressThe Block, 566 Cable Street, London E1W 3HBcontactMattcontactmobile07946 41 9615emailwebsite
The Block offers equipment for hire to artists, galleries and museums staging film and video work throughout the UK. Our stock includes a large holding of Sony Cubes and Hantarex MGG monitors for use in display and exhibitions.
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London Art Workshop
addressat the back of 7 Clapton Square, London E5 8HPcontactRoddy Thomson and Tom Robinsoncontactemailinfo@londonartworkshopwebsite
London Art Workshop provides a wide range of professional services for artists, designers, galleries etc. These include exhibition design, art installation, gallery refurbishment, construction of walls and picture hanging, bespoke furniture and woodwork, plinths, gallery furniture and the production of artwork.
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