Posts Tagged: Nissen Richards Studio
Re-Design vs Design Perfection: Pippa Nissen, Director & Co-Founder, Nissen Richards Studio
Welcome to Re-Design vs Design Perfection, a playful new Design Insider series leading creatives to choose one object they’d happily reimagine and another they consider flawlessly designed. Pippa Nissen, Director & Co-Founder, Nissen Richards Studio shares her choices offering a surprising window into who she is as a designer, revealing the quirks, values and subtle… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio Weaves the Legacy of Clarks into the Design of the Shoemakers Museum
Nissen Richards Studio has created the permanent exhibition and graphic design, wayfinding and shop design for Shoemakers Museum, a brand-new visitor destination opening this month in the heart of Somerset. The practice was also the museum’s interpretation specialist, creating the text for the exhibition’s content, in close collaboration with the curatorial team. The museum has… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio Lays Down the Law at The National Library of Norway
Nissen Richards Studio has completed designs for ‘Upholding the Law: Magnus the Lawmender’s Law of the Land, 1274-2024’, a refined, atmospheric and delicately-staged exhibition for The National Library of Norway. The show celebrates the 750th anniversary of the country’s 1274 ‘Law of the Land’, which laid the foundation for the Norwegian legal system and for… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio helps unite the complex worlds of Goya and Munch at MUNCH, Oslo
Modern Prophecies is a new exhibition at MUNCH in Oslo, designed by Nissen Richards Studio, who also worked with the MUNCH Museum on two earlier exhibitions – ‘Playing Pieces’ in 2022, featuring the collection of Norwegian philanthropic organisation Sparebankstiftelsen DNB and ‘The Shape of Freedom’ earlier in 2023, which examined artistic links between Europe and… Read More >
Clwb Ifor Bach’s Exciting Expansion: Nissen Richards Studio’s Vision for a Legendary Music Venue
Legendary Cardiff grassroots music venue Clwb Ifor Bach has submitted ambitious expansion plans, designed by RIBA Award-winning architects Nissen Richards Studio, that will see its current site expanded and upgraded. The new vision for the venue – which has helped launch the careers of many big-name Welsh bands, from Stereophonics to Super Furry Animals –… Read More >
‘China’s hidden century’ opens at the British Museum, designed by Nissen Richards Studio
The resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is the subject of a major new exhibition at the British Museum, designed by the exhibition and graphic design team at Nissen Richards Studio. ‘China’s hidden century’ focuses on the tumultuous period between 1796 and 1912, which led to the end of over 2,000 years of Qing dynastic… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio Completes Interpretation Design of the National Portrait Gallery
Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery tells the story of Britain through portraits, using art to bring history to life and explore living today. From global icons to unsung heroes, the Collection is filled with the stories that have shaped, and continue to shape, a nation. After a three-year closure, and £41.3m investment, the… Read More >
‘Bad Vibes’, a new exhibition examining the cult phenomenon of Norwegian Black Metal
‘Bad Vibes’, a new exhibition examining the cult phenomenon of Norwegian Black Metal, launches at The National Library of Norway, with design by Nissen Richards Studio. London-based architects and designers Nissen Richards Studio have completed their fourth exhibition for The National Library of Norway in Oslo. The exhibition deals with one of the most intriguing… Read More >
Canine Portraiture Perfection!
Centuries of canine portraiture curated by The Wallace Collection for new exhibition by Nissen Richards Studio. Our Design Insider team couldn’t help but let this work put a smile on our faces! Artists have drawn, painted, sculpted – and even preserved via taxidermy – their or their patrons’ pet dogs since time immemorial, celebrating the unique bond… Read More >
Six Ways to be Sustainable in Exhibition Design with Nissen Richards Studio
As a practice, we are thoughtful and imaginative, and take great pride in our work being of the highest quality. Collaboration, listening and dialogue are central to our working methodology, and as a curator of multiple creative fields, we are able to offer new design perspectives. The climate crisis is at the forefront of our… Read More >
The Shape of Freedom with Nissen Richards Studio
The Shape of Freedom is a new, temporary exhibition at MUNCH in Oslo, which has just opened and is set to run to 21 May 2023. The exhibition brings together high-profile artworks from collections worldwide and examines the story of the great 20th century post-war art recovery, especially through the Transatlantic dialogue between the USA… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio appointed by Alfred Gillett Trust
Nissen Richards Studio has been commissioned by the Alfred Gillett Trust to work with its curatorial team on the content, visitor experience and exhibition design for a new Museum, showcasing and preserving the collection of historic artefacts and archives associated with British shoe manufacturer and retailer Clarks. The new Museum will be located in Street,… Read More >
Nissen Richards Studio Focuses on Fictional Detective Harry Hole for New Exhibition at National Library of Norway
Nissen Richards Studio has completed the design of an immersive labyrinthine exhibition at The National Library of Norway in Oslo, focusing on fictional character Harry Hole – ‘Oslo’s number one detective’ – created by multi-million-selling Norwegian author Jo Nesbø in his hugely-popular crime series. The exhibition, entitled ‘Labyrinth: Tracing Harry Hole’, is located in the… Read More >