Posts Tagged: Nissen Richards Studio

Nissen Richards Studio scheme to expand legendary Welsh music venue ‘Clwb Ifor Bach’
gets planning go-ahead

Ambitious plans to expand and refurbish legendary Cardiff grassroots music venue Clwb Ifor Bach, designed by architects Nissen Richards Studio, have been granted planning permission by Cardiff Council almost three years after the initial submission went in. Approach to Clwb with view of existing building The new vision for the venue, sited in a historic… Read More >

26 June 2026

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 >

16 April 2026

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 >

20 October 2025

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 >

27 February 2024

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 >

13 December 2023

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 >

2 October 2023

‘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 >

2 August 2023

‘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 >

17 May 2023

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 >

12 April 2023

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 >

13 September 2022

‘Playing Pieces’ Exhibition, Designed by Nissen Richards Studio for Norway’s MUNCH and KODE Museums

Cultural specialist architects and designers Nissen Richards Studio have completed a stunning exhibition for two different clients in two different venues: MUNCH in Oslo and KODE in Bergen. Playing Pieces is a collaborative exhibition, sponsored by and featuring the extensive art collection of philanthropic organisation Sparebankstiftelsen DNB – who also played a curatorial role in… Read More >

19 August 2022