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RECENT EVENTS

BMW (GB): UK. Design of stage set.

Earls Court: UK. Design management of Hall 1 mother grid.

Channel 4: UK. Design of small touring Tensile structure.

Haagen Dazs: UK. Design of small touring Tensile structure.

Internacional Festival de Piano: Lucena, Spain. Design and erection of acoustic foldback system.

Wavendon Garden Festival: Wavendon. Design and erection of Tensile Garden Pavilion.

Barclays Bank PLC: Warrington, Milton Keynes. Design of two temporary training centres.

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter: London.Design of Plenary and breakout sets, internet cafe and reception.

BMW UK: Atlantis hotel, Barbados Design of 360° environment for dinner presentations.

Internacional Festival de Piano: Lucena, Spain. Design and erection of acoustically reflective membrane.

Renault: Dealer launches at NEC Birmingham and Millbrook Concept Centre.

Bluewater Festival: VIP event for 1000.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers: conference for the 1000 partners of newly formed Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

Iceland frozen foods: stage set for Store Managers Conference in Telford.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Touring conference set for France, Holland and the UK.

BMW: Launch of the new 3-series in San Diego USA. BMW Launch of new 3-series in Sardinia Italy.

BUPA: Design and build supervision of two training centres for delegates within existing warehouse locations, including auditorium, cafe, breakout rooms, reception and offices. Launch of new corporate logo. Pictures and information on this event are in A/V magazine May 98 issue.

British Airways: Simultaneous global satellite launch of new corporate identity. Design of Heathrow's key event theatre, reception and exhibition areas.

SPECIAL EVENTS

VE Day Hyde Park: Design of all exhibition pavilions, Environment, Communications & Technology, Performing Arts Humanitarian Aid, United Nations and the World War II Pavilion, along with all exterior signage.

The Honourable Zaid Al Riffai: Design of wedding environments for the marriage of his daughter, Amman, Jordan.

His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan: Design of wedding reception environments for the King's eldest son, now HRH King Abdullah,1993.

Severn Trent: Carsington Water Reservoir Opening Ceremony by Her Majesty the Queen, May '92. Design of set and environments.

Manweb: Fabric structure designed for front of HQ building, providing annual reception area for AGMs 1992.

The Conservative Party: Blackpool 1991. Conference set design.

Design of General Election 92 : Central Office Press Set, Ministerial touring sets, Central Council and Candidates Conferences.

Stansted Airport: Stansted Terminal Opening 1991 by HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Design of auditorium and stage set.

ICC International Conference Centre Birmingham: 1991. Trade Opening. Show design.

Anglian Water: AGM 1990 Castle Ashby. Design of registration, auditorium for 3000, stage set and exhibition areas within temporary structures.

Princes' Trust: Kensington Palace 90. Design of stage set for press launch by Prince Charles of "Volunteers" scheme.

Glasgow Garden Festival: Press launch design 1988.

Yesterday and Today Cairo: Design of fabric roofing treatment for Saudi Arabian Yesterday and Today exhibition. 1987.

H.M. King Hussein: Design of wedding reception environments for the marriage of the Kings son. 1987.

Field-Marshall Abu Shaker: Design of wedding reception environments for the marriage of his son. 1987.

ROCK CONCERTS AND THEATRES

Glastonbury Festival:  Design of the Pyramid Stage.

Tower Bridge: Design of permanent 60 seat miniature theatre for finale.

Platform Theatre: Design of new theatre for Haywards Heath.

Michael Jackson: The Dangerous Tour. Design of inflatable membrane stage roof system.

Elton John: Xmas Show and Tour of Australia.

Roskilde Foundation: Denmark. Tension membrane stage roof.

TFA Boston: Design for pneumatic roof for mobile staging system.

Tecta Staging: Design of orbit stage system with cantilever arch.

ABBA: Concert Tour Australia. Design including Air freightable stage roofing system.

Queen: Hyde Park. Stage design.

Wings: Concert for UNICEF, St. Marks Square, Venice. Pneumatic roof and stage design.

Knebworth Festival: Stage and environmental design.

The Rolling Stones: European Tour stage system with tension membrane roof. Inflatable lips and tongue.

TRAVEL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

DTI: Exhibition Design of membranes, Canary Wharf, London.

Martlet International: Exhibition stand design for international trade show, Minnesota, USA.

British Airways: Gatwick Helicopter Hangar. 1989 Conference auditorium, seminar rooms, reception areas and dining area design for 6 month installation.

BA: Meeting at Ramada Hotel, Brighton 1988. Conference set design and Concorde Centre, Heathrow 1988. Conference, auditorium and stage set design.

American Express: Lisbon 1991. "100% Plus Club". Set design. Intercontinental Hotel Vienna, 1990. Design of auditorium and stage.

American Express: Monte Carlo 1987. Set design for live action and conference.

Sun Alliance: Eastbourne 1988. Conference set design.

Hill Samuel Investment Services: Rio de Janeiro, 1987. Conference set design.

COMMUNICATIONS

Conservative Party: Election campaign design for '97. Seven nationally staged events across the country co-ordinated over a three week period.

Intel: stand Telecom 95 Design of foyer and auditorium for multi video Palexpo Geneva projection wide screen film.

MDA: Event design for launch of new association.

Apple: Roadshow. Design of small, multi use presentation set for PowerMac launch, 1994.

IBM: Manchester and London 1990. Product launch.

Design of exhibition stand system for IBM Bristol and BIBA Exhibition, 1985.

IBM: Rovaneimi, Finland 1985. Design for conference.

Design of the IBM Experience (Roadshow).1984.

Prime Computers: Camelback Arizona 1990.

American Express: "100% plus Club" stage design. "Pro Club" meeting '90. Intercontinental Hotel Vienna.

American Express: Berlin conference 1990. Stage design.

ICL Computers: Istanbul Design of conference set for "Atlas Club", 1989.

NEC: Birmingham 1990. Design of trucking auditorium and dining revolve, reception and exhibition areas for launch of SX computer.

Sky TV: Garden of Natural History Museum. 1989 Launch of Sky TV. Design of reception area and auditorium within inflatable structure.

DHL: Air Couriers Brussels Airport, 1989. Design of reception, auditorium and conference set on roof.

STC: Atlanta 1984 and Washington 1985. Design of exhibition stand.

CAR LAUNCHES AND DEALER FORUMS

Renault UK: Design of Sales and Marketing Conference in Jersey.

BMW AG: Launch of new 7 Series, Port Douglas, Australia. Design of temporary auditorium roof, tracking screen and floating stage.

Renault UK: Environment design for annual summer conference, Knebworth, 1994.

Renault UK: Battersea Park Family Fun Day. Ground plans supplied and hire of Bi-Sail structure arranged. 1993.

Renault UK: NAC 93. Set, auditorium, exhibition and dining design for annual sales conference. Design of stage, auditorium and environments for 90th Anniversary Celebrations at Shugborough, 1992.

Renault UK: London 1991. Sales conference design.

Renault UK: Harrogate Centre 1989. Design of conference set.

Renault UK: Chesford Grange Hotel 1988. Conference set.

Renault UK: Monte Carlo 1988. Conference set design.

Renault UK: Monte Carlo 1985. Design for new Renault 5 launch.

BMW AG: Launch of new 7 Series, Port Douglas, Australia. Design of temporary auditorium roof, tracking screen and floating stage, 1994.

Munich 1991. European Launch of BMW 3 series. Design of stage set.

Perth 1991. Southern hemisphere launch of BMW 3 series. Design of stage set and cabaret.

Arizona 1991. U S A Launch of BMW 3 series. Design of auditorium & stage set.

Cannes. Presentation set for launch of 7 series. 1986.

BMW UK: Olympia 1986. Exhibition stand. Bracknell 1986, '87, '88. Showroom display.

Porsche: Stadthalle Leonberg, Stuttgart. Launch of Porsche 689 "Heritage". Design of auditorium and stage set 1991.

Vauxhall: 1990 UK touring launch of "Calibra" Reception, auditorium and environments.

Citroen: Touring UK 1990. Launch of Citroen XM. Design of auditorium, reception and exhibition.

Ford: (of Belgium) Austria Centre, Vienna 1989. Design of set and environment for Ford "Fiesta" launch.

Opel AG: Frankfurt 1989. Conference set design. Design of European touring conference set for launch of Opel "Vectra" 1988.

Honda: NEC Birmingham 1986. Exhibition stand.

Volvo: Copenhagen 1984. Design for Volvo "740".

Ford: Design in conjunction with Paul Staples of the Ford "Sierra" launch, Paris. 1982.

Rover: Group Design of set, presentation theatre and exhibition area for Launch of Rover 800 Series, 1986.

NEC Birmingham. Design for 1983 Freight Rover "Sherpa" launch.

Peugeot: NEC Birmingham. Peugeot "205" launch.

British Leyland: NEC Birmingham. Design and contract supervision for Leyland "T45" launch, in conjunction with Paul Staples.

RETAIL AND WHOLESALE

Budweiser: Corporate communication event for Anheuser Busch. Temporary theatre constructed from 1/2 a million bottles of Budweiser.

Anheuser Busch: Design of marketing conference for Budweiser.   Design of intimate marketing meeting, Sedgebrook Hall '93.

Texaco: Launch of New System 3 Petrol, NEC 94. Design of 2 auditoria, stage sets, exhibition and dining. 7 theatre marketing experience. "Star Zone", design of environment and build supervision.

NEC '93. Allen and Hanbury Glasgow 1989 Conference and Set design.

Pepsi Cola: Istanbul 1989. Design of auditorium and stage.

De Beers: Grosvenor House, London 1988. Gala evening stage set design.

GE Plastics: K'89, Dusseldorf. Design consultants for their exhibition stand.

Nova Hilton Hotel: Geneva 1988. Conference set design.

British Gypsum: Set design for promotional video shoot.

Clipper Benelux: Holland 1985. Design for presentation theatre.

Palitoy: Cricklewood 1984. Design for launch of product range.

Palitoy: Coalville headquarters. Design of presentation theatre1984.

ESSO: Design of exhibition stand.

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