From the beaches of Jersey; the volcanic landscapes of Iceland; the dry stone walls and mosses of Grasmere; the snowy forests of Oslo to the rolling hills and woods of Suffolk and the rainforests of Sarawak - we are lucky enough to work in the most extraordinary landscapes around the world. These are often starting points for our design response - that need to reflect the highly individual places we work in. 

We reflect on some of our recent site visits around the world in this visual essay. 

Capturing material inspiration on Jersey beach, for our project at Jersey Museum, photography by Gareth Gardner. The landscape on this beach influenced our colour palette and also the textures and materials used for display.
Research images in Oslo for our project 'Opplyst' at the National Library of Norway. We etched some of these images into the walls, across the whole of the gallery space as a backdrop to the display.
Stills from a film by Nick Street, for the introduction to Dove Cottage at Wordsworth Grasmere. The film is seen by visitors before they walk through the different spaces and so it sets the scene to the visit, and introduces us to the characters that we will find out more about, staging Wordsworth's life.
Site visit in Iceland for two current National Park exhibition projects. The landscape has acted as inspiration for the colours and materials that we are using in the designs, as well as being the subject of the content stories. The visitor centres that we are designing within sit in the most extraordinary sites with these textures and colours on show all around.