Centrica HQ

BAF produced and installed a giant interactive graphic wall designed and commissioned by Wilding McArdle Wilson for the glass atrium of the UK HQ for Centrica, the worlds leading integrated energy company whose business units include British Gas and Direct Energy. The atrium graphic provides a backdrop for business activity and meeting areas. Using a combination of printed media such optically clear film, contra-vision and magnetic media, BAF created a multi faceted interactive map illustrating the activity of Direct Energy in the USA. This sits on a stunning back visual of Toronto.

Science Museum Summer 2010

BAF produced a stunning array of graphics for both permanent and temporary exhibitions at the Science Museum for Summer 2010. The Visitor Journey includes a giant 12m interior banner with various external banners, single and double sided and panels which provide way-finding and exhibition information. The Entrance Hall features Rho prints direct to brushed aluminium di-bond panels, cut out vinyl texts on striking aluminium wall feature as well as 4 Duratrans light boxes showcasing the museums attractions. Who Am I? is one of this summers most engaging visitor attractions. A large 2m wide brain printed on Duratrans was mounted on site onto supplied acrylic. Stunning 3D visual effects have been produced with mirror, and graduated colour panels.

Trash Fashion, the latest Antenna Gallery feature uses Rho to laser cut di-bond and vinyl wraps overlayed with di-bond and foamex panels. The Topic Zone is an IT interactive play area, featuring GRP formed panels and lit columns with applied printed vinyl graphics.

The newly opened London Visitor Centre is the one-stop-shop to the
capital and beyond where you can seek expert advice on sites in the city and purchase tickets.
BAF recently produced a colourful floor graphic advertising the Sea Life Aquarium for Merlin. The floor was printed from the Rho direct to 7 year life self-adhesive film, with sandtex seal which was i-cut to a crescent shape.

Reading University London Road Eat and Drink

With a brief to transform the cattle shed in the grounds of the University of Reading into a student bar and restaurant which could also be rented out for functions and weddings, BAF graphics were commissioned by Morgan Ashurst to collaborate with Architects Stride Treglown and Interior Designers Kenton Simons in creating a fun and stylish environment.

In former lives the building was home to the Food Bioscience Faculty and was used for milk processing and bottling whilst pursuing research into processing techniques. It was here that pasteurisation was developed and a vital link between milk and Tuberculosis was discovered.

BAF used their Rho 350 to produce direct to Digimura tactile wall-covering and LAMBDA print. Bold colourful images of cows on the games area walls and framed pictures of milk products around the 'Cotton Club' add to the venues dynamism and appeal.

Wedding News

We'd like to all send our Best Wishes and Congratulations to Serena White and her partner Shaun McDonald who tie the knot this Saturday! Serena has been the welcoming voice and face of BAF for four years. These stylish photos were taken by Kenny Wong Photography who will be photographing the wedding in Dulwich on Saturday 26th June.

ZSL: London Zoo

Rainforest Life, London Zoo’s new indoor experience, brings the tropics to the capital. Visitors can indulge in a much-needed boost of tropical heat and see free-roaming monkeys, sloths and a tree anteater in London’s only living rainforest.

This unique climate called for graphics that would stand the test of time in conditions of constant heat and humidity. BAF were proud to deliver, continuing a long standing relationship with the ZSL, the charity who are devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. Rho prints direct to marine ply panels blend in perfectly with the living foliage and wildlife. Other features include information panels with Rho to Dibond, vinyl and frosted vinyl to glass. The exhibition also includes Night Life, ZSL’s amazing nocturnal experience depicting creatures of the night in their natural habitat.

Selfridges: Sounds of The Mind

Florence and the Machine, Dizzy Rascal, Hot Chip, Charlotte Gainsbourg and The XX were among 10 artists invited to design their own window displays for Selfridges latest Art House scheme Sound of the Mind, celebrating the power of the lyric. London singer extraordinaire Paloma Faith topped the lot as she became a living part of her own display.
BAF helped the Selfridges in house VM team to turn the artistes sketches into reality by producing printed and cut vinyls, direct to substrate cut to shape foam-board and banners, producing stunningly vibrant colours with white ink backing.

Jewish Museum

London’s Jewish Museum had recently undergone a £10m transformation, creating a new museum and an inspirational place to explore culture, heritage and identity. Engaging with people of all ages, backgrounds and faiths the new galleries bring our collections to life by placing the Jewish story into the wider context of British history.
BAF transformed many of the museums walls, which now feel like a cosy mid 20th Century Jewish living room, by using textured Digimura wall-covering printed with a stress marked vintage pattern to create an aged feel.

Silk screen panels, Lambda wraps to MDF and Di-Bond plus light boxes to optical clear film were all employed to highlight the fascinating collections. Encased graphics were printed to pearlescent Lambda paper to achieve an aged gold effect.

National Army Museum

Continuing a long collaborative relationship with the National Army Museum, BAF recently installed 3 ground breaking exhibitions for them: Conflicts of Interest exploring 3 decades of the role of the British army, Korea: The Cold War’s Hot War and The Boer War.
The exhibitions called for some exciting print production methods including textured wall-covering, stencilling and on-site silk screening. Noteworthy features include a huge 8m square floor graphic produced from Rho direct to vinyl which was anti-scratch sealed, a collage of raised Dibond panels and some Rho direct to MDF jigsawed figures.
Painted walls achieved precise colour matching and were complemented with Rho direct to Dibond panels with anti-scratch, wrapped sealed on alluminium split battens.

Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre

BAF recently completed the Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre at the Old Royal Naval College in a £6 million development opened to the public on 23 March 2010.
Some of the striking graphics include a 22m x 3m wall feature, starting at 3m from the ground level, of huge vinyl lettering and line drawing illustrations. Decorative etched glass panels and Lambda prints to MDF wraps and Foamex also feature throughout