British Museum: Kingdom of Ife

This major exhibition presents exquisite examples of brass, copper, stone and terracotta sculpture from West Africa. Ife flourished as a political, spiritual, cultural and economic centre in the 12th–15th centuries AD, and was an influential hub of local and long-distance trade networks. The artists of Ife developed a refined and highly naturalistic sculptural tradition in stone, terracotta, brass and copper to create a style unlike anything in Africa at the time.

In order to match the museums precise colour palette for this extraordinary culture and produce a rustic matt finish, BAF printed images and descriptions directly to painted MDF panels using the Rho 600. Giant wallpaper drops were printed on the Rho 351 and vinyl texts were created.

Nicole Farhi: City Scheme LFW 2010

Esther Coombs beautifully crafted illustrations are more often seen on vintage ceramics than on boutique windows but when Jamie Shouli, Nicole Farhi’s Creative VM Director, discovered her work at Tent he intuited a great talent, ripe for a collaboration for his London Fashion Week scheme.
Jamie commissioned Esther to illustrate famous London landmarks which were converted by BAF into intricately cut vinyl graphics on windows, walls and Perspex for Nicole Farhi’s 5 London stores.

The stylish images perfectly enhanced the mood of Nicole Farhi’s Show Collection, imbued with a London spirit. Nicole Farhi are proud to work with up and coming artistic talent. Indeed, it makes perfect sense for both parties: Esther received many enquiries through her website and the scheme saw sales increases for the fashion brand.

Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre

The Darwin Centre is now an iconic landmark in London. Marvel at incredible specimens, exciting displays and interactive activities, engage with scientists at work and much more in the new 8-storey landmark building. A visit will allow you to explore the new centre and glimpse the giant cocoon from all angles. Get up close to the concrete, steel and glass of this amazing architectural achievement. Designed by C F Møller Architects of Denmark, it took around 25 months and 280 people to build.

BAF produced Lambda prints mounted to glass niches throughout the exhibition areas as well as optically clear print applied to glass windows and walls.

Sea Life London Aquarium

April saw the completion of Merlin Entertainments’ multi-million pound transformation of the famous London Aquarium into a new world class aquatic experience, and leading centre of marine conservation for the UK.

The new SEA LIFE London Aquarium is home to thousands of marine creatures from green turtles to six species of shark, spread over three floors and 14 themed zones. BAF produced all the graphics including reverse mounted Lambda panels, sealed floor graphics, Rho 351 printed vinyl mounted to walls and i-cut printed foamex figures, amongst other features.

Walls feature unique textured sections which appear hand painted due to a unique heat application method where vinyl colour sinks into each crevice. Fun hanging signs with shark and fish shapes were produced by Rho printing direct to pearlescent cut acrylic and Di-bond.

Newport for Homes

The brief for Newport City Homes called for a contemporary office interior that combined spaces that would offer open relaxed areas for both staff and the public alike. The brief required a corporate identity that could translate into their outstations and would reinstate their corporate values. The solution was to utilise the navy, blues and silver from their corporate palette, whilst adding accent colours to the break out furniture and feature walls to identify key areas.

Graphics and text were used to drive these messages and values in a fun, informal way. Through the use of window treatment and graphics to columns we emphasised the similarities between the brand new four storey central office Nexus, and the older 1960’s built East and West offices.

RIBA Product Selector

BAF Graphics can now be found on the RIBA Product Selector, an essential sourcing tool for Architects and Designers alike.

Pinsent Mason for HKR Architects

The brief was to design some extraordinary visual imagery for this lawyers office in the centre of Manchester to reflect its status as one of the leading lawyers firms in the UK. Designs incorporated various 'Quiet Rooms‘ where colleagues could have private conversations with their clients. To provide privacy and for graphic visual effect, each was branded with iconic images of Manchester Buildings from the Town Hall to the Ferris Wheel Rho 600 printed in white and solid colours onto optically clear film.
 
Complimenting these Quiet Rooms were three very large elliptical POD shaped Meeting Rooms called 'Skyline 1-3‘. These PODs went from floor to ceiling and also had bright red images Rho printed onto optically clear film providing privacy and a dynamic look to the whole office floor. In the reception area there was a Rho printed commercial wallcovering which had in front of it sheets of glass with printed optically clear film. This 3D effect that gave the reception area a truly memorable look. Branded signage was also produced throughout the offices which complimented the wall graphics.

Burberry HQ

Burberry has relocated to its purpose designed head office at Horseferry House in Westminster, London as part of the Company’s ongoing expansion. BAF produced super wide decorative graphics throughout the building based on the Spring advertising campaign. The new building, totalling 160,000 sq ft over eight floors, comprises cutting edge show rooms, modern contemporary office space together with the original architectural features of the 1930s building. The dynamic interior of the new building has been designed to mirror the quintessentially British values that Burberry represents.

Hilton Hotel Reading

Seifert Interiors were briefed to create a modern interior with a warm, inviting atmosphere for Hilton Hotels, Reading, which, although contemporary, would not date quickly. They chose to highlight, natural familiar materials such as wood, wool, glass and stone; this was achieved by both specifying the actual finishes as well as introducing them into the artwork and Rho printed wallcovering, shown here using BAF’s textured Digimura, in an over-scaled and abstract way.
The result of this “joined-up” approach to the interior scheme has been to ensure that the guest experiences the same natural, warm ambience, all the way from the main reception to the bedroom. Commissioned by Project Art, this project was further complimented by the inclusion of canvas wrapped artworks, selected by Seifert Interiors for the public areas, which continued the natural theme.

Amway

Amway has been this centuries success story for direct selling. Co-founded in the US in 1959, the companies UK Head Quarters in Milton Keynes launched in 1973 as one of the worlds first affiliates. The UK company has grown considerably since then and BAF recently installed graphics for their London Training Centre, set up to educate Amway Business Owners about their unique product ranges including NUTRILITE™ vitamins and minerals and ARTISTRY™ cosmetics.

BAF produced Rho 351 prints to 7-10 year vinyl applied to painted surfaces, reverse i-cut logos to the interior of the buildings glass façade. However, the most striking graphics feature is a 27 metre Vutek printed ContraVision glass fascia across the store front . This has also been applied to internal meetings rooms and corridors.

The result is a learning centre which is both informative and positive mood enhancing, reflecting the ethos of the brand.