Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery, it was founded in 1811 and designed by Regency architect Sir John Soane. Today the Gallery is a vibrant cultural hub hosting some of the UK’s leading exhibitions alongside its Permanent Collection of over 600 works rich in European masterpieces including Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Canaletto and Poussin staging a wide-ranging programme of public events, practical art and community engagement. Working closely with the marketing and communications team we designed and produced wayfinding signage throughout the gallery and its grounds for The Colour Palace. Created by Pricegore architects and designer Yinka Ilori, The Colour Palace was the winning design for the Dulwich Pavilion 2019, voted for by the public and a panel of industry judges as part of a competition run in partnership with the London Festival of Architecture. The objective of the project was to extend the identity of the pavilion into other areas through experiential and playful interventions, utilising the strong design, bold colours and vibrant aesthetic of the pavilion to create a sense of journey across the site. The second project was to design signage and exhibition graphics for the gallery entrance as part of a refurbishment aimed at improving customer experience. The designs needed to consolidate the existing information, be interchangeable and updatable and incorporate the latest exhibition in this case Rembrandt’s Light, the permanent gallery collection as well as ticketing and promotional information. Taking inspiration from the architectural features in particular the unique overhead skylights in the mausoleum designed by the architect to illuminate the paintings indirectly, we produced a grid on which to base the layouts and provided a modular design that allows for individual elements to be updated as exhibitions change without disturbing the permanent ticketing and statutory information.