Great North Engineering Experience
Celebrating engineering achievements
Great North Engineering Experience
The Mining Institute, Newcastle
2.6 billion people across the world have gained access to improved drinking water since 1990. However, the United Nations recognise that 663 million remain in great need of an improved supply.
The Institution of Civil Engineers’ WATER exhibition explores this global challenge and shows how civil engineers can help transform lives. It opened on World Water Day, 22nd March, at the ICE’s headquarters in Westminster. Graphic panels written and produced by 301 show the impact of engineering projects and engineers who are supplying drinking water, protecting communities from flooding, sanitising cities and building dams for hydropower generation and agricultural irrigation.
Creating a series of highly successful exhibitions for the ICE has been a recent highlight for 301 Design.
Visit the exhibition website and take a virtual online tour here.
A wonderful opportunity
301 Design were commissioned to work with the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and Technology to develop the exhibition’s content.
Designing and delivering
We researched, wrote and designed displays to highlight global issues, display outstanding projects and present innovative engineers who are transforming lives across the globe.
Highlighting global issues
We have received such positive feedback: ‘301 have brought the power of water engineering to life and shown how civil engineers continue to shape the world’.
ICE Water 2019
301 takes to water
ICE Water Engineering
Institution of Civil Engineers, London
The United Nations recognise that 2.6 billion people across the world have gained access to improved drinking water since 1990. However, 663 million people remain in great need of an improved supply.
The Institution of Civil Engineers’ WATER exhibition explores this global challenge and shows how civil engineers can help transform lives. It opened on World Water Day, 22nd March, at the ICE’s headquarters in Westminster, London.
Graphic panels written and produced by 301 show the impact of engineering projects and engineers who are supplying drinking water, protecting communities from flooding, sanitising cities and building dams for hydropower generation and agricultural irrigation.
A wonderful opportunity
The ICE commissioned 301 Design to create a water management exhibition to raise the profile of civil engineering and promote the work of engineers to students, the public and industry.
Designing and delivering
We researched, wrote and designed 200+ graphics and displays to highlight global issues, display outstanding projects and present innovative engineers who are transforming lives.
Engineering impact
We have received such positive feedback: ‘301 have brought the power of water engineering to life and shown how civil engineers continue to shape the world’.
Engineering Exhibitions
Építőmérnök 200
ICE 200 goes international
Építőmérnök 200
St Stephen's Square, Budapest, Hungary
Following the success of the bicentenary exhibition created by 301 at ICE's London headquarters, the displays were shown at an open-air exhibition in St Stephen's Square in Budapest, Hungary.
The exhibition was opened on a beautiful, sunny September evening by the Mayor of Budapest. It highlighted the important contribution civil engineering has made to society over the last 200 years and the challenges engineers help to solve throughout the world.
It accompanied the Hungarian engineering conference formally opened by HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and the President of Hungary, Dr János Áder.
Are you planning a public exhibition? Get in touch to discuss on 020 7060 6301 or email us.
Opening up the world
The ICE entrusted 301 to re-present their bicentenary exhibition beyond their London headquarters, starting in the Hungarian capital. It was a key part of an event to support British-Hungarian trade.
An engaging exhibition
301 produced the exhibition in London and liaised closely with the exhibition’s curators in Hungary. The exhibition displays were adapted to suit the large-scale, open-air splendour of one of Hungary’s tourist attractions.
A wider audience
The popular square in central Budapest provided an ideal setting for tourists and locals to discover the world’s key civil engineering achievements. The exhibition then relocated to the city of Pécs.
Engineering Exhibitions
ICE Tunnel Engineering
Digging deep to discover tunnels
ICE Tunnel Engineering
Institution of Civil Engineers, London
How do you build a tunnel beneath The Channel, through a mountain range, or under a busy city? The mysterious world of tunnels was uncovered by 301 at an exhibition at the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Following on from the hugely popular Bridge Engineering exhibition, Tunnel Engineering traced the journey from Brunel’s Thames Tunnel of 1843 through to some of the world’s biggest current construction projects such as Crossrail and Tideway.
With a combination of engaging graphic displays, diagrammatic illustrations, infographics, videos and interactive screens, visitors were transported deep underground to discover how engineers create, solve, design and innovate to shape a better world.
If you are planning an exhibition to celebrate a key achievement, give us a call on 020 7060 6301 or email us.
Underground engineering
The ICE commissioned 301 Design to create an exhibition to explore how engineers have overcome the many challenges of constructing tunnels deep underground.
Tunnelling timeline
We researched 50 landmark projects to trace the engineering of the world’s longest, deepest and most ambitious tunnels. Graphic displays followed a Tube map-style timeline on the floor.
Inspiring young minds
The success of the exhibition has been in shedding light on the extraordinary engineering involved, inspiring the next generation of engineers, and exploring the effects tunnels have on our lives.
Engineering Exhibitions
ICE Bridge Engineering
Making the impossible possible
ICE Bridge Engineering
Institution of Civil Engineers, London
How do you transform a quiet library environment into an engaging and exciting engineering exhibition?
This was the task undertaken by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and 301 Design. The ICE’s vision to inspire the next generation of civil engineers has been realised in a series of exhibitions at their London headquarters in Westminster.
The first of this series was Bridge Engineering, which showcased the world of bridges, the engineers who created them and featured the world’s longest LEGO bridge. Iconic bridges from the great Victorian engineers to the modern day long-span specialists were portrayed with stunning large format graphics, all created by the 301 Design team.
A new exhibition space
The ICE commissioned 301 Design to create a bridge engineering exhibition to raise the profile of civil engineering and promote the work of engineers to students, the public and industry.
Designing and delivering
We planned the exhibition space and created the graphic displays to highlight outstanding bridge projects and present innovative engineers who are transforming lives across the globe.
Inspirational
Bridge Engineering was a huge success: ‘An inspirational exhibition for visitors young and old to learn about how engineers shape a better world’.
Engineering Exhibitions
ICE 200
200 years of engineering breakthroughs
ICE 200: Invisible Superheroes
Institution of Civil Engineers, London
To celebrate the Institution of Civil Engineers' bicentenary in 2018, we created a major exhibition to showcase some of the world's most amazing and inspiring engineering projects.
Divided into three zones; Connected Communities, Environmental Impact and Smart Infrastructure, the exhibition allowed engineers, students of all ages and the general public to explore these key areas of civil engineering, with projects and notable engineering ‘superheroes’ featured throughout.
This was our third and largest exhibition project to be held at the ICE’s headquarters in London and included around 200 graphics, along with videos and interactive screens, plus a media cube with a large screen and seating, presenting further videos.
The exhibition was a huge success and was awarded Visit England’s ‘Best Told Story 2018’.
Telling the story
The 301 team was asked to tell the story of the past, present and future of civil engineering across the world and the engineering superheroes who make these a reality.
Researched and developed
It was a fascinating project for 301 to investigate engineering history, examine the fundamental challenges engineers face, and display enticing stories of the people and projects.
Royal approval
Our creative director, David Boxall, had the honour of discussing the design and production of the exhibition with HRH The Princess Royal when she visited the ICE in September 2018.
