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Company type | Private limited liability |
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Industry | Design and Architecture |
Founded | May 1986 |
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Headquarters |
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Number of locations | London, Dublin, Kuwait, Oman, Hong Kong |
Key people |
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Services | Exhibition and attraction design consultancy |
Revenue | £10–15 million (2018) |
Number of employees | 50–100 (2018) |
Subsidiaries | Event Ireland Limited |
Website |
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Event Communications, or Event, is one of Europe's longest-established and largest museum and visitor attraction design firms; it is headquartered in London. [1]
The firm was founded in 1986 by businesswoman Celestine ("Cel") Phelan and design partner Steve Simons. [2] [1] [3] In 2008, a new management team took over the running of Event, led by museum design consultant James Alexander, and creative director Esther Dugdale, [4] [3] which saw the firm expand from its European base to an international focus that included the Middle East (Oman and Kuwait), and latterly Asia (China and Hong Kong). [5]
Event projects have won the major European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) a number of times, including for the Riverside Museum in Glasgow in 2013, [6] [7] and for the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in 2016. [8] Event projects have also won other EMYA awards such as the Silletto Prize for the Shipwreck Museum St. George in Denmark in 2019. [9] [10] The firm was also notable as the exhibition designer for the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction which opened in 2012, [11] [12] [5] and which has also won several major international visitor attraction awards including the 2014 THEA award. [13] [14]
Event projects have won notable cultural tourism awards, including the World Travel Awards Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction for the EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in 2019, [15] [16] for the Titanic Belfast in 2016, [17] [16] and for the Guinness Storehouse in 2015. [18]
Since 2016, Event became associated with "immersive" and "technology-driven" experiences, such as the Meet Vincent Van Gogh Experience, [19] a traveling exhibition created in 2017 with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and which also won a 2017 THEA award. [14] [20] [21] Another example being the overhaul of the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense in Denmark, into the House of Fairytales concept, a collaboration with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, [22] that was set to open in late 2020. [23] [24] [25] Event's EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum was described by the Irish Times as "the world’s first fully digital museum", and was also shortlisted for the European Museum of the Year Award in 2018 (but did not win). [26] [27]
Event has designed attractions for corporate exhibitions and landmark buildings such as The Shard: Viewing Gallery in London, [28] the KAPSARC in Riyadh, [29] [30] the Siemens Crystal in London, [31] [32] and the Expo 2020: Opportunity Pavilion in Dubai. [33]
Over 15 years in existence, Event is now Europe's largest company specialising in museum design work. The group has been responsible for some high-profile exhibits over the years, including presentations at the Imperial War Museum and the Tower of London in the UK, and the new Book of Kells exhibition at Trinity College Dublin.
It was designed by Event Communications Ltd, which was founded in 1986 by a Dubliner, Ms Cel Phelan, and her design partner, Steve Simons. With offices in London and Dublin, Event is now Europe's largest creative group specialising in museum and visitor attraction design.
On reaching her retirement last year, founder Cel Phelan, and Steve Simons will step down, while new CEO James Alexander and newly appointed Creative Director Esther Dugdale will step up, amongst other changes.
"Contributors: James Alexander, Event Communications
The exhibition's concept was developed by British company Event Communications and designed by Polish studio Nizio Design International.
2019: Shipwreck Museum St. George, Thorsminde, Denmark
James Alexander, Managing Director of Event Communications, designers of the galleries at Titanic Belfast's exhibition, said: "'Event is delighted to join in the celebration of Titanic Belfast's success at the THEA Awards.
Designed by Event Communications, the same team that created Titanic, Epic emphasises an interactive visitor experience.
National Gallery of Ireland and EPIC Irish Emigration Museum in final nominees for European Museum of the Year
On a preview tour, my experience was of a bold series of 20 galleries slickly fitted with at times breathtakingly immersive technology-driven displays. Designed by Event Communications, the award-winning designers of Titanic Belfast, EPIC Ireland aspires to tell the story of "10 million journeys", with galleries organised into themes of migration, motivation, influence and connection.
The View from The Shard visitor experience has been unveiled, designed by Event Communications for the tallest building in Western Europe.
James Alexander, CEO of Event Communications said: "This has been an incredible opportunity to work with Siemens, one of Europe's leading multi-nationals, to explore the pressing issue of how to live sustainably in urban environments.
To build the pavilion, Expo recruited a team of architects, designers and curators, with the Australia-based Cox Architecture and UK-based Event Communications winning the international bidding process to design the building and curate the exhibition.
Event Communications was selected from a shortlist of four firms by a 16-member jury that included Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, Rusnano head Anatoly Chubais, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich and representatives of several European museums. The other three contenders were the Spanish CosmoCaixa, the U.S. Ralph Appelbaum Associates and U.S.-Canadian Lord Cultural Resources.
Event Communications has been appointed to create a vision and strategy plan for the redevelopment of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, Russia, following an international competition.
The exhibition has been developed by Event Communications, who designed the multi-award-winning Titanic Belfast.
Glasgow Museums' Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is reopening next month following a £27.9m refurbishment, featuring exhibition design by Event Communications and a brand identity and wayfinding scheme by Fitch.
Event Communications's appointment, replacing Imagination as lead design group, follows its completion of a €2.5m (£1.73m) project to re-envisage the Storehouse's ground and first floor with a more interactive exhibition design that explains the brewing process. It has reinterpreted the space, installing additional video elements and introducing the concept of a brewer guide and a tasting laboratory where visitors can sample Guinness from the keg line. Event Communications was appointed to this project in April last year, following a four-way pitch.
The past few months have seen the Making History core content team work intensively with designers from Event Communications to develop this space. It's an exciting, creative and intense process that involves looking in depth at our object selection and testing them against this exciting new concept.
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Company type | Private limited liability |
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Industry | Design and Architecture |
Founded | May 1986 |
Founders |
|
Headquarters |
|
Number of locations | London, Dublin, Kuwait, Oman, Hong Kong |
Key people |
|
Services | Exhibition and attraction design consultancy |
Revenue | £10–15 million (2018) |
Number of employees | 50–100 (2018) |
Subsidiaries | Event Ireland Limited |
Website |
www |
Event Communications, or Event, is one of Europe's longest-established and largest museum and visitor attraction design firms; it is headquartered in London. [1]
The firm was founded in 1986 by businesswoman Celestine ("Cel") Phelan and design partner Steve Simons. [2] [1] [3] In 2008, a new management team took over the running of Event, led by museum design consultant James Alexander, and creative director Esther Dugdale, [4] [3] which saw the firm expand from its European base to an international focus that included the Middle East (Oman and Kuwait), and latterly Asia (China and Hong Kong). [5]
Event projects have won the major European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) a number of times, including for the Riverside Museum in Glasgow in 2013, [6] [7] and for the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in 2016. [8] Event projects have also won other EMYA awards such as the Silletto Prize for the Shipwreck Museum St. George in Denmark in 2019. [9] [10] The firm was also notable as the exhibition designer for the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction which opened in 2012, [11] [12] [5] and which has also won several major international visitor attraction awards including the 2014 THEA award. [13] [14]
Event projects have won notable cultural tourism awards, including the World Travel Awards Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction for the EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in 2019, [15] [16] for the Titanic Belfast in 2016, [17] [16] and for the Guinness Storehouse in 2015. [18]
Since 2016, Event became associated with "immersive" and "technology-driven" experiences, such as the Meet Vincent Van Gogh Experience, [19] a traveling exhibition created in 2017 with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and which also won a 2017 THEA award. [14] [20] [21] Another example being the overhaul of the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense in Denmark, into the House of Fairytales concept, a collaboration with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, [22] that was set to open in late 2020. [23] [24] [25] Event's EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum was described by the Irish Times as "the world’s first fully digital museum", and was also shortlisted for the European Museum of the Year Award in 2018 (but did not win). [26] [27]
Event has designed attractions for corporate exhibitions and landmark buildings such as The Shard: Viewing Gallery in London, [28] the KAPSARC in Riyadh, [29] [30] the Siemens Crystal in London, [31] [32] and the Expo 2020: Opportunity Pavilion in Dubai. [33]
Over 15 years in existence, Event is now Europe's largest company specialising in museum design work. The group has been responsible for some high-profile exhibits over the years, including presentations at the Imperial War Museum and the Tower of London in the UK, and the new Book of Kells exhibition at Trinity College Dublin.
It was designed by Event Communications Ltd, which was founded in 1986 by a Dubliner, Ms Cel Phelan, and her design partner, Steve Simons. With offices in London and Dublin, Event is now Europe's largest creative group specialising in museum and visitor attraction design.
On reaching her retirement last year, founder Cel Phelan, and Steve Simons will step down, while new CEO James Alexander and newly appointed Creative Director Esther Dugdale will step up, amongst other changes.
"Contributors: James Alexander, Event Communications
The exhibition's concept was developed by British company Event Communications and designed by Polish studio Nizio Design International.
2019: Shipwreck Museum St. George, Thorsminde, Denmark
James Alexander, Managing Director of Event Communications, designers of the galleries at Titanic Belfast's exhibition, said: "'Event is delighted to join in the celebration of Titanic Belfast's success at the THEA Awards.
Designed by Event Communications, the same team that created Titanic, Epic emphasises an interactive visitor experience.
National Gallery of Ireland and EPIC Irish Emigration Museum in final nominees for European Museum of the Year
On a preview tour, my experience was of a bold series of 20 galleries slickly fitted with at times breathtakingly immersive technology-driven displays. Designed by Event Communications, the award-winning designers of Titanic Belfast, EPIC Ireland aspires to tell the story of "10 million journeys", with galleries organised into themes of migration, motivation, influence and connection.
The View from The Shard visitor experience has been unveiled, designed by Event Communications for the tallest building in Western Europe.
James Alexander, CEO of Event Communications said: "This has been an incredible opportunity to work with Siemens, one of Europe's leading multi-nationals, to explore the pressing issue of how to live sustainably in urban environments.
To build the pavilion, Expo recruited a team of architects, designers and curators, with the Australia-based Cox Architecture and UK-based Event Communications winning the international bidding process to design the building and curate the exhibition.
Event Communications was selected from a shortlist of four firms by a 16-member jury that included Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, Rusnano head Anatoly Chubais, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich and representatives of several European museums. The other three contenders were the Spanish CosmoCaixa, the U.S. Ralph Appelbaum Associates and U.S.-Canadian Lord Cultural Resources.
Event Communications has been appointed to create a vision and strategy plan for the redevelopment of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, Russia, following an international competition.
The exhibition has been developed by Event Communications, who designed the multi-award-winning Titanic Belfast.
Glasgow Museums' Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is reopening next month following a £27.9m refurbishment, featuring exhibition design by Event Communications and a brand identity and wayfinding scheme by Fitch.
Event Communications's appointment, replacing Imagination as lead design group, follows its completion of a €2.5m (£1.73m) project to re-envisage the Storehouse's ground and first floor with a more interactive exhibition design that explains the brewing process. It has reinterpreted the space, installing additional video elements and introducing the concept of a brewer guide and a tasting laboratory where visitors can sample Guinness from the keg line. Event Communications was appointed to this project in April last year, following a four-way pitch.
The past few months have seen the Making History core content team work intensively with designers from Event Communications to develop this space. It's an exciting, creative and intense process that involves looking in depth at our object selection and testing them against this exciting new concept.
51°30′8.7534″N 0°4′24.8689″W / 51.502431500°N 0.073574694°W