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Lighting Club to Catwalk at the V&A

After designing Hollywood Costume and David Bowie Is… at the V&A, DHA were pleased to use their expertise to light Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 80s. The exhibition is displayed over two floors in the recently refurbished Fashion Gallery, and runs until February 2014. The fabulous collection of fashion on display is predominantly lit with LED spots, with retro-fit lamps used in the V&A’s older equipment.

To contrast the two styles, the Catwalksection is all in showcases and lit in predominantly white LED spots, softened by some linear fluorescent. The CLub section upstairs is all on open display, lit with coloured filters and uses a lot of uplighting for added theatricality.

You can find out more about the exhibition by visiting the V&A’s website here Photo credit: V&A Images

Vermeer and Music opens at National Gallery

DHA were delighted to be approached by the National Gallery to light their summer exhibition, Vermeer and Music. Looking at the relationship between Vermeer and his contemporaries, and the importance of music, it presents the beautiful paintings next to period instruments.

The Observer’s excellent review of the show can be seen here

William Morris Gallery crowned Museum of the Year 2013

Less than two weeks after winning the Museums and Heritage Award for Best Permanent Exhibition, the William Morris Gallery has won Museum of the Year 2013, collecting the Art Fund’s £100,000 prize.

The lighting for the exhibition and welcome area was designed by dha design.

Watch the BBC footage here of the museum following its opening in August 2012

Mary Rose Museum opens

The Mary Rose Museum opens to the public this week. The lighting for the gallery spaces, the exhibitions, show cases and the hull was designed by DHA Designs.

Located in the historic dockyard of Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Museum displays part of the ship that served the navy of King Henry VIII for 33 years before spending 437 years undiscovered at the bottom of the sea. The remains of the ship were raised from the seabed in 1982, and along with the thousands of artefacts recovered, it proudly sits within the heart of the new museum building designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.

Watch the BBC news footage here.

Pompeii and Herculaneum opens at BM

DHA were delighted to see the fantastic reviews that have greeted the opening of this major exhibition, with 5-star reviews in the Guardian, Independent and The Daily Telegraph. Designed by Land, with whom DHA worked on the successful The Book of the Dead at the same venue, the exhibition recreates a Roman Villa to look at the life in these seaside towns before their destruction. The lighting works to replicate the interior and exterior spaces, whilst lighting the objects and graphics to good effect.

Continuing their relationship with the BM, Pompeii and Herculaneum is the sixth show that DHA have lit in the Round Reading Room. It is described by Jonathan Jones as “one of the most momentous archeological exhibitions ever staged”.

Tickets for the exhibition can be purchased here