EXHIBITION MODELS
Architectural, Trade Show & Interactive Model Making
Big or small, we make display models of all sizes for trade shows, museum exhibitions and investor meetings alike. Our in house model making team are able to take complex principles or concepts and visualise them through physical sculptures or representations. Exhibition and architectural models are a great way of gaining interest from investors or educating members of the public in a tangible and exciting way.
If you have a complex or hard to visualise product, service or scheme you would like help showcasing, get in touch below!
CAPABILITIES
Using eye-catching LED animations, premium materials, motion or even augmented reality, our exhibition models grab people’s attention. Our diverse team of model makers, designers and electronic engineers can take your idea from concept to reality, relying on our world class facilities to 3D print, machine and finish your model to the highest standard.
BP - IEC MODEL
An evolution of a concept we’d realised for bp four years prior, the IEC (or Integrated Energy Company) model demonstrates twenty different energy technologies that bp employ in a single tabletop model.
Combining programmed illumination with props of physical vehicles which guests are invited to ‘play’ with, it creates a tactile and engaging centrepiece for discussion of the various technologies across land, sea and sky.
Designed and built for transit between exhibitions and trade shows, the model has custom-designed storage for every component.
STERLING THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES – HEAT EXCHANGER
Relying on physics and engineering that requires some explanation, Sterling TT chose to approach this using a physical demonstration model.
Starting with a 3D CAD model of a shell and tube heat exchanger the client had already devised for an illustration, our Modelshop team executed a translation of the concept built and delivered in just two weeks.
CASTROL - E-FLUID TECHNOLOGY
Tasked with introducing Castrol’s new range of E-transmission fluids, E-Greases and E-thermal fluid products in a unique and engaging way to show how they can help customers drive their electric vehicles further, charge faster and last longer.
Our solution to this task was to clearly separate the components of the model in a simple, readable way, comparing range and performance of a car using Castrol products versus other brands on the market. The 3 sections of the model are split into ‘Range’ (featuring scale architectural models of a city), ‘Dry Motor’ vs ‘Wet Motor’ (showing the E-fluids working in comparison) and ‘Performance’ (comparing the fluids effects over a scale representation of the Nurburgring in Germany).
With reset buttons used to highlight each specific zone of the model, lighting was cleverly used to spotlight specific details that could then be further described in depth by Castrol staff operating the exhibition stand.
BP - ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Approached by BP to highlight their renewable energy solutions, we were asked to produce a model that summarised their alternative energy strategy in an exciting way. Combining scaled, 3D printed model buildings, rotating wind turbines, a solar farm and biofuel plants, all of which set onto a veneered walnut landscape.
The final model provides a premium display piece, suitable for BP’s head office reception, to be used as a talking point around the future of alternative energy.
CASTROL ON - DATA CENTRE COOLANT MODEL
With the release of Castrol’s new ‘E-thermal cooling fluids’, Designworks were asked to design and prototype an animated display model that visualised the improved efficiency of server cooling with ‘e-fluids’ versus conventional fluid cooling.
As a solution to the challenge, diffused LEDs were used to create animations showing the flow of the fluid and illustrating heat escaping over time. The LEDs were set into a representation of a computer heat sink with two different cooling tubes running through it’s cross section.
The resulting model provides an eye catching centerpiece that draws visitors’ attention at a trade show, creating a talking point for something that would otherwise be hard to describe.