We were in the amazing surrounds of the Courtauld Institute at Somerset House this week running a workshop with our friends at RAA on Digitising Cultural Institutions. The Courtauld is perhaps best known for its School of the History of Art but also contains the incredible art collection gathered by Samuel Courtauld and an archive of over 12 million items. We are working with RAA on re-interpreting the organisation as it goes under a major period of re-development, opening up the archives and its activities.

Titanic Belfast has just scooped ‘World’s Leading Tourist Attraction’ at the prestigious World Travel Awards in the Maldives.

A mere three months since winning ‘Best European Attraction’ at the World Travel Awards in Italy this September, the museum beat stiff competition from eight global finalists – including Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the Las Vegas Strip, USA, Machu Picchu, Peru and Guinness Storehouse, Ireland.

It is a privilege to have been a part of this impressive project by creating the immersive media exhibits that help to make the visitor experiences so popular. Find out more about the award here.

We’ve just developed a bold, new identity for Jason Brunton and his new venture at Signal Sounds. The new venture, based in Glasgow, sells analogue and digital instruments with a heavy focus on modular synths. The graphic approach combines the ‘logical’ and ‘messy’ world of synth patchboards. A fully developed website will be coming in 2017.

Project page coming soon.

The Historic Royal Dockyard Chatham offers a unique visitor experience as the world’s most complete dockyard from the Age of Sail. Visitors can discover the secrets of Britain’s maritime history through our media installations in four of its popular exhibitions: No. 1 Smithery, Steam, Steel and Submarines and more recently Command of the Oceans.

In four new interactive galleries, Command of the Oceans explores Chatham’s trade roots, the full dockyard story, the mystery of the Namur which was a ship found under the floor and a treasure trove of archaeological objects recovered from the sea bed.

The Dockyard is located just 35 miles from central London and will close for the winter on Sunday 27 November.

A century ago, the plight of those returning from battle was answered by Glasgow University’s surgeon Sir William Macewen and Princess Louise, Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter. Together, they established Erskine Hospital which has cared for more than 85,000 veterans and led the way in treatment and rehabilitation. With assistance from Clydeside shipbuilders, early residents became experts in making their own artificial limbs. The BBC delves into Erskine’s archives to tell the story of the people who live and work there.

To compliment the documentary, we created the title card, graphic sequences and rostrums using 3D depth maps, displacement filters and chromatic aberration.

Watch Beyond The Battlefield: 100 Years Of Erskine on iPlayer.

The original British Music Experience was housed at the Millennium Dome for five years until it closed its doors in 2014. It will now be re-opening in early 2017 at the iconic Cunard Building on Liverpool’s waterfront. The BME will show visitors how rock, pop and dance have influenced British popular culture over the past 70 years. The collection includes classic artefacts and memorabilia such as David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust costumes and the original handwritten lyrics to Blue Monday by New Order.

Four of our original media installations from London will be re-versioned and updated to make the move north to be housed within the grandeur of one of the Three Graces buildings on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pier Head at Liverpool Docks.

Leading the way for the development of prosthetic limbs, Erskine Hospital has cared for more than 85,000 ex-service personnel since its opening in 1916. To commemorate its 100 year anniversary, the BBC has created a documentary to tell Erskine’s story through archive footage of staff and patients. ISO were tasked with treating the sequences to give a more ‘filmic’ appearance.

We created the title card, 13 graphic sequences and 25 rostrums using 3D depth maps, displacement filters and chromatic aberration.

See the one-hour documentary, Beyond The Battlefield: 100 Years Of Erskine on Thursday 3 November at 21.00, BBC Two Scotland.

Today we celebrate our one year anniversary in our new studio in Glasgow’s vibrant Merchant City. The development and relocation to 65 Virginia Street was one of our most demanding projects to date. We worked closely with McGinley Bell for over 18 months and it was well worth the wait. We find ourselves eager to get in in the morning to enjoy the space.

A full case study of the redevelopment will follow soon.

Cultural Enterprise Office’s Fashion Foundry returns to ISO on Wednesday 2 November for a workshop on creating better videos. From live feeds to content creation, MadeBrave will be delivering the 101 on sharing videos within your social channels.

This event is aimed at fashion designers and associated businesses in Scotland.

Book online here.

To hire ISO’s event space please contact lauren.glasgow@isodesign.co.uk

Titanic Belfast has been named Best Attraction in Europe at the World Travel Awards 2016.

This iconic tourist attraction has seen over 3 million visitors pass through its doors since opening four years ago and has beat the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and La Sagrada de Familia in Barcelona to the post by public vote.

ISO are proud to have been a part of this massive project by providing the immersive media exhibits that help to make this attraction so popular. Find out more about the award here.