The museum is housed in adjoining 16th – 19th century cottages with long and complex architectural histories. One cottage is the oldest house in Bakewell and they were once owned by Sir Richard Arkwright.

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The brief was to create interpretation panels, a series of internal panels and hand-held ‘bats’  for the Museum to interpret the rooms of the buildings. The design brief was to produce two related but different styles to communicate the two main historical periods of the cottages (Tudor and Victorian). These were to be sympathetic to the building’s historic architecture and stand apart from the panels interpreting the Museum displays.

Work included:

• Consultancy for grant funding application
• Interpretation consultation
• Copywriting
• Illustration work
• Panel design, construction and installation
• Rebranding consultancy to OHM image
• Photography
• Design and production of all communication material and advertising
• Website design, development and hosting. > visit the website.

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The You’re Welcome Guide – is a guide for new and infrequent visitors: Hammer Design was responsible for the design, mapping, photography and production.
see also: Audio Trails – 13 audio tours with accompanying leaflet [Audio Trails]
 

Design, photography, copywriting and production for audio tour guides.

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inHeritage/Hammer Design were commissioned by the National Trust East Midlands Region to create new interpretation for the deer park, gardens, Apple Store, Pump Room and St. Mary’s Church at Canons Ashby. Part of the project brief was to use the Apple Store to interpret the ongoing garden renovation. The target audiences were adult and family visitors to the property including those wishing to walk around the deer park. We installed a new welcome panel at the visitor car park and a series of highly visual graphic panel displays in the Apple Store, Pump Room and St. Mary’s Church. These were split in a horizontal fashion to communicate the same key messages to adults and children. We created two versions of a self-guided heritage and wildlife trail, one designed for adults and one for children, that linked all parts of the estate and covered the whole of the deer park.
 

Visit the Pooles Cavern website: www.poolescavern.co.uk

Buxton Civic Association commissioned inHeritage/Hammer Design to install the interpretation for the new Poole’s Cavern Visitor Centre which was opened in 2008. The brief was to interpret the geology, archaeology and historic tourism of Poole’s Cavern to adult visitors and school groups. We produced a series of wall-mounted graphic panels, a mural, floor-standing historical figures and a projected audio-visual presentation.

We offer efficient services to local authorities, central government, industry, non-governmental organisations and community groups. We are dedicated to tailoring our expertise to ensuring that your key messages are delivered to your target audiences in the most effective ways possible.

Our team has over twenty years' professional experience in ≈interpretation, publishing, illustration and archaeology with local authorities, national parks, charitable organisations and commercial businesses.

Our services include:

*Interpretive Planning.

*Copywriting, Copy-editing and Proofreading for displays, leaflets and books. Download our publications flyer.

*Photography and Illustration - including reconstructions, wildlife drawings and bird's eye views of properties.

*Self-Guided Trails for print or PDF.

*MP3 Audio Trails and Tours.

*PDA and Mobile Phone Tour content, including Bluetooth.

*Podcasts.

*Comics for children and graphic novels for young adults.

• These are two of our innovative specialities. Using vibrant, dynamic illustrations with pared-down text and dialogue, our comics are a unique way to deliver key messages to children of all ages as comic based stories, activities, jokes and key facts. Interpretation as entertainment, our comics have the vast potential to break down learning and attention barriers of educational ability, gender or ethnicity. These can be written to cater for the national curriculum, important organisational themes or specific visitor sites.
  *Local Community Engagement.

*We can help local community groups realise their ideas or conduct community engagement work for organistions. We offer advice on how communities can make their local heritage benefit local businesses.

Whether for interpretation or publication, we will smoothly complete your project on time, and on budget.

We specialise in using oral reminiscence to engage visitors, but offer a wide range of styles that include documentary, scripted stories and the use of archival material. In addition, we also provide other innovative interpretation, including bluetooth solutions, 'print on demand' design services and educational activities. See the case studies page at www.audiotrails.co.uk.

Our day-to-day working practices ensure that projects are delivered efficiently, achieving high standards. We pride ourselves on operating to high levels of customer service at all stages by providing a friendly and informed point of contact and by defining tasks and roles from the outset. We seek client approval and sign off at every stage to ensure the project is always on track.

We believe our key strengths are the following:
·   Strong project management skills
·   Intelligent and innovative content production and strong design
·   A good combination of technical strength and creative skills; we make things sound and look good but we also make them work well
·   Experience of meeting the needs of the target audience
·   Working to schedule and to budget

Our aim is to not only meet, but to hopefully exceed client expectations in quality of work, service and value for money by providing a professional and honest service at all times. We believe our ability to secure additional work from returning clients illustrates this.
 
Recent projects:
London Borough of Bromley
Production of 5 audio trails and activity sheets for 11-16 year olds
Mansfield District Council
Production of Mansfield Town Centre heritage trail
Mansfield Soundscape
National Trust
Audio Trail for White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire
Audio Trails for Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire
Telephone Listening Points for Hinton Abney, Hampshire
North East Derbyshire District Council
2 'healthy walks' audio trails in the villages of Ashover and Holmewood
Peak District National Park Authority
Moors for the Future Audio Trails
Paws on the Moors
Scottish Natural Heritage
Audio downloads via Bluetooth at Cairnsmore of Fleet
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
'Audio Picture' of Ribblehead Area
Red Squirrel Audio Trail
 
For further information visit the Audio Trails website or email us.

inHeritage and Hammer Design have just begun a two year project to develop interpretation of the history and renovation of the Hardwick Hall Stableyard area. The area consists of a range of buildings dating from the 16th to 19th centuries around a central walled grassed area. They are listed Grade II* buildings, and therefore of outstanding national importance. They are currently underused and considered at risk.

The brief is to interpret the long and complex history of the buildings, which went through a number of changes and alterations, the significance of the buildings to estate management and the legacy of Bess of Hardwick. We are taking a people-based approach to communicate these themes through the stories of people who worked on the estate.