Published date: 7 October 2022

Last edited date: 7 October 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 7 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Museum services - 92521000

Location of contract

NR4 7TJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-37-785-PURCON 1040 - AWARD

Published date

7 October 2022

Closing date

7 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We are looking for an experienced designer to conceive and deliver an exciting strategy to communicate our ethos Living Art and Sharing Stories and exhibition relaunch project for Spring 2023. The designer should have experience and creativity in working with museum objects and dynamic visitor experiences which includes the digital element.

The centrepiece of Living Art and Sharing Stories will be in our East End Gallery. This will be composed of two main elements to be sensitively and dynamically interwoven:

1. The centrepiece, entitled 'Imprisoned Souls', will be a glass box surrounded by objects from the Sainsbury Centre collection. The visitor will enter the glass box, inverting the usual experience of looking at an encased object. Instead, the visitor will be contained and gazed at by the objects, which are on the outside. The designer will work with our curatorial team to select and conceive the display of the objects and this experience.
2. The second element will be an immersive interactive digital experience allowing visitors to discover content to enrich knowledge about the objects in the Sainsbury Centre collection. This section will include an area where visitors of different ages can create content.

We are looking for a design that brings these elements together into a single dramatic and emotive experience.

Furthermore, Living Art and Sharing Stories will extend into the Living Area at the Sainsbury Centre. In this permanent collection display, works from different periods and cultures are juxtaposed in an open plan space so the visitor can take their own journey. Living Art and Sharing Stories may include interventions in the Living Area to demonstrate the lifeforce within the objects in our collection or a dramatic installation.

Award information

Awarded date

7 October 2022

Contract start date

8 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The design kollektiv ltd

Address

20-22 Wenlock Road, London, United Kingdom, N1 7GU

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Helen O'Connor

Address

Norfolk Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Email

h.oconnor@uea.ac.uk