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Liquid Plastics - Hygiene Systems and Decothane Application

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:25:58 +0100

Operatives of M C Designers Ltd have now completed the Liquid Plastics training course in hygiene systems and Decothane application.

We offer a free site survey and quotation upon request. Contact us on 01444 246366 or please complete our enquiry form and we will respond as soon as possible.

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Decothane is a high performance polyurethane coating, which rapidly becomes resistant to rain damage. It cures to form a completely seamless, elastomeric, vapour permeable membrane. Each system consists of an application of Decothane Base Coat, fully reinforced with either Reemat Standard Glass Fibre Matting or Reemat Premium Glass Fibre Matting. Once dry, an application of Decothane Top Coat is added - followed by an additional Top Coat for the Decothane Delta 25 system.

ISO 9001 Accreditation

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:24:41 +0000

We are pleased to announce that M C Designers Ltd have now been accredited by the British Accreditation Bureau for our ISO 9001 certification. This means that M C Designers Ltd has passed all the necessary requirements for quality assurance certification.

Whitworth Art Gallery (University of Manchester), Manchester

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:51:08 +0000

We recently were contacted by the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester to hang some specialised wallpaper designed by the late Angus Fairhurst. This wallpaper is quite unique and we have hung it at various locations throughout the UK including the Tate Britain A Gadda Da Vida, various restaurants and the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol.

The Whitworth Art Gallery includes various different wallpapers ranging from modern and historic to rare and unusual pieces.

Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London- Michelangelo's Dream

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:34:48 +0000

We are currently undertaking works at the Courtauld Gallery for Michelangelo's Dream and the exhibition there is due to open on the 18th February- 16th May 2010. The build consists of the fabrication of showcases made up of metal work, MDF and glass tops. These showcases will hold all the Michelangelo drawings.

Michelangelo's The Dream will be the main attraction for this exhibition as it is one of 'the greatest of all renaissance drawings' (Coutauld Gallery), however on show there will also be a unique collection of Michelangelo drawings making this an exquisite exhibition.

Turner Prize 2009, Tate Britain, London

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:42:38 +0100

We have completed the Turner Prize 2009 build where we worked closely with the Turner Prize nominees. The exhibition opened on the 6th October 2009 and the winner will be announced later on this year by the chosen ‘jury' members.

Grand Designs Live Exhibition, NEC Birmingham

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:38:16 +0100

For the Grand Designs Live Exhibition 9-11 October 2009 at NEC Birmingham M C Designers installed the coils and the floating ceiling as shown in the pictures. The coils were made of an aluminium frame covered in blue fabric. These works were completed for Media 10 on behalf of Grand Designs.

Media 10 is a youthful, exciting publishing and events company.

Using creativity, imagination and flair they aim to elevate trade/consumer publishing and events to a new level.

Their talented team of individuals work with commitment, passion, creativity and pride, always striving to produce the best publications and events possible.

Their award winning portfolio includes icon magazine, the leading international architecture and design magazine; Grand Designs – the magazine of the best home and property programme on TV, The Self Builder – a monthly resource for anyone looking to refurbish, restore or indeed build their own home, onoffice magazine – the latest mag to hit the office design world with a bang, Grand Designs Live – the spectacularly successful six-in-one exhibition launched in 2005, The Home Discount Show, Grand Designs Awards and The Duke of Essex Polo Trophy.

As well as producing magazines, supplements and events of the highest quality, our award-winning editorial and design teams also produce magazines for a number of contract publishing clients including the Performing Rights Society as well as the Spanish Embassy.

Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London- Auerbach Exhibition

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:37:04 +0100

The Auerbach exhibition was completed on time to the tight schedule specified and our client was extremely happy with the finished works. The exhibition opened on the 16th October 2009 and runs until the 17th January 2010.

Turner and Masters Exhibtion- Tate Britain, London

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:34:12 +0100

The Turner and Masters Exhibition was completed to schedule and is now open for public viewing. The exhibition opened on the 23rd September 2009

Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London- Auerbach Exhibition

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:01:44 +0100

Due to commence on the 24th September the Auerbach Exhibition consists of a collection of Frank Auerbach's post war paintings including sites such as St Pauls Cathedral in London. This exhibition is a fairly small build and will be completed on the 29th September 2009

Turner and Masters Exhibtion- Tate Britain, London

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:56:59 +0100

As well as the Ofili exhibition and the Turner Prize we have also won the Turner and Masters exhibition. We have commenced works on this today 28th August 2009 and will have the exhibition build completed by the 6th September 2009. The build consists of approximately 100LM of walling to be fabricated, plus take down of the previous exhibition and redecoration throughout the galleries.

Kings Place, London – The Ruth Borchard Collection

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:58:36 +0100

We have successfully completed the Borchard Collection decoration at Kings Place. All those involved were happy with the works and it looks brilliant. The art is being installed now and the exhibition is due to run from the 24th July- 30th August 2009

The Borchard collection was founded by Ruth Borchard who started the collection back in the 1950's. The collection consists of British self portraits including works by Raymond Coxon and Ithell Colquhoun.

Ruth Borchard's main inspiration was to include in her collection works from young artists who showed an amazing potential. Although as her confidence grew she approached other artists who were at the height of their careers although some declined the offer many are part of her collection now showing at Kings Place.

Specialist Exhibition Services, Exhibition Installation and Construction

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:08:19 +0100

At M C Designers we pride ourselves in our ability to offer and deliver a service that we consider is unrivalled in the exhibition aspect of our business.

We have purposely set up our business for exhibition works, including: exhibition layouts, framed stud partitions, insulation, quiet wall systems, false/suspended ceilings, prefabricated panels, plaster boarding, tape and jointing, carpentry services, painting and decorating, upholstery/re-upholstery and flooring systems.

MC Designers has many years specialist exhibition experience in exhibition installation and construction – with many well known galleries such as Tate Britain, National Portrait Gallery, Southbank Centre, Whitechapel Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Royal Academy of Arts, The National Gallery, Frieze Art Fair, White Cube, Arnolfini, The British Museum, Kings Place, Gagosian Gallery and the OXO Gallery.

Kings Place, London – The Ruth Borchard Collection

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:00 +0100

We are currently preparing for another job at the Kings Place Gallery for the up and coming exhibition The Ruth Borchard Collection – British Self-Portraits in the Twentieth Century – this includes the masking and painting of panels onto the existing walls. Also the hanging and decoration of some MDF on split battens to display the art works on.

Tate Britain – Chris Ofili

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:05:51 +0100

Chris Ofili has displayed his paintings at the Tate Britain back in 2005 and is returning to recreate his previous work. Thirteen paintings will be displayed in a specially designed walnut environment. Ofili has been criticised in the past because of the chapel like qualities of the exhibit and the suggestion that the arrangements of his thirteen paintings represents that of Christ and his apostles.

Chris Ofili spans across 3 galleries and consists of mainly carpentry and joinery works. The carpentry and joinery works consist of floor, ceiling and wall construction fabricated from standard jumbo stud and MDF but over clad in a walnut veneer which will have a lacquered finish.

Tate Britain – Turner Prize Exhibiton

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:04:53 +0100

M C Designers Ltd has won both the Ofili and Turner Prize Exhibition at the Tate Britain. The Turner Prize is due to open on the 6th October 2009 and runs until the 3rd January 2010. Works will start on both exhibitions in September of this year.

The Turner Prize Exhibition
The Turner Prize Exhibition will span across 12 galleries and will consist of mainly the building of various walls throughout the galleries to hold the artists exhibits for this prestigious prize. We will also be decorating the galleries throughout.

M C Designers wins first contract with the Royal Academy of Engineering

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:03:49 +0100

M C Designers Ltd is pleased to announce we have won our first contract at the Royal Academy of Engineering. The works consist of the supply and fitting of their new mahogany bespoke doors onsite. Redecoration works throughout the Royal Academy of Engineering’s meeting room where the works are taking place, the supply and fitting of new electrics based on architects drawings received and the replacement flooring to the meeting room. This job is due for completion by Monday 6th July and we will be finished by tomorrow 3rd July for hand over to take placed on Monday as planned.

Whitechapel Gallery – Wallpapering to a Tight Deadline

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:32 +0100

M C Designers have been awarded a wallpapering job at the Whitechapel gallery which consists of the wallpapering of 504sqm of gallery walls and also including the free standing walls. During the installation of the wallpaper we were asked to wallpaper a further 300sqm of wall which we gladly accepted. The wallpapering was completed on a very tight timescale and M C Designers Ltd worked hard to deliver not only an impressive finished product but also to fit in with the galleries timescale. We are please to say we completed these works on time and the Whitechapel Gallery were very impressed with the finished product for their up and coming exhibition.

Courtauld Gallery – Beyond Bloomsbury Exhibition

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:59:49 +0100

We have now completed the installation of the beyond Bloomsbury Exhibition design for the omega workshops at the Courtauld Gallery. We are very pleased with how the installation ran and the exhibition had a successful opening night as planned. Click here to see photos of the installation.

Courtauld Gallery- Beyond Bloomsbury Exhibition

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:06:20 +0100

M C Designers Ltd is pleased to announce that we have won our first job at the Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House for the exhibition Beyond Bloomsbury. This job has been both a challenge but also highly rewarding. The works consisted of the fabrication of specialist showcases which were made offsite at our joinery shop. These were then delivered to site and installed by our staff. We have not completed the works fully yet but once they are completed we will be publishing photos in our 'gallery' section of our website, so please feel free to return and have a look at what we have achieved. The Beyond Bloomsbury exhibition runs from the 18th June to the 20th September 2009.

Tate Britain - Classified Exhibition

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:59:22 +0100

After completion of the Richard Long Exhibition M C Designers Ltd went straight on to install the Classified Exhibition at the Tate Britain. This exhibition ran across 6 galleries and consisted of the redecoration of all galleries, construction and dismantling of temporary walls and the fabrication of plinths for the art works to be displayed on. The exhibition is running at the Tate Britain from 22nd June to the 23rd August 2009

Tate Britain- Richard Long Exhibition

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:50:30 +0100

The installation of the Richard Long exhibition went very smoothly and M C Designers Ltd had the privilege of working alongside Richard Long the artist of the exhibition. We completed the installation on time and finished the works on Friday 15th May 2009. The exhibition will be running at the Tate Britain from the 3rd June to the 6th September

Tate Britain– Triennial Exhibition / Van Dyck Exhibition

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:45:30 +0100

Back in January 2009 MC Designers built the new Van Dyck exhibition along with the Triennial exhibition on the first floor of the Tate Britain. The Van Dyck exhibition took 2 weeks to complete and the Triennial exhibition took 3 weeks. The Triennial exhibition is running until Sunday the 26th April 2009 and the Van Dyck exhibition is running until the 17th May 2009.

As well as constructing the gallery layout for each artist the MC Designers team assisted the artists within the Triennial exhibition to construct various pieces of artwork.

We are currently preparing for the de-installation of the Triennial Exhibition and preparing for the installation of Richard Long due to commence Thursday 7th May 2009.

Richard Long will be installed across 19 gallery modules this will consist of the removal of the current layout and the installation of new walls to divide up the galleries as necessary and will be completed by the 15th May 2009.

Tate Britain – Vong Phoaphanit Exhibition

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:22:44 +0100

MC Designers installed all the steel works and assisted with the bamboo preperation alongside the Tate Britain art handlers in the Vong Phaophanit exhibition.

We are currently de-installing the Vong Phoaphanit exhibition in preparation for the installation of the Richard Long exhibition due to commence on Thursday 7th May 2009. This involves the careful removal of the steels and grates which will then be transported from site into storage.

Vacancies

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:33:09 +0100

M C Designers are always looking for ambitious professional people. If you would like to work within an exciting company that's going places please forward your CV to enquires@mcdesigners.co.uk. We will respond to all applications.

If you are a trade contractor and would like to work with M C Designers on any of our upcoming prestigious projects, please contact us at to enquires@mcdesigners.co.uk request a subcontractors application form.

If you would like to supply goods or services to M C Designers please contact us at enquires@mcdesigners.co.uk to submit information about your company to our buying department.

We are always looking for skilled and dedicated people to join us, particularly in the following areas:

Contracts Managers
Project Managers
Site Managers
Working Foreman
Bench Joiners
Site Fixers
Painters and decorators