Exhibition and Retail Design

Exhibition and Retail Design is one of the many exciting modules included in the Higher National Diploma (HND) programme. As a module it is designed to develop the learners skills and understanding of retail design, lighting, display systems, office planning/workplace design and exhibition design.


Our 3rd year students are currently working on an exhibition/retail project where the brief required them to design a functional cosmetic counter for a large cosmetic brand to be situated in an upmarket department store. 


This project required the student to develop a retail component that was a representation of their chosen cosmetic brand, so while this component needed to be highly functional in terms of ergonomics, display, storage, etc. it also needed to be visually sharp in terms of form, materials and lighting. The students challenge was to create a retail component that was aesthetically on par with what international cosmetic brands are producing at the moment. 


This project is close to being wrapped up so stay tuned for our students fabulous presentation boards. In the meantime here are a few designs from a past student to give you an idea of Exhibition and Retail Design.

Retail Project 3rd Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project 3rd Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project 3rd Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project 3rd Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project 3rd Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project Final Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project Final Year BA (Honrs)

Retail Project Final Year BA (Honrs)

When wallpaper design meets fashion.

Florence Broadhurst was a world-renowned Australian wallpaper and textile designer. She combined hints of the orient with Europe’s 1930's Modernism. Her patterns, with shiny surface and sophisticated vibrant motifs are extremely elegant. She fused English floral patterns with splashes and swirls, bamboo and willow, kangaroos and peacocks...


Now 40 years later, the opulent patterns are the subject of growing international interest.
A carefully restored archive, a recent film-biography and a recent exhibition in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum helped the revival of Broadhurst’s work. Her vibrant prints have a distinctly retro aesthetic yet at the same time they are modern and on trend due to their bold graphic quality. 


Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney have both referenced Broadhurst in recent collections and now it is New York designer Kate Spade's turn to bring Broadhurst's prints into the 21st century. Kate Spade New York have recently launched a fashion and home collection. The collection is part of a larger collaboration with Helen and David Lennie‘s Signature Prints, which controls the Broadhurst design library. In addition to handbags, shift dresses, and trainers, Kate Spade has debuted homegoods awash in graphic Florence Broadhurst Japanese floral patterns.

Florence Broadhurst

Broadhurst's Peacock Wallpaper

Broadhurst's Japanese Floral Wallpaper

Broadhurst's Spotted Floral Wallpaper

Kate Spade New York Cushion

Kate Spade New York's use of Broadhurst's Japanese floral print.

Kate Spade New York's use of Broadhurst's Japanese floral print.

Past Student's Professional Work, Restaurant Project, Suffolk Street Dublin.

Home Restaurant

Due to it's location on Dublin's Suffolk Street, there were two markets that my client wanted to tap into. The students from nearby Trinity College and the tourist foot fall from Nassau Street.

The space needed to be versatile, by day it was a lunchtime hang out and by night it was a more sophisticated eatery.

The concept for Home Restaurant was to design a 'homely' space that was universal in it's appeal and stylish in it's execution. I liked the idea of using colorful vintage vibrant prints set against a muted urban colour palette. This 'granny chic' interior was complimented even further by vintage travel posters and book covers used as artwork throughout.

Georgian Furniture

We are working on a Georgian project and here are a few images of Georgian Furniture.
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Fish Leather

Salmon Leather (washable at 30 Degrees)

Wolf Fish Leather

Salmon Leather

White Wolf Fish Leather

Perch Leather

White Wolf Fish Leather

Chair Designed by Marte Undereidet
Perch,Cod,Salmon Sealskin and Knit

Fish Leather is one of the new cool materials that the Interiors and Fashion industry is experimenting with. Check out the website www.atlanticleather.is for more information.

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Quirky Lighting

Check out the quirky lighting above.

We are working on a Lighting Project to design Lighting using Specialist Materials.  Its amazing  what materials one can use to design a Light.

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Written by Christine, Niamh and Maria.
Elevation of Georgian Interior. Final year Design project.
This project is currently still in the early stages of process.

PORTFOLIO STRESS!!!!

Hi everyone. Jen and Kirst here just a short blog pressures on now to get our portfolio  ready with boards of finished work, getting boards together sounds allot easier then getting it done.Looking through previous work just emphasises how much work needs to be done , we came across one of our favourite projects our model agency projects which when we started this project it was a new look at design work for us last year. We are going to show you a couple of our layouts rendered and black and white and then some views of our Booker's table we hope you like the and feel inspired.looking through old work just showed us how much we have learnt in our last few  months and some new skills we can use to freshen up our portfolio.

                                                      Thanks for reading Jen and Kirst.