Post-graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Research. Current study at Royal Agricultural University's Cultural Heritage Institute
heritage interpretation / placemaking
Featured project:The Works Heritage Trail
Historic England / Swindon Borough Council Creative producer of the 2-mile heritage trail of 30+ interpretation panels at key locations around Swindon's Railway Village and former GWR Works. Work included historical and image research, community engagement, graphic design, map-making, writing content and print management. Street banners; stylised route map; way-finding cast bronze pavement plaques; printed map and guide; and curating online guide content.
The Town Gardens map I created as a personal project was the basis of this interpretation panel, overlaid with historic information and map pins pointing to the side panel of further information.
placemaking / brand design
Featured project:inSwindon Business Improvement District Co. Ltd.
inSwindon BID Co. Ltd managed and promoted Swindon Town Centre through public activities, safety initiatives and street improvements to enhance footfall.
Maps and infographics
Simplifying complex information
heritage interpretation / exhibition
Featured project:Entertaining Swindon
Commission to produce an Art's Council England funded exhibition on the history of local performing arts at Swindon Musuem & Art Gallery. Working alone, with support from the team, I used archival research and community engagement to create the narrative and design the exhibition.
Heritage Lottery funded community history project to research the area around Eastcott Community Centre. Author / designer of this 40-page concise, illustrated history book. Involved research, community engagements and interviews. Print management
Also see: Swindon Trilogy in creative miscellany and insights
heritage audience segmentation analysis
Understanding a heritage site audience
Written as part of post-graduate Cultural Heritage Research course at the Cultural Heritage Institue, Royal Agricultural University. Research and thoughts on increasing visitors at STEAM: Museum of the GWR.
heritage interpretation
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: National Museum of the Royal Navy. 36 Hours: Jutland 1916
Creation of interface and icon design in consultation with NMRN and GIS web developers, Nautoguide, for centenary commemoration project (online crowd-sourced heritage database).
