Regent Street Management – Venture House

Regent Street Management Direct required artwork for the reception area at Venture House that would make a strong impression to clients and staff alike. These large bold abstract paintings are visually striking without being intrusive on the space which echoes the company’s approach to their operations.

Framed in stained-black ash, this project is a prime example of how keeping framing simple creates no distractions from the artworks themselves.

This combined with the curvature of the wall and the locations of the artworks in relation to the lighting created an enticing outcome.

As we have our own in-house framing team, we are able to find tailored solutions to our clients’ framing requirements. Subsequently, we oversee projects through from conceptualisations to installation without the need to out-source meaning that we are in control of delivering outcomes that will meet, if not surpass, our clients’ expectations.

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  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks for Venture House.
  • Client – Regent Street Management Direct
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Venture House, London
  • Status – Completed
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Association of British Insurers

Following on from our previous work on their stained glass panels, when the Association of British Insurers relocated to their new offices Art Contact was again asked to assist and to find a solution for the display of their collection of stained glass panels.

The solution that was decided upon was to lightly frame the panels and hang them together in front of a light box. The resulting display is very effective and has been extremely well received.

As well as working with the stained glass panels we were also asked to conserve and re-frame some of their extremely old documents including one of the oldest insurance policies in existence. This framing was carried out to full conservation standards and should protect these items from the London atmosphere for years to come.

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  • Object – Frame and Display images for London Offices
  • Client – Association of British Insurers
  • Sector – Ofices & Corporate
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed
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Russell Investments

Art Contact printed corporate marketing and campaign material images supplied by the client onto PVC Board panels with stand off aluminium bolts.

The result complements the contemporary design concept of the office and the panels can be easily swapped with new material as and when the campaigns change.

  • Object – Print of marketing material for use in there offices world wide
  • Client – Russell Investments
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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British Medical Association – Paget Meeting Room

Art Contact has worked with the BMA during their extensive refurbishment programme over the past decade to source, select and commission artwork as well as reviewing and refreshing their existing art collections.

On this occasion, we have commissioned a number photographic collages to depict the historic nature of the site and the history of  the BMA to create contemporary artworks for this historic building emphasising their heritage.

  • Object – Source & select artwork for their London headquarters
  • Client – British Medical Association
  • Sector – Offices and Corporate
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed
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Medimmune

Art Contact has sourced artwork for Medimmune for over 12 years and we have again be asked to supply some additional pieces.

Additional artworks were sourced by Art Contact by two of our abstract screenprint artist to enliven the corridors at Medimmune.

  • Object – Source and select artworks for new building.
  • Client – Medimmune
  • Sector – Healthcare/Corporate
  • Location – Granta Park, Cambridge
  • Status – Completed
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“All work done by Art Contact was performed to a very high standard to reflect our wishes. The end result is a major contribution to the atmosphere of the new building, resulting in an extremely pleasant working environment in which Art Contact have played an important part." “All work done by Art Contact was performed to a very high standard to reflect our wishes.”

Jon Green - Vice President Business Operation Medimmune

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Corporate Client – Relocation to Portman Square

As part of their Art Collection Management programme, Art Contact has been appointed to coordinate the move of this corporate clients existing art collection and assess the best ways to maximise the potential of the works in time for their relocation to Portman Square, with it’s panoramic view of Central London.

Art Contact provided a creative, tailored art programme for the client. This involved the cataloguing of the existing artwork for valuation and re-organisation. Art Contact also advised on the most effective ways in which to maximise the visual impact of the artworks through re-framing and careful placement across both floors.

The re-framing of the newly assembled collection took place at our in-house framing workshop, where Art Contact worked in collaboration with our client and their design team, Artillery Interiors, to integrate the artworks into the new, state-of-the-art office interior.

To celebrate the relocation, Art Contact took a brief from the client, to commission an original piece of artwork in celebration of the company growth and development.

  • Object – To review, refresh and complement the existing art collection for relocation to Portman Square
  • Client – Corporate Client
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Portman Square, London
  • Status – Completed
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Blue Bay Asset Management

Art Contact has sourced artwork for Blue Bay Asset Management for over 10 years. Most recently commissioning new wall sculptures of sand and colour pigment for the offices on Grosvenor Street.

Blue Bay also recently engaged Art Contact to commission new works and to organize the transportation of these works for their offices in Connecticut, USA.

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  • Object – Source & select artwork for London and other offices
  • Client – Blue Bay Asset Management
  • Sector – Offices and Corporate
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed
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Tiger Developments

Tiger Developments invited Art Contact to source art work for a reception which housed multi-purpose client base for a corporate building in the centre of London. When proposing work for the space, the curvature of wall encouraged innovative design which culminated in a linear collection, positioned under existing spotlights.

The collection, a series of studies, built up with sand and other natural materials provided a textural contrast to the white interior and crisp downward lighting.

From afar, the single red image appears to fragment and disrupt the order of the blue and white studies, creating a composition that had a sense of assertion within is surroundings. Upon closer inspection however, each constructed artwork, variegated with the warm, natural tones of sand and stone allowed the light to dance across it to create micro landscapes.

The wonderful concept of manoeuvring an organic material into geometric shapes, gracefully reminds us of the careful balance between the natural and the man made. These images were very well received within the building.

  • Object – Source, select and commission artworks for the reception area.
  • Client – Tiger Developments
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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Metrix Enterprise Ltd

Metrix Enterprise invited Art Contact to source a collection of artwork for their first office in the London division. Our brief was to embrace the city; its culture, architecture and artists, through the artwork.

With this in mind, we sourced a collection of limited-edition prints from contemporary British printmakers and photographers, abstract and representational that complement the space and each other through palette and composition.

  • Object – Source and select artwork for new offices.
  • Client – Metrix Enterprise Ltd
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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Regester Larkin

In acknowledgement of the new graphics commissioned for the recently updated Regester Larkin website, Art Contact were brought on board to print and frame the illustrations.

The images were printed in two formats and installed in the new London offices.

  • Object – Prepare, print and frame clients own artwork for their offices.
  • Client – Regester Larkin
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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Jones Lang La Salle

Art Contact commissioned a digital photographer on behalf of Jones Lang La Salle for the main reception of an office building in Blackfriars.

The composition and subject matter of the artwork was developed by the artist to illustrate the location of the building as a central hub in the City of London.

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  • Object – Source, supply and commission of office artwork
  • Client – Jones Lang La Salle
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Blackfriars, London
  • Status – Completed
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Ralph Trustees – Mayfair Offices

A collection of colourful and quirky limited edition prints by contemporary artists for the meeting rooms.

Supplied, framed and installed by Art Contact.

  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks for offices.
  • Client – Ralph Trustees
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London, Mayfair
  • Status – Completed
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Inpex Corporation

Art Contact commissioned artwork to represent coral and geological patterns. Through the use of actual geological materials including pebble and sand solution, the artwork explores the natural patterns and organic ordering in our environment.

While, in the reception a large four panel Perspex artwork brings together imagery from Inpex project sites and oil rigs against a cityscape backdrop with architecture taken from four main locations worldwide where Inpex have offices. The second panel acknowledges the Japanese origins of the company, using complimentary images from London and Japan, of traditional architecture and sculpture against a backdrop of Mount Fuji and the cherry tree. The colours were considered to enhance and complement the existing design features.

For Inpex, the commissioned work lends a subtle reference to the corporation, who are continually developing and exploring oil and natural gas resources worldwide, whilst complementing the elegance of the walnut finishes throughout the office space.

Art Contact suggested re-framing pieces in the Inpex’s existing collection to be re-distributed around the offices. These pieces, which were in storage, have brightened up wall spaces within the general offices including the break out area.

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  • Object – Source, supply and commission artworks for London Offices.
  • Client – Inpex Corporation
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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Zaiwalla and Co

Zaiwalla & Co founded in 1982 and one of the first law firms to enter the international legal market in China, for this reason the company had a strong tie with China and wanted the artwork to reflect the oriental heritage as well as the European heritage in their artwork for the main reception.  The colour red was chosen to reflect the company colours.

Art Contact commissioned two digital montage artworks for the main reception and meeting rooms at Zaiwalla and Co London based offices. The artist created two cityscape depicting iconic sites from Europe and Asia to reflect the client’s associations with these countries. The concept enhances the corporate identity of Zaiwalla, by representing the global reach of the business.

  • Object – Source, select & commission artworks for London Offices
  • Client – Zaiwalla and Co.
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed
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Trade Winds

Art Contact sourced a selection of etchings and photography by three contemporary artists who depict subtle references to the marine world.

The artworks were selected for the London offices of this global shipping, news and forecasting corporation.

  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks for Board Room and meeting rooms.
  • Client – Trade Winds
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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Development Bank of Singapore

The brief from the client was to source artworks with an Asian theme to reflect their background whilst creating a feng shui atmosphere to complement the colour palette used in the interior.

The carborundum etchings were floated onto maroon mounts and a fillet was placed against the frame to lift the glass from the artworks in order to protect the sculptural quality of the handmade paper.

  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks for offices.
  • Client – Development Bank of Singapore
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Central London
  • Status – Completed
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"Do please pass on our thanks to your colleagues for all of their hard work in the production of these finished pieces – their efforts on our behalf have been very worthwhile!"

Lesley Bailey of DBS

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Keltbray Group Holdings

Brendan Kerr of Keltbray chose artworks which reflected the vibrancy and contemporary design of the head offices in Surrey. Some key pieces were chosen to represent the company’s prominent activity in the construction sector. This was loosely interpreted through artworks which employ building materials such as glass, stone and steel as their medium and construction ideas such as balance and illusion as their concept.

Art Contact commissioned a digitally manipulated image of photographs of London architecture which the artist then encased in a painted aluminium box frame with a dichoric glass opening.

When one walks past the artwork the light, which is refracted by the dichoric glass panels, presents an array of colours onto the image behind.

 

  • Object – Source, supply and commission of Office artworks
  • Client – Keltbray Group Holdings
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Surrey
  • Status – Completed
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Gilead Science

Gilead Sciences is a bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercialises innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need.

Art Contact was invited to work with the team to select artwork to support the corporate identity and to enhance the working environment. Over the years artworks were selected and commissioned for both the offices at Granta Park and for the European Headquarters at Stockley Park.

In the offices at Granta Park colourful artworks were selected to enhance the working environment and to support the companies ethos.

As the main office is based in America they where keen to depict views of London in their Stockley Park offices.
A series of photographs were commissioned depicting views of London. The resulting images were combined and manipulated resulting in series of photo montages which were printed in monochrome to suit the decor.

  • Object – Source, select and commission artworks for offices
  • Client – Gilead Science
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location –  Stockley Park, London & Granta Park, Cambridge
  • Status – Completed
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“Art Contact has over the last 8 years consistently provided stunning artwork for our UK offices, contributing to the overall success of our office refurbishments." “Art Contact's skills lie in exceptional project management, art selection and client communication, all of which have helped to make the whole process of choosing suitable artwork for our office space an enjoyable and inspirational experience."

Keiran Ferguson - Director, Facilities and Operations,

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Speechly Bircham

“We are making a major investment in the new office and would like to make a statement of our identity, confidence and that the firm is moving forward”

From this brief we chose and commissioned works of art by established artists as well as up and coming artists such as Martha Winter and Mickey Dell and works by international artists such as Francois Pont and Ralph Keigal.

 

Together with their existing artwork their collection which has been built up over the years containing works in media from photography to oil and sculpture to relief’s has been much enlarged while still remaining in harmony with the state of the art new offices.

 

  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks to complement existing collection and move to new offices.
  • Client – Speechly Bircham
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – City Of London
  • Status – Completed
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“Art Contact took note of our brief extremely well by contributing to the overall success of our new offices.”

Tim Raper

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BMA Members Lounge

‘Trees’
The brief was to produce substantial artworks that would have considerable impact on the space at the same time as creating a tranquil atmosphere.
Images of trees were chosen to help create the calm and the use of non-reflective acrylic panels giving the impact that the space required.

View other work by Gudawer Kalirai:

  • The Waldron Health Centre, New Cross
  • Nottingham City Hospital – ‘Nottingham Forest’
  • Roche Diagnostics – ‘Trees’
  • Object – To provide artwork for the member’s lounge that created a tranquil atmosphere while also making an impact on the vast space.
  • Client – British Medical Association
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location –BMA House, Tavistock Square
  • Status – Completed
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Lord North Street Ltd

A selection of black and white photographs.

Scenes depicting London at night and marine life

  • Object – Source, select and commission artwork for offices
  • Client – Lord North Street Ltd
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Marylebone, London
  • Status – Completed
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Gardiner & Theobald LLP

Having met Kevin Arnold from G&T to view the new site for site specific artworks, our rational behind the new commission was to take into account the work that Gardiner & Theobald specialise in, so in a loose way, we chose works which reflected their business in construction and consultancy.

Two artists were commissioned to fulfil the brief, firstly Brazillian ceramic artist Valeria Nascimento who created a wall sculpture ‘Ordered Chance’ which was constructed from ceramic cubes to represent Gardiner & Theobald’s position both in the locality and also in the construction industry. Secondly, a wall panel was commissioned from the light artist Chris Wood.

  • Object – Source, select and commission artworks for new offices
  • Client – Gardiner & Theobald LLP
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed
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PPD Development

Art Contact’s brief from MEPC- Granta Park and PPD was for a sculpture to be sited infront of the new PPD building. They wanted something clean and modern, and abstract in style. Virginia Grub of Art Contact, selected three artists who she felt would be perfect for the space. Each artist presented their brief to PPD and Granta Park, from which one artist was chosen to develope their concept further.

Title: ‘Family’
The work dipicts a Father,Son/Daughter and Mother figure, placing the work slightly leaning towards each other to show a family nurturing their young.
This is composed of three sculptures. Each sculpture is fabricated in grade 316 stainless steel with satin brushed effect finish.
The talest piece is 4m high, then 2.5m to 2m high.

  • Object – Source, select and commission sculpture for outside new offices.
  • Client – PPD Development
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Granta Park, Cambridge
  • Status – Completed
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Majedie Investment Plc

Art Contact were invited to view and value Majedie’s exiting 19th Century antique maps. Majedie also engaged Art Contact to consult on the best solution to preserve these maps.

We advised the client to encase the delicate maps in a specially designed perspex box to include the existing batten frame work. These maps are now well preserved for the next 100 years.

  • Object – Conservation and Display of a collection of old maps.
  • Client – Majedie Investment Plc
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – City of London
  • Status – Completed
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Financial Institution – Bankside

Art work supplied for a financial institution for their new offices at Bankside.

Art Contact had worked with this organisation for some years and in 2009 we were asked to select artwork to complete this development.

A wide variety of artists were chosen to complement the design and to reflect the diverse nature of the organisation.

  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks for offices in Bankside
  • Client – Financial Institute
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Bankside, London
  • Status – Completed
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Roche Diagnostics

A collection of contemporary art in which the subjects relate to nature, people and the area local to Burgess Hill.

The redeveloped building was decorated to a very high standard in a contemporary style, with attention to the smallest of details.

A brief was given to Art Contact to include ‘nature, people and the local area’ into the subject manner. These were included but not always in the most literal of senses, encouraging the staff and visitors to think about the works exhibited. Contemporary glassware was also commissioned including an illuminated plinth to light the glass works from beneath.

  • Object – Source, select and commission a collection of artworks for their new offices.
  • Client – Roche Diagnostic
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Burgess Hill
  • Status – Completed
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Association of British Insurers

A selection of historical stained glass panels were reused and modernised into a light box to fit the company’s contemporary space.

Art Contact also selected and supplied a number of abstract contemporary artworks for the meeting rooms and other spaces around the building.

  • Object – Restoration of stained glass panels and supply of display.
  • Client – Association of British Insurers
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – City of London
  • Status – Completed
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Taylor Wessing

Our brief was to incorporate existing artwork into the company’s contemporary offices, as well as to provide further artwork to complement the existing collection for the client facing areas on the 9th and 10th floors at New Gate Square.

As well as providing a full audit of their collection, Art Contact also sourced a variety of items producing an extensive portfolio from which the final items were selected.

The  existing collection and the new artworks were framed or re-framed as required to suit the decor of the new offices and installed as planned.

Object

  • Audit Collection, source select and supply artworks to complement the existing collection

Client

  • Taylor Wessing

Sector

  • Corporate

Location

  • City Of London

Status

  • Completed
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Exemplar

Digitally enhanced photographs of Forest with colours manipulated for the client in yellow,reds and purple to mach the interior of the reception area.

Mounted onto 3mm aluminium sheet and floated in frames with 10mm shadow gap around image in the tray frame.

Object – Source, select and commission artwork for ofices
Client – Exemplar
Sector – Corporate
Location – Bracknell
Status – Completed

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Coutts Bank

Art Contact was approached to augment their art collection to provide additional artworks for the client area at main Coutts in the Strand and also for the regional branch in Southampton.

A portfolio was produced following the brief and from this the artworks were selected. Once selected the artworks were framed and installed in both locations.

  • Object – Review and refresh artworks for client area in London and Southampton.
  • Client – Coutts
  • Sector – Offices and Corporate
  • Location –  London & Southampton
  • Status – Completed
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