ABOUT US
The Maltings Heritage Interpretation grew out of our core, long-established business as an illustration studio. Interpretation actually ‘found us’ some ten years ago, largely because we had already developed many of the skills this very particular sector demands. Today, design and illustration for heritage interpretation accounts for around 70% of our studio output, and we have developed an approach to each scope of work which we believe is unique in the field. For interpretive design we concentrate on smaller projects – usually those with development and implementation budgets between £10,000 and £150,000 – because these allow us complete, in-house control of the entire design process. The high overheads of the larger interpretation providers tend to compromise the viability of smaller budgets, and we discovered that many such clients looked to commission more general graphic design studios in order to meet their requirements. As heritage interpretation is a very specialised sector we sought to bring a level of quality and expertise to smaller projects which had hitherto proved difficult to access. Further, we wanted to ensure that illustration – where required – sat at the heart the wider design process, so that imagery and typography worked together to create the overall visual language for a site. Our work ethic, craftsmanship, creativity, and our determination to deliver beautiful, high quality solutions on time and on budget – these were traits we carried over from our established illustration studio. Demand has been high and we can honestly say that all our commissions, whatever the size, have been a success by any measure.
For projects that are at an early HLF bid stage, or require extensive content development rather than being design led, we work very closely with the Heritage Now team. Find out more about them here.
In our role as illustrators we do work on much larger projects, and for those budgets more commensurate with large scale implementations we unreservedly recommend our associates at HotrodCreations.com.
Please visit our sister website maltingspartnership.com for details and examples of our illustration work, created for interpretation, publishing, advertising and industry.