Creative design and interpretation for wildlife, countryside, heritage, arts, museums and environment

Leeds City Museum - Voices of Asia

Leeds City Museum

Voices of Asia - a spectacular new gallery celebrating the sights, sounds and culture of Asia


RSPB - Skelton Lake

RSPB

RSPB Viewing Deck at the new £64m Leeds Skelton Lake eco-friendly service station at M1 J45


Wildlife in Trust

Wildlife in Trust

780-page history of the Wildlife Trusts, published to celebrate 100 years of nature conservation in 2012


South Humber Heritage Trail

South Humber Heritage Trail

Interpretation panels and trail guides telling the story of wildlife and people along the south bank of the Humber


Patrick Heron on Art and Education

Patrick Heron on Art and Education

'To Peter - with 1000 thanks for such a superb book! Greetings, Patrick'


Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

A £60k re-modelling of the Lyndon Visitor Centre around the themes of climate change, phenology and osprey migration


Visual identity, design coordination and brand development for national and regional organisations

Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase

New logo and brand development to create a sense of place as A National Landscape for Cannock Chase AONB


Wildlife Trusts

Wildlife Trusts

Design coordination and brand guidelines for The Wildlife Trusts nationally and Wildlife Trusts in Staffordshire and Derbyshire


A Million Voices for Nature

A Million Voices for Nature

Working with RSPB head office to develop a new brand direction and visual identity guidelines


Groundwork

Groundwork

Logo, strapline, brand guidelines and publications design for Groundwork at national and regional level


National Fairground Archive

National Fairground Archive

Celebrating 20 years of the Archive at The University of Sheffield


Ravine Woodlife

Ravine Woodlife

Logo and visual identity across publications, displays, digital media and websites for a WWF EU-funded initiative


Logo design

Logo design

Logos for White Rose Forest in Yorkshire and World Wetland Network at Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge


Interpretation design and production for wildlife, countryside, arts and heritage organisations

Bedgebury Arboretum

Bedgebury Arboretum

Interpretation - housed in a treasure chest - for an adventure trail at the Forestry England site


Trent Valley Way

Trent Valley Way

Trail guides about wildlife and heritage along the River Trent, produced for partnership organisation OnTrent


Peasholm Park

Peasholm Park

Interpreting the Chinese heritage of this popular park in Scarborough with specially-themed frame structures


Flamborough Head

Flamborough Head

Themed storyboards on coastal geology, wildlife and cultural heritage for this Yorkshire Wildlife Trust discovery trail


Holme Valley

Holme Valley

Interpretation panels and trail guides along Holme Valley Riverside Way in Holmfirth


Driffield Canal

Driffield Canal

Canalside interpretation presented on custom-designed oak lecterns


Landscape-Scale Restoration
Landscape-Scale Restoration Landscape-Scale Restoration

Landscape-Scale Restoration

Ongoing project for the National Trust involving the origination of before-and-after landscape visualisations


Exhibition design for museums, art galleries, heritage attractions and visitor centres

Easter Island

Easter Island

A major exhibition at Manchester Museum with bold graphics and half-size models of the Easter Island statues


Alfred Denny Museum

Alfred Denny Museum

Display panels, branding and marketing for a collection of worldwide biological specimens at the University of Sheffield


National Trust

National Trust

Exhibition design for two countryside visitor centres for the National Trust in the Yorkshire Dales


Moors for the Future

Moors for the Future

Mobile exhibition vehicle touring the Peak District with an audio visual presentation and displays about moorland restoration


Rediscovering Neanderthals

Rediscovering Neanderthals

Display units, design themes and exhibition design for a joint project with the Natural History Museum and the University of Manchester


Turner Museum of Glass

Turner Museum of Glass

Brand styling, exhibition design and design coordination across new flooring, furniture, display cases and graphics for this re-modelled museum


Expertise in design, typography, origination and print production for marketing and publicity

Wildlife Trusts

Wildlife Trusts

Everything from annual reviews to campaign publicity, and from trail guides to information leaflets


Crucible Theatre

Crucible Theatre

Special souvenir publication to celebrate forty years of theatrical performances at this iconic theatre in Sheffield


Bradford Museums

Bradford Museums

Design, art direction and print management for a series of guide books to the six museums and art galleries in Bradford


Aride Island

Aride Island

Trail guides, leaflets and wildlife identification charts for the Island Conservation Society in the Seychelles


Restoring the Hills

Restoring the Hills

High quality print reproduction on recycled paper for the environmental partnership of RSPB, National Trust and United Utilities


Top of the Bill

Top of the Bill

One of several beautifully-printed booklets about the ephemera collections in the National Fairground Archive


Investing in Wildlife

Investing in Wildlife

A distinctive presentation folder featuring woodcut engravings – printed letterpress and offset litho on hand-made papers


Book design and publishing for museums, art galleries, country houses and collaborative ventures

Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens

A series of books helping to regenerate the seaside heritage of Blackpool's popular attractions through a joint publishing venture with Blackpool Council


Leeds Museums

Leeds Museums

Design and print production for a series of guide books to Leeds museums, galleries and country houses


Tread Lightly

Tread Lightly

A souvenir guide to the conservation of the stunning wildlife of Aride Island in the Indian Ocean


British Surrealism

British Surrealism

Fine art reproduction and printing of an extensive catalogue of the Surrealist works in The Sherwin Collection


Rena's Diary

Rena's Diary

Short-run publishing venture with author Kenneth MacLennan telling the story of Rena's wartime diary


Echoes

A collaborative project with artist Anthony Marshall and philosopher Kevin Flint exploring a creative approach to book design

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FDA Design Ltd, Hathersage Hall Business Centre, Hathersage, Hope Valley S32 1BB

email peter@fdadesign.co.uk
telephone 01433 659776

For further information, enquiries, quotations, help and advice, contact Peter Farmer.

The design practice was established in Ilkley in 1984 and was incorporated as FDA Design Ltd in June 2003. We continue to focus on the design of branding, visitor centres, exhibitions, interpretation, print and publications for national conservation organisations, regional museums and galleries, country houses, universities, charities and local authorities.

Thanks are due to all employees, associates, collaborators, clients and friends, with a special mention to Steve Wade, Tony Johnson, Paul White, Tony Marshall, Tim Wootton, Gillian Tyler, Dan Powell, Chris Shields, Reg Boulton, Tim Sands, Adrian Skerrett, Adam Cormack, Trina Paskell, Vanessa Toulmin, Tim Melling, Mike Hopwood, Jim Bright, Bryan Sitch, Corinne Miller, Layla Bloom, Mick Callaghan, Adrian Bury, Adam Clayton, Rachel Hall, Debra Wilson, Rebecca Cassidy, Anna Carter, John Morton, Chris Wood, Ryan Billau and JW Northend.