Simon Caslaw
Current employment
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road,
South Kensington,
London SW7 5BD		    
NHM
Exhibition Design projects

The Ship The art of climate change 2006
Designed exhibition installation at NHM and to tour:

Designed the exhibition entrance and directed introductory film. Planned the layout of the exhibits in the space. Designed structures to display artworks.

The Ship

Face to face Photographs by James Molison 2005
Designed exhibition installation at NHM and to tour:

Designed the exhibition entrance and directed introductory presentation. Planned the layout of the exhibits in the space. Designed structures to house backlit images and showcase.

Face to face

Fabulous Beasts Artworks by Mark Fairnington and Giles Revell 2004
Designed exhibition installation and graphics at NHM:

Designed the exhibition entrance and directed introductory presentation. Planned the layout of the exhibits in the space. Designed structures to display artwork and house showcase.

Fabulous Beasts

Ecology Gallery Refurbishment 2004

Designed new entrance and new exhibits on ground floor of glass 'canyon' in Ian Ritchie designed structure. Planned the layout of the exhibits in the space. Designed structures to display exhibits.

 Ecology Gallery

Turbulent Landscapes Play with the forces of nature 2002
Designed exhibition installation and graphics at NHM and to tour:

Planned the layout of the exhibits in the space. Designed the exhibition entrance. Designed a banner and screen system. Designed banners for each of the nineteen exhibits, including picture research.

 Turbulent Landscapes
Project management
A natural Genius for painting, The Art of William MacGillivray 1796 -1852 managed the development and installation working with NHM internal development team, external designers and production companies. Arranged external loan of library material for display within this exhibition. Held responsibility for the budget and deadline on this project.
From the beginning and The power within exhibitions in the Earth Galleries carried out specimen specification work, working with the exhibition designers, exhibition construction staff, Museum scientific staff and Museum exhibition research and development staff to ensure Museum specimens and other objects were displayed to best effect and within conservation requirements.
Our place in evolution managed exhibition name change, coordinating graphics contractor, freelance editor, Museum based technical contractors and Museum scientific staff in the removal and replacement of exhibition panels.
3-D Design
Designed new wayfinding signage system across the museum.
Designed donations boxes in several locations across the Museum.
Designed reception desk at Tring museum.
Designed showcase to display live ant colony in Creepy crawlies exhibition to incorporate temperature and humidity control equipment. Designed showcase drums to display entomological specimen.
Designed and refurbished an audio/visual theatre in Human Biology.

Designed Perspex specimen display system for showcases in Marine invertebrates and Fishes, amphibians and reptiles galleries.

Graphic design

Life on Mars exhibition exploring the possibility of signs of life within the Nacla meteorite specimen from Mars.
Out of the Blue exhibition displaying a blue crystal new to science.
Coral Cay, Julian Walker, Linda Pitkin’s photographs, Gordon Howe’s paintings.
Designed, planned and arranged installation of exhibit captions and various graphic panels.
Previous employment
Avon County Council,
Avon House North,
St. James Barton,
Bristol. Avon.		 Architectural modelmaker and Technician 1987 to 1989
Producing Architectural models and exhibitions for various departments of Avon County Council. Making models in wood, card and plastics. Constructing travelling exhibitions out of a range of materials using bench and hand machinery. Working both as part of a team and individually
Avon County Community
Environment Scheme,
Eastville Park,
Bristol, Avon		 Exhibition development 1987
Working as part of a team researching and producing visuals for local history exhibition. Developing techniques for construction of mosaic panels for children’s activity days
Avon Wildlife Trust,
The Old Police Station
Jacobs Wells Road,
Bristol, Avon.		 Exhibition Design Assistant 1985 to 1986
Designing and building a series of exhibition three dimensional models for permanent 'hands on’ display in the Trusts’ newly refurbished visitor centre. Building display structures for exhibition. Producing a set of folded paper animal masks for children’s participation play
Education
University of North London,
School of Architecture and interior design, London		 1999 to 2002
Exhibition design: Real & virtual: Master of Arts
Bath Academy of Art
Corsham Court
Corsham, Wiltshire		 1982 to 1985
Three Dimensional Design: Ceramics: Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Grade 2:1
The Collage
Regent Circus
Swindon, Wiltshire		 1980 to 1982
2-Year assessed Art Foundation course
Art ‘A’ Level
Bradon Forest School
Purton
Swindon, Wiltshire		 1975 to 1980
Five ‘O’ Levels
Maths, Geometrical Drawing, Physics, English Literature, Geography
Additional training
Training 2004 Adobe Photoshop / InDesign / Illustrator
Westminster Adult Education 1999 Museum and Exhibition design module of BTEC course
Westminster Adult Education 1998 Interior design module of BTEC course
DALI, Central Saint Martins 1997 Using the computer as a tool for Graphic Design
NHM 1997 Presentation skills
Fluency training agency 1996 Photoshop 3.0 software training
Fluency training agency 1995 Freehand 5.0 software training
Museums Association 1995 Signs of the times, Clear labelling & signage for everyone
Personal tuition 1994 MiniCAD 5.0 software training
Additional experience
Modelmaking work for the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Natural History Museum and private clients

Web page design: WATERHOUSEmusic.co.uk / buildingphotos.co.uk
Electric and acoustic guitar building and playing.
Technical skills
Software Adobe Photoshop. InDesign. Illustrator
Macromedia Freehand. Flash. Director. Dreamweaver
Quark XPress. VectorWorks CAD. FileMaker Pro
Fabrication Architectural and exhibition modelmaking. Specimen and model repair and refurbishment. G.R.P Resin casting and laminating. Perspex fabricating and polishing. Mould making in a range of materials. Plaster casting. Ceramic fabrication.
Graphic Graphic design, layout, mounting and installation. Computer Aided 3-D Design. Web page design. Image processing. Ceramic transfers.