Freeman Ryan Design

About

 

Freeman Ryan Design creates exhibitions and visitor experiences that set new standards of innovation and design excellence in engaging and inspiring audiences. With extensive experience both within Australia and internationally in the museum and cultural tourism industries, we develop design solutions that respond to the unique needs and qualities of each project.

FRD’s multi-disciplinary team offers a comprehensive service that embraces all stages of a project’s development and realisation: conceptual and master planning, strategy and content development, design, documentation, production and implementation.

 
 

Our Services

MASTER PLANNING AND CONCEPT BRIEF

  • Site analysis

  • Positioning

  • Audience & market research

  • Workshops & charrettes

  • Thematic strategy

  • Collection strategy

  • Architectural brief

  • Preliminary planning and
    conceptual design

  • Budgets and schedules

CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

  • Thematic strategy and key messages

  • Storyline development

  • Research

  • Exhibition writing and final editing

  • Community Engagement Plans

  • First Nations Consultation

  • Workshops + Interviews

  • Oral Histories

  • Curatorial Services

EXPERIENCE AND EXHIBITION DESIGN

  • Concept definition and design

  • Environmental design and planning

  • Design development

  • Design documentation

  • Installation art direction

  • Design management

 

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND
VISUAL COMMUNICATION

  • Graphic conceptual strategy

  • Branding and logo design

  • Experience and exhibition graphics

  • Wayfinding

  • Proofing and artwork

  • Installation

HERITAGE INTERPRETATION

  • Site analysis

  • Research & writing

  • Theme and story development

  • Conceptual design

  • Design documentation

  • Installation

WE COLLABORATE WITH

  • Architects

  • Multimedia and interactive designers

  • Lighting and theatre designers

  • Artists

  • Joiners, fabricators, graphic production and machinists

  • Film studios and production houses

  • Developers, builders, electricians, suppliers

 
 

Awards

2020

Museums and Galleries of NSW
IMAGinE Award
WINNER – Innovation and Resilience
Bathurst Rail Museum

Australian Museum and Galleries Association
MAGNA Award
SHORTLIST – Permanent Exhibition of Gallery Fitout
Bathurst Rail Museum

2019

Designers Institute of New Zealand
Best Design Award
GOLD – Spatial Colour
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality,
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Designers Institute of New Zealand
Best Design Award
SILVER – Exhibition and Temporary Structures
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality,
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2016

National Trust Heritage Awards
WINNER – Interpretation, Corporate/Government
Welcome Precinct, Sydney Opera House

2014

Australian Interior Design Awards
SHORTLIST – Installation Design
Cusp: Designing into the Next Decade

2013

Australian Interior Design Awards
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Installation Design
Into the Blue, World Heritage Exhibition,
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

2012

National Trust Heritage Awards
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – Exhibit Redesign
Carolina’s Aviation Museum

2010

National Trust Heritage Awards
WINNER – Interpretation and Presentation, Corporate/Government
ANZAC War Memorial

Museums Australia Multimedia
and Publication Design Awards
WINNER – Calendar of events and
information brochure Level A
Anzac War Memorial

2009

Interior Design Awards
WINNER – Best in State (WA)
Pinnacles Desert Discovery

Dulux Colour Award
COMMENDED – Commercial Interior
Surviving Australia, Australian Museum

Interior Design Awards
SHORTLIST – Installation
Pinnacles Desert Discovery

IDEA Awards
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Over the Front, Australian War Memorial

IDEA Awards
SHORTLIST
Dinosaurs, Australian Museum

2008

World Architecture Festival
SHORTLIST
Pinnacles Desert Discovery

2000

National Association of Women
in Construction
WINNER – National Design Award
South Australian Aboriginal Gallery
(in collaboration with Jisuk Han)