Banner Stands for the 'Times Past' exhibition in Southwark Cathedral

W&Co was contacted in the summer of 2016 by marketing and events management company, Max Communications, to manufacture and print five FabriTex tension fabric freestanding display stands. The display stands needed to be easy to use, portable and visually impactful as they were for a new and exciting exhibition called taking place inside Southwark Cathedral.  The Times Past exhibition, which showcased photographs from The Times and The Sunday Times archive, opened in the Link concourse of Southwark Cathedral and Cafe from Saturday 2^nd July until Wednesday 7^th September 2016.

From attending a site visit with the client, News UK, and the Cathedral curator present, W&Co was able to visualise the space in 3D on the computer, with the intended FabriTEX display stands shown in the internal archways. The 3D depiction enabled the client to clearly see the available space and the size of the visual area for the graphics. Once the frame sizes were determined, W&Co’s graphic department worked closely with ‘News Syndication’, News UK’s reprographics department, who collated and supplied the artwork for the graphic prints. The graphics represented The Times Past’ features images of the Southwark area in the 20th century.

W&Co’s reputation for supplying innovative displays and signs gave the client confidence in selecting the right product for the job. The FabriTEX tension fabric banner stand supplied was made to a custom size of 841mm wide x 2000mm tall and was a 45mm deep double sided display stand that has a tension fabric graphic on each side.

The graphic is printed onto the fabric material using high quality direct print techniques, with a sewn on silicone rubber strip at the edges which pushes into the side channels of the tension fabric frame profile. This makes the graphics very easy to change and cost effective to replace and future proofs the frames for use at other events. The large graphic area gives a high impact visual making these stands ideal for use in places such as exhibitions.

The event was covered well over the duration of the event in the online media and locally in the Cathedral events calendar and encouraged more people to explore the church’s architecture and vital services that the Southwark Cathedral has to offer the local community.

An online Tweet taken from News UK website: by Robert Hands, TNL Executive Managing Editor, said:

“The Archive team have put together an evocative collection of photographs that showcase life in Southwark going back to the early 20th century and it’s fascinating to see how the area has evolved. This has been a great partnership with the cathedral team.”