The Hurricane and Spitfire memorial museum sits at the forefront of British history, showcasing the peak of WW2 aerial engineering. The Museum sits in Manston and continues to commemorate the brave men and women who served in defence of Britain through displaying the aircraft and objects they used as well as educating guests on their stories.
The museum required our services to enhance the visual appeal of their exhibits and get people more engaged with the educational information on display. Ensuring to create period accurate designs, we did extensive historical research to catch us up to speed on the specifics behind the aircraft and how became such an iconic symbol of British engineering.
The museum commissioned us to create the educational assets for displays. These included custom blueprints detailing the inner workings of the machinery, to be displayed alongside the plane and wartime inspired propaganda posters to be displayed on museum walls. Our blueprints followed a grid focused design, displaying the key inner workings of the plane. From the fuselage to the engine and weaponry, even including the roundels and camouflage patterning.
Propaganda posters were an integral part of WW2 history, so getting them looking period accurate was extremely important. Using blocky colours and grainy textures was a key design choice we identified and capitalised on. Through our research we noticed that symbolism was heavily used in WW2 era specific cartoons and posters. We subtly used symbolism in our designs by only reflecting the red of RAF logo in the water, representing the blood of the fallen.
