NorthernLight is a full service creative agency.

We can provide turn-key results when required, specializing in taking a project from initial brief and design to final execution of the experience.

Process

CREATIVE & STRATEGIC PLANNING

In the modern day and age we live in, opportunities to educate and inform people arise out of every corner, be it digital or non-digital, new ways and systems are found on a daily basis. At NorthernLight we help you find these opportunities and we create strategies and solutions to achieve your goals.

Strategic Analysis
Master planning > spatial planning
Architectural integration consultancy: visitor logistics, specific experience requirements
Digital vision and strategy development
Fundraising materials & visualizations
Masterclasses, workshops and lectures
Creative support and co-creation
Art / Creative Direction

CONCEPT & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

We are content-driven. For every project we dive into the content, into the stories, that the client wants to tell. It is what inspires our designs. NorthernLight’s content managers, copywriters and communication specialists collaborate with the client to get the right content into the right place. They help the client to explore and develop methods to share the content with the visitors.

Content analysis
Storytelling
Interpretive planning
Copy and script writing
Storyboard development
Content management
Custom E-learning, social and mobile learning

PRELIMINARY DESIGN

We are all round designers. We create authentic designs, with an European touch, and with an eye for quality and materials. Moreover, we can be hired as art directors.

DETAILED DESIGN

Our engineers make the designs work in collaboration with our network of specialists including AV & hardware consultants, Light designers, Cost consultants, and Access consultants

To-scale exhibit drawings and floor plans
Component by component descriptions
AV scripts and specifications
Multimedia scripts and specifications
Cost projections
Tender packages

FABRICATION MANAGEMENT

NorthernLight delivers turn-key solutions and services the full process or parts of the process.

Identify exhibit suppliers
Source and acquire exhibits
Contracting
Supervision of fabricators and contractors
Prototyping

INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT

NorthernLight oversees various processes during the installation process.

Planning, budgets, quality control
Supervision of fabricators and contractors
Preparation and submitting status reports
Training staff on operations and maintenance
After sales > service, maintenance contracts

(TURN KEY) PROJECT MANAGEMENT

We have in-house facilities to create content and design, and produce multimedia and mobile media. With our network of fabricators we can turn key delivery of digital and physical experiences, ranging from fast paced small projects, to multi-million dollar long range projects.

Products

DISPLAYS AND GRAPHICS

Using real objects, texts and illustrations to enhance the visitor’s experience.

THEMED ENVIRONMENTS

Environments to engage the visitor senses and emotions.

HANDS-ON EXHIBITS

Exhibition elements that engage the visitor physically.

AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERIENCES

Moving images are powerful media to establish the exhibition atmosphere.

SERIOUS /APPLIED GAMES

One person or multi-user computer games to convey information in an appealing and attractive way.

SMARTPHONE APPS & AUGMENTED REALITY

SMART INTERIORS

Interiors that respond to their environment and inform the visitors.

Project types

EXHIBITIONS

NorthernLight develops, designs and implements exhibitions for a large variety of clients: art museums, history museums, natural history museums, children museums, heritage locations, science centres, world expos and leisure attractions. NorthernLight creates unique environments for active exploration and enjoyment. Turning a visit into an interactive experience. NorthernLight provides turn-key results, specializing in taking a project from first concept and design to production and installation.

BRAND EXPERIENCES

Research has shown that involving people will enhance awareness by 80%. The main goal of our brand experiences is to give visitors an involving experience that will enforce and enhance awareness of the company, a specific product or a specific project. The NorthernLight brand experiences enhance knowledge, change attitudes and influence behavior. We develop brand experiences from strategy and creative concept to design, fabrication, implementation and evaluation.

DIGITAL EXPERIENCES

New technologies lead to amazing possibilities to make experiences that are purely digital. These digital experiences go beyond the physical space. They add a layer of storytelling and gaming to the real world. For these digital experiences NorthernLight uses technologies such as RFID, augmented reality, virtual reality, location based storytelling and location based gaming.

SMART INTERIORS

Smart interiors is our name for a new type of projects, in which the experience itself is secondary to the primary function of the space. NorthernLight adds a layer of experience, a layer of ‘smartness’, to these spaces. This experience layer can serve to inform, to communicate the brand, to attract people or to enhance repeat visits. Examples of these spaces are offices, retail, restaurants, train stations and airports.