DOT CREW

Starting the week with the first episode of our "Three Minutes and More..." series, where we share additional insights that didn't make it into the "Three Minutes on the Dot" edits. In this episode, we feature Wez Allard, a sound designer and composer. We discuss his work on compositions for the National WWI Museum and Memorial for our Encounters exhbition, including: - Creating accurate sounds without primary sources - Scaffolding SFX like musical compositions - Building immersive worlds through audio This episode offers valuable insights into the art of sound design, get yourself a nice drink and ease into your week... https://lnkd.in/eq2c34kG

Episode five... in the hot seat this week is Wez Allard, sound designer and composer. We chat - briefly - about his approach to SFX, music composition and storytelling for our Encounters exhibition National WWI Museum and Memorial. Keep an eye out for our longer form, full interview on this too. We'll write up a little piece on the technical approach too. Series 1 | Episode 5 Title | How do you build a world, via audio design? Guest | Wez Allard Duration | 3:00 #SoundDesign #MuseumDesign #SpatialAudio #Composition #DigitalStorytelling

Episode four... this week it's Becky Kearney our Senior Producer, chatting to me about transforming primary sources into compelling stories. In this three minute chinwag, we talk about how we made an interactive autobiography out of a series of 28 letters. Series 1 | Episode 4 Title | How do you transform primary sources into engaging visitor experiences? Guest | Rebecca Kearney Duration | 3:00 #ExperienceDesign #InteractiveMedia #PrimarySources #MuseumDesign #DigitalStorytelling

Ace to start the week by sharing the news of another award for the National WWI Museum and Memorial 🏆 At the Digital Signage Awards 2026 this award was for "Excellence in creating and delivering immersive, multi-sensory, interactive and explanatory spaces, including but not limited to museums, attractions and large public spaces", winning the Immersive and Experiential environments category at last week's awards ceremony. The winners were announced at the Hotel Miramar, Montjuic, Barcelona on February 2 2026. Huge high fives to all teams involved in the museum, credits for the Encounters exhibition below in the comments as usual. To learn a bit more about it, check out the posts on the DOT CREW company page. Go team!

Episode three... this week it's three minutes on marketing, with Sinead Kavanagh. In this three minute chat, Sinead and I talk AI, communities and trends for 2026. Series 1 | Episode 3 Title | What does marketing look like in 2026? Guest | Sinead Kavanagh Duration | 3:00 #MuseumDesign #Marketing #DigitalExhibits #SocialMedia #CulturalInstitutions #ExperienceDesign #AI

Our first "proper" ep, with our Design & Animation Lead Joel Hepworth takes us inside one of our favourite installations – an exhibit for the Lost Shtetl Museum in Lithuania. In three minutes, Joel and I chat through how we brought historical stories to life through thoughtful design and animation, working with Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) to create an experience that honours the memory of a lost Jewish community. Series 1 | Episode 2 Title | Can digital content have a human heart? Guest | Joel Hepworth Duration | 3:00 #LostShtetl #MuseumDesign #JewishHeritage #DigitalExhibits #MuseumAnimation #CulturalInstitutions #ExperienceDesign #MotionDesign #ProjectionMapping

Introducing Three Minutes on the Dot – a new series where we chat all things creative for exactly three minutes! In this first episode, our Marketing Director Sinead Kavanagh interviews me about what to expect from the series - we'll post the next episode immediately too, so you can see what a normal version looks like. More to come each week, please let us know what you think... Series 1 | Episode 1 Title | What is this series about?! Guest | Sinead Kavanagh Duration | 3:00 #MuseumTech #DigitalStorytelling #CulturalHeritage #MuseumInnovation #ExperienceDesign #MuseumExhibits

Stories don't tell themselves. As we wrap 2025, a huge thank you to every client, collaborator, creative, and champion who helped bring these narratives to life. From museums, events and broadcasters, covering topics from war, to love, to artificial intelligence... you've made this year remarkable. We're focused on good people, good projects, good humour - and we're just getting started. Here's to the stories we'll tell together in 2026. Happy holidays to all taking a well-deserved break 🥂

Rather than tagging everyone endlessly on every post, we're trying to get into the habit of creating credit lists per project. Here's Encounters: Encounters, National WWI Museum and Memorial Exhibition design | Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) Fabrication | JE Dunn Construction AV design and integration | Electrosonic Architectural lighting and integration | Technical Artistry Inc Audio hardware | HOLOPLOT LED hardware | Nanolumens - LED Visualization Solutions Projection hardware | Christie Digital Systems Electric installation | Pro Electric, L.C. Acoustical Consulting Services | Steve Haas Concept and media | DOT CREW Project director | Dan Cooper Creative director | James Croker Design lead | Joel Hepworth Sound designer | Wez Allard Producer | Fiona Williams Runner | Kimberley Ford VFX compositor | Adam W Webster DMP artist | Ilaria Di Sante DMP artist | Heather Langford-Holmes DMP artist | Rainer Stolle Studio director | Luke Logan-Malik DOP | Paul Mortlock GBCT Camera Assistant | Sam James DIT | Simon Kennedy Playback | Duncan Lees Sound recordist | Michael Mullen Lighting | Chris Sarginson / Drop City Desk op | Thomas Shepley Hair and make-up | Katie Wrigley Costume | Emma Jade Parker Edwards Seamstress | Claire Hatch Studio | Alex Dove Justin Windle Big Shed Hire Studio Armourers | Mark and Matthew Shelley CFO | Joannah Barnard CLO | Damon Barnard Administration | Louise Cooper Cast James McConnell | Riley Neldam Patrick Blundstone | Sebastian Winfield Maria Bochkareva | Daniella Alexe Ernst Toller | Mauricio Knipp-Armijo Jemadar Indar Singh | Aaron Thakar Ethel M. Bilborough | Beth Fitzgerald Stanley Gould Lee | Freddie Gaminara Sant Singh | Ace Jalaf Helen Dore Boylston | Ingrid Werner Clarence W. Pratt | Davis Weaver Geoffrey Studert Kennedy | James Whitehurst Ethel May Dean | Katie Bignall Unknown French Mayor | Lemmy Constantine Melville Miller | Jose Alberto Alvarez Adolf K.G.E. Von Speigel | Hugo Salter Louise Olivereau | Kace Musson Huge thanks to everyone involved, not least the museum team.

🗣️ Project announcement 🇺🇸 Or, more accurately, we are finally catching up on our admin and promo responsibilities! We're aiming to post a general update about each of our projects in this format, followed by some more detailed content - keep an eye on Dan Cooper's feed for that. So, Encounters at the National WWI Museum and Memorial invites you to hear and see real, first-hand narratives of not just the soldier, but the nurse, child, and others who were impacted by global conflict. Our team developed the initial concept design and produced all content for this groundbreaking immersive experience. Telling the stories of 16 people from World War One, we took primary sources and created digital stage sets to carry the narrative of their war, in their words. Developed for Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA), Electrosonic created the technical environment, which features HOLOPLOT, Nanolumens - LED Visualization Solutions, Christie Digital Systems, and AV Stumpfl hardware. Lighting design by Technical Artistry Inc, electrical installation by Pro Electric and fabrication by JE Dunn Construction. We'll follow up with a further post with full media credits to celebrate the work done by the DOT CREW team, but wanted to get this post up first!