Installation is the last stage of a long process. By the time a work reaches the wall, it has been scanned, colour-managed, printed, mounted, framed, packed, and delivered. Everything that precedes that moment has been done with care. It would be a strange place to stop paying attention.

And yet installation is where projects most commonly come unstuck. Not because the work is wrong, but because the handover between production and placement is managed poorly. Works arrive unlabelled. Sequencing is unclear. The installation team is working from a spreadsheet rather than a system. Time is lost, mistakes are made, and the pressure lands on the people fitting the work rather than the people who should have prevented it.

We have seen it enough times to have built our entire delivery process around making sure it does not happen.

Preparation is the work
Every piece that leaves our studio is labelled, grouped, and sequenced by location: room number, wall position, orientation where relevant. The installation team should never have to make a decision that was not already made for them. Their job is to place the work correctly and efficiently. Our job is to make that as straightforward as possible.

For large hotel schemes, where installation teams are working across multiple floors simultaneously to a tight programme, this level of preparation is not a nicety. It is what keeps the project on schedule. A team that knows exactly what goes where, in what order, can move with genuine speed; a team searching through unmarked crates cannot.

On-site support
For more complex projects, or where works are particularly large, heavy, or technically demanding, we provide on-site support during installation; to be present when it matters.

When we framed and delivered works for the Mous Lamrabat exhibition at Somerset House, pieces reached up to 2m x 1.5m. Frames of that scale and weight require considered handling, precise placement, and an understanding of how the work should sit within the space. We worked alongside the installation team on the day, providing guidance and making sure every piece landed exactly as intended.

That kind of involvement is not always required. But when it is, we are there.

Security fittings as standard
Every artwork we supply comes fitted with security fixings as standard. It is a small detail that makes a significant difference on site, removing one more variable from the installation process and ensuring the work is secure from the moment it goes up.

The moment it all comes together
There is something genuinely satisfying about seeing a large scheme installed correctly. A hotel corridor with forty framed works, consistent in finish and perfectly aligned, or an exhibition space where every piece sits exactly where it should. 

That coherence is the point of everything that precedes it. Installation is where the work becomes visible, and it deserves the same attention as everything else.