Leach x Design Wing: A Decade of Award-winning Exhibition Stands
With a legacy of over 100 years, we’ve had the pleasure of working on amazing projects for retail, museums and heritage sites, events and sporting venues. To bring these spaces to life, we collaborate with leading creative agencies and fit-out contractors, who count on us to design, produce or install large-format graphics and lightboxes.
Our decade-long partnership with The Design Wing has been particularly rewarding. Known for their innovative solutions in retail, exhibitions and events, Design Wing has reached out to us for numerous projects. In this spotlight, we’re excited to share some of the outstanding work we’ve created together.
The Design Wing is an expert creative agency specialising in exhibition design, set builds and event and showroom setups. Based in Gloucestershire, their team consists of highly skilled individuals who have worked with major brands in IT, energy, automotive and beyond.
With a seamless approach to design, they elevate every project by drawing on an extended network of specialists. Since 2014, we’ve worked alongside them on several exhibition stands. Our shared love for creativity and easy teamwork has built a strong partnership that only gets better with time.
Over the past year, we’ve supported The Design Wing on exhibition stands for brands like Beko, 3M, Arco and Midea. Check out the highlights of our work below.
With a legacy of over 100 years, we’ve had the pleasure of working on amazing projects for retail, museums and heritage sites, events and sporting venues. To bring these spaces to life, we collaborate with leading creative agencies and fit-out contractors, who count on us to design, produce or install large-format graphics and lightboxes.
Our decade-long partnership with The Design Wing has been particularly rewarding. Known for their innovative solutions in retail, exhibitions and events, Design Wing has reached out to us for numerous projects. In this spotlight, we’re excited to share some of the outstanding work we’ve created together.
3M is a science-driven technology company with a portfolio of over 60,000 products. For Screwfix Live, they set out to create a bold brand presence for Scotch™ Tape. The Design Wing went beyond the brief with a custom exhibition stand showcasing the product’s versatility.
To support them, we developed 100% recyclable 16mm SWEDBOARD® with a large-format print displaying 3M’s sustainability commitments. We also produced a hanging banner with eco-screen graphics from 100% recycled yarn. This circular tension frame is completely reusable, helping 3M save costs and waste.
Other smaller design elements included MDF printed stars and vinyl and foamex (foamed PVC board) cut lettering on the product displays.
In April, The Design Wing set up an exhibition stand for Arco, the leading safety experts, at the Health and Safety Event at the NEC. The Design Wing wanted to produce a creative space for Arco, using strong branding and lighting.
To help with this immense effort, our team developed 5mm foamex lettering, printed vinyl and laser-cut acrylics. Each element required meticulous attention to fit the angled walls and alcoves.
Lighting was essential in this stand, which was effectively done through The Design Wing’s illuminated alcoves and lightboxes. We applied vinyl graphics to these lightboxes to create more branding opportunities.
We end our spotlight with Midea’s stand, which won ‘Best Stand 2024’ for the amazing work led by The Design Wing.
Our team created two VF90 hanging tension frames with bespoke fabricated corners above the stand centre. We built an internal structure on the outer frame to mount 5mm foamex letters cut into Midea’s logo.
The hanging banner made a striking impression, not just with its scale but with the angle of each frame, creating a sense of dynamic contrast. Its white and blue design complemented the surrounding display, enhancing the modern look of Midea’s brand elements while drawing attention from every angle on the floor.
We’re incredibly proud to be part of The Design Wing’s client success and look forward to what the next ten years will bring!
Patrick Easingwood, Senior Account Manager, said: “The Design Wing are an outstanding team to work with. We’re proud to support their creative work in the exhibition space with a mixture of large-format print and aluminium tension frames. The results truly speak for themselves!”
Justin Common, Director of The Design Wing, adds, “Working with Leach gives us the confidence we need when on site, they support us with high-quality products and innovative solutions from the various challenges we present them with. If we ever run into any problems they are always ready to turn things round very quickly to help resolve them. We have been very happy working with our account manager, Patrick, and the team and would happily recommend them.”
Leach is a trusted supplier of large-format display graphics for brands worldwide. Whether you’re an agency or brand planning for their next event, we’re here to help bring your vision to life. Contact us today!
