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1880 THAT, Wellcome Collection

Deaf Architecture Front has worked as DeafSpace consultant to The Wellcome Collection, providing strategic advice on improving accessibility for Deaf visitors to the organisation’s public spaces and exhibitions. Our work involved analysing existing environments, documenting barriers to access, and developing recommendations aligned with DeafSpace principles to support more inclusive design.

We have also supported two Deaf-led exhibitions and performances, ensuring that the spatial layout, communication environments and visitor experience were accessible and culturally appropriate. Working closely with artists, curators, and designers, we helped shape exhibitions designed by Studio Naama, embedding Deaf-led perspectives throughout the creative process.

This work reflects our commitment to advancing inclusive cultural spaces and supporting Deaf artists, audiences and practitioners within major national institutions.

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1880 THAT

An exhibition by Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader, exploring sound, language and Deaf experience through immersive and accessible design.

Project details
Curator
Laurie Britton Newell
Project managers
Matt Nightingale, Georgia Monk
Exhibition design
Studio Naama
Registrar
David Chan
Technical manager
Chris Kingham
Audiovisual production
Ricardo Barbosa
Lighting design
Satu Streatfield
Build contractor
EXIB
Art fabrication
MDM Props
BSL guides
Damaris Cooke, Samuel Dore, Alexandra Shaw
Curatorial consultant
Cathy Magers
DeafSpace consultant
Deaf Architecture Front