Hypsos is a global design and fabrication company with 200+ professionals working from offices in 5 different countries. We take our inspiration from our first model produced for the Brussels World Expo in 1910. From that beginning, we have developed into an international company specializing in effective 3D communications that positively influence the attitudes of our clients’ audiences and customers. As we have grown, we have taken on more of the unusual, the never-done-before, and have successfully built our reputation of designing and producing exceptional quality, managed and delivered with care. Our expertise has grown with the times. Each project opens the imagination to tackle the next challenge. We develop brand experiences, events and retail platforms. We create content-based exhibitions, world expo pavilions and visitor attractions. Our clients include museums, private companies, governments and government organizations. We have a global perspective that brings new insights to both local and multinational projects. We take advantage of the efficiency and flexibility of worldwide connections but we make sure the importance of a personal presence is never lost.

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Our ability to successfully deliver a project begins with an understanding of the concepts and ideas to be communicated. Through research and dialogue we ask the questions that qualify and quantify the client’s goals. The learning process inevitably leads to improving ideas and anticipating issues, shaping the design to come.

A thorough understanding of the subject, themes and messages leads to creative visualization of the project content. The ideas are transformed into tangible elements that communicate the consensus driven goals of the project. Shapes, sound, images, light and colour are crafted to stimulate the senses and engage curiosity and interest. We consider the design through each stage from every angle and most importantly from the view of the visitor.

The true challenge of any project is to take the design elegantly presented on paper and screen and transform it into reality. Quality craftsmanship and intelligent use of environmentally responsible materials are foremost principles in all our projects and enable our goal of long lasting and impressive interactive environments. In making the design, we deliver value and impact. We combine safe and well-managed production processes with a professional attitude that treats our team members and contractors with respect and fairness. This is how we deliver remarkable visitor experiences.

The following pages present some of hypsos (cultural) heritage projects

project: Media Experience location: Hilversum, the Netherlands client: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid service: Museum project opening / launch date: december 2006 duration of the commision: 4 years description: Development from concept to completion of a visitor attraction of the history of radio and television in the Netherlands. The 3300 m² museum has 15 themed pavilions with very diverse visitor experiences. This project was realised in a special cooperation with Northern Light CoDesign (interactives and multimedia) and Swynk (AV production).

project: Bergen-Belsen Memorial location: Bergen-Belsen, Germany client: Stiftung niedersächsische Gedenkstätten service: Museum project opening / launch date: october 2007 duration of the commision: 6 months description: Located inside the former German concentration camp, this unique and sensitive museum collection required special handling. Muted lighting and an understated design complement the stark yet tranquil interior. The story is told through carefully produced interactive exhibits and showcase displays.

project: Redevelopment exhibition location: Culemborg, the Netherlands client: Jan van Riebeeckhuis service: Museum project opening / launch date: september 2011 duration of the commision: 4 months description: Design development and realisation of the fit-out of the Jan van Riebeeckhuis in Culemborg, in cooperation with Marcel Wouters Ontwerpers. In the sixteenth century building with its idyllic walled courtyard the visitor, through a multimedia presentation, is taken to the time of the Dutch East Indies Company and experiences how closely the history of Culemborg is interwoven with South Africa. To this end audio-visual equipment and lighting fixtures are seamlessly integrated in authentic period furnishings.

project: Holocaust Oekraïne locatie: Vught, Nederland klant: Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught service: Museum project opening: September 2009 duur van het project: 6 maanden totaal budget: € 100.000 omschrijving: Tijdelijke tentoonstelling over een relatief onbekend deel van de Holocaust: de Holocaust met de kogels in de Oekraïne. Het Mémorial de la Shoah in Parijs ontwikkelde de reizende expositie The Mass Shooting of Jews in Ukraine 1941-1944: The Holocaust by Bullets. In Nederland werd deze tentoonstelling alleen getoond in Kamp Vught. Om het verhaal ook hier goed over te laten komen ontwikkelde Hypsos een passend vormconcept en realiseerde de tentoonstelling.

project: Industrion temporary exhibitions location: Kerkrade, the Netherlands client: Industrion service: Museum project opening / launch date: sep 2005 - may 2006 duration of the commision: 6 months description: In a close cooperation between Industrion and Hypsos temporary exhibitions were developed. The exhibition about Leonardo da Vinci included many models of his inventions and interactive exhibits that demonstrated principles of his inventions. These included a large gravity powered ball track, a catapult and a cart that was driven by battery powered hand drills. The exhibition about electricity was called ‘the invisible force’. Interactive exhibits included a generator that allowed visitors to give themselves an electric shock and a visitor operated induction engine.

project: Country estates in the Eemland area location: Amersfoort, the Netherlands client: Museum Flehite service: Museum project opening / launch date: september 2012 duration of the commision: 2 months description: 2012 is the year of the country estates in the Netherlands. As part of this, Hypsos was responsible for the engineering and fit-out of a temporary exhibition, based on a design of Museum Flehite. The exhibition centralises on the country estates in the Eemland area, an area close to Amersfoort in the middle of the Netherlands. The exhibition consists of e.g. a castle wall built with integrated showcases and a loophole showing (an image of) Stoutenburg Castle and a teahouse with integrated display cases. The access to the exhibition was through a gate, as part of a wall of a country estate.

project: Olietentoonstelling locatie: Schoonebeek, Nederland klant: NAM service: Museum project opening: mei 2014 duur van het project: 1 jaar totaal budget: € 100.000 omschrijving: Op 7 mei is de permanente tentoonstelling over aardoliewinning van de NAM geopend. In de historische zandstrooiboerderij Zwaantje Hans-Stokman’s Hof in Schoonebeek kan iedereen ontdekken hoe aardolie miljoenen jaren geleden is ontstaan in de diepe ondergrond en meer leren over de bijzondere band tussen de NAM en Schoonebeek. Hypsos verzorgde het tentoonstellingsontwerp en de volledige realisatie.

project: Istanbul exhibition location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands client: Nationale Stichting De Nieuwe Kerk service: Museum project opening / launch date: december 2006 duration of the commision: 1.5 months description: Temporary exhibition in ‘De Nieuwe Kerk’ in Amsterdam. One of the most remarkable cities in the world takes centre stage in this major exhibition: Istanbul. Crossroads of world civilisations and cradle of culture. The Ottoman dynasty left its mark on this unusual city and gave it sumptuous palaces, mosques and collections. Nearly 300 treasures of the sultans from many museums in Istanbul are shown here including those from the world-famous Topkapi Museum.

project: Object- and theme exhibitions location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands client: National Maritime Museum service: Museum project opening / launch date: 1 October 2011 duration of the commision: 1 year description: In thirteen new, interactive exhibitions visitors can experience how the sea has shaped Dutch culture. Some of the exhibitions bring historic events and personal stories to life. Others present the showpieces from the world-famous collection. There are special exhibits for everyone, even for the youngest visitors. In a consortium with Bruns Hypsos produced these exhibitions where visitors can experience the poignant stories of the past.

project: Rotterdam Stad der Rotterdammers location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands client: Rotterdam Historic Museum service: Museum project opening / launch date: 2003 duration of the commision: 8 months description: The exhibition relates the history of Rotterdam in the 19th and 20th century in a daring concept that combines historical objects, images, theatrical lightning and AV in a time based multimedia experience.

project: Voyage at Sea location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands client: National Maritime Museum service: Museum project opening / launch date: 1 October 2011 duration of the commision: 2.5 years description: Hypsos, in consortium with Tinker and MET Studio, was responsible for the concept, design and production of ‘Voyage at sea’. Voyage at Sea is an amazingly exciting virtual adventure at sea. The visitor joins the voyage and gets to know the people and the stories behind important objects from the collection. The journey begins 350 years ago in the Zeemagazijn, the very building that today is home to Het Scheepvaartmuseum. Here, you will meet admiral Michiel de Ruyter as he prepares for a sea battle. In the next room, you will suddenly find yourself on the high seas, in a raging storm, as ships all around you are buffeted by wind and waves. Experience it with Gerrit Bakker, a sailor of the Dutch East India Company era, who would like nothing better than to go home. A little further along, you will find yourself in 1916, when you and eight-year old Gerda Kuhn will discover what it’s like to be on board a ship struck by a torpedo. In the fourth and final room of the exhibit, you will find yourself becoming a part of history.

project: The Olympic Journey location: London, UK client: BP service: Visitor Attraction project opening / launch date: august 2012 duration of the commision: 1 year description: BP, the Royal Opera House and The Olympic Museum in Lausanne have joined together to create a free and unique exhibition telling the Olympic story through the endeavours of ancient and modern Olympians. Visitors will be taken on a journey from ancient Greece, the original home of the Olympic Games, through the vision of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the man behind the revival of the Games many centuries later. The experience will continue with the stories of some of the iconic Olympic athletes and moments of the last hundred years of Olympic history. On display will also be all the summer Olympic medals since 1896 and all the summer Olympic Torches since 1936. The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games is being curated by The Olympic Museum in partnership with leading exhibition designers Hypsos.

project: Utrecht Archives Museum location: Utrecht, the Netherlands client: Utrechts Archief service: Museum project opening / launch date: june 2008 duration of the commision: 1 year description: Engineering, production and installation of a highly interactive exhibition in the public area of the Utrecht Archives: The exhibition shows the history of the province and city of Utrecht which can be found in the archives.

project: Flying Class of ‘26 location: Soesterberg, the Netherlands client: Militaire Luchtvaart Museum service: Museum project opening / launch date: june 2007 duration of the commision: 2 months description: Design and production of the temporary exhibition ‘Students from the class of ’26 of the flying school of Versteegh swarm out’ that was opened by the Commander of the Air force LieutenantGeneral J.H. de Jong. This aviation class was the cradle of Dutch aviation. Point of departure for the design of this exhibition was a huge amount of text and extremely little illustrative material and objects to be displayed. Nevertheless, Hypsos succeeded in creating a captivating, highly appreciated exhibition using pop-up techniques to do maximum justice to the little available illustrative material in a graphic design that breathes the atmosphere of those days.

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