The design of the Stair Tower cladding has been developed in collaboration with a joint group of students and staff from three schools that became Blackburn Central High School in September 2012.

The design is an abstracted map of the World that wraps around the stair tower, showing the main outlines of the World’s land masses with major cities picked out as circles.

A finer layer of detail will show the main mountain ranges of the World and adds a further texture to the artwork. The material is an embossed (pressed) metal panel that will pick up and reflect the changing daylight and night time lighting conditions.

The map has been drawn using the Peters' Projection of the World, as this depicts each country accurately in relative size to one another unlike many other World projections such as the Mercator Projection.

civic were appointed to deliver a widespread programme of community led public art workshops in schools, community centres and youth clubs - engaging with over 400 residents on the briefi ng and development of a set of 4 artwork proposals.

A steering goup of Council offi cers and residents chose to develop a sculptural bike park in a prominent location in the city (on Glasgow Road and adjacent to the Leisure Pool). This was installed in the summer of 2011.

The artwork comprises a series of stainless steel seat posts and wheels (bike racks) that are installed to resemble the ‘echelon’ at the head of a group of moving bicycles. Some of the wheels are angled out of the ground to mimic over-taking cycles, whilst some of them remain balanced in the vertical plane.

A set of oversized seats (modelled on an oversized traditional leather bicycle saddle) provide places to sit and wait for friends - one of the many ideas contributed by local schoolchildren that were involved in the design stages of the project.

"...a very professional and respectful process – exciting and original visual ideas. Thanks! Inspiring stuff..."

I was sceptical about whether an artist who was not from this area could achieve community engagement and produce results in the time available for this project. Andy has described a very professional and respectful process and it has been very interesting to hear and see how much has been achieved – exciting and original visual ideas. Thanks! Inspiring stuff.

In late 2011, 37 large double glazed printed artworks were installed - depicting a 'Peoples' Panorama': a collaged graphic artwork that captures the social and physical geography of Dunbar. The images were gathered during Artists' Walks with local residents and then abstracted into a series of monochromatic screen printed glass panels.

The works take inspiration from the famous conservationist John Muir who was born in Dunbar. His appetite to see the landscape and environment from different perspectives prompted a series of works that look to embed local contexts (physical landscape and social lives) into a collaged wall of glass on the main elevation of the building.

We have set up an evolving source of images and stories through Facebook that is enabling the community to voice opinion and engage with the completed artworks. The Facebook Page can be found by searching for ‘Dunbar Points Of View’ within the Facebook system.

North Lanarkshire NHS Trust commissioned civic to design a focal public artwork within an external courtyard at the new Community Health Centre in Airdrie.

Peer Plaques is the outcome of a two year residency in which we researched the present and future effects of regeneration within the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) intervention areas of Burnley, East Lancashire.

The project refl ects local residents’ experiences of HMR including perspectives on how the neighbourhoods have changed and might possibly change in the future as a direct consequence of the regeneration programme starting.

A series of 50 heritage style plaques were installed onto abandoned terraced houses in three of Burnley’s HMR areas during February 2008. The work is based on the question asked of many residents: “What is your fi rst thought when you think about your neighbourhood?”

Peer Plaques was a direct response to a growing sense that residents’ voices were not being heard as part of ongoing formal consultation processes – and as such expressed their ambitions and fears directly through the public artworks.

The new digital screen to the west of Dublin’s Temple Bar District was designed to maximise the direct use of the media screen whilst at the same time addressing 3 major viewing angles from opposite and adjacent locations. The limited budget required inventive use of the site.

The design raises the media screen and angles it down towards the long distance view from Dublin’s ‘Creative Corridor’ where a range of art faculties and creative businesses are located. The Mirror Screen then refl ects the digitally curated images back to the main pedestrian route from the City centre whilst at the same time it creates a form of protection to the space - making an ‘outdoor room’ for events.

A large widescreen mirror precisely reflects images to waiting traffic, only snapping into view when vehicles reach the opposite traffic lights. A fourth, concave mirror reflects the view to pedestrians approaching the site from the banks of the River Liffey - a popular route from the centre to the famous Guiness Brewery Museums.

The scheme was shortlisted and was highly praised by the interview panel but due to Ireland’s econmomic downturn the project remains without funds, and no overall winner was announced.

The scheme is a curious blend of physics (the reflecting mirror obscura) and a digitally curated space. It makes ingenious use of the site, providing a multitude of viewing angles and user engagement from as wide a range of situations as possible; really clever use of design to stretch a limited budget and create an elegant contribution to the City’s streetscape.”

Interview Panel member.