What they have said...

An edited selection of comments, reviews and citations from clients, journalists, users and judging panels.

Museums & Heritage Awards 2011

Glasnevin Museum

This year's winner of the International Award is an impressively sensitive and well-rounded Museum which carefully balances due reverence with theatricality and dramatic architecture. The judges were very impressed by the quality of concept, design and execution.

Client Comments

Guinness Storehouse

I have had the pleasure of engaging Martello Media for creative work at the Guinness Storehouse... This was a major and complex project. Martello won this on supplying a very creative and indeed commercial solution that has benefitted the business enormously. Mark Leslie and his team are very creative, energetic and easy to work with. It was a pleasure to have worked with them at the Guinness Storehouse.
Paul Carty, Managing Director, Guinness Storehouse, April 2011

Glasnevin Museum

The project was completed on time and on budget. Throughout the process we found Martello Media to be proactive and collaborative in the content and design of the new museum. Glasnevin Trust is delighted with their end product.
George McCullough, CEO, Glasnevin Trust

Cosmos at the Castle

As the commissioner of the project, I thoroughly enjoyed working with Martello who took a very creative approach to a challenging brief. The exhibition that they delivered all surpassed expectations, and was delivered to budget and programme. Cosmos has been hugely successful and popular, both as an educational resource centre for Irish schools, and as tourist attraction for Cork.
Damien O'Mahony, Senior Executive Officer, Cork City Council

Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience

The company were responsible for the concept development, design and delivery Cliffs of Moher Exhibition - Atlantic Edge - that forms an integral part of the overall visitor experience onsite. The exhibition has won a number of international design awards. I have found the company to be innovative, professional and results oriented.
Katherine Webster, Director, Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience

National Library of Ireland

Since 2005, the National Library of Ireland has worked with Martello Media on three major, award winning multimedia exhibitions. Responsive, client focussed and solutions driven, they have played a key role in the National Library's growing profile as an exhibition venue. They combine a personal and warm approach with the capacity and expertise to deliver world-class exhibition experiences within both historic and contemporary spaces.
Katherine McSharry, Head of Services, National Library of Ireland

Digital Media Awards 2011

Glasnevin Museum Dublin

Creative work on what was clearly a difficult project to work with. Despite the sensitivity of the subject matter they have delivered a work which is impressive and will be appreciated by the user-base. The level of detail in the final project is nothing short of exceptional.

The exhibition design showcases an impressive interpretation of the history of the cemetery. The level of user interaction in the exhibits leaves the visitor with their own unique experience of the museum and engages the visitor in a visually stimulating and informative manner. An excellent design that delivers all of its objectives.

Ireland Pavilion at Expo 2010

Creative and innovative. A magnificent piece of work with outstanding results. Simply nothing to criticise here. Great job.

An Post Museum

An innovative concept that makes sure the user appreciates it after the initial interaction. This is great deliver to the client as it helps to build lasting relationships. Another heavyweight contribution to the field.

Discover Tables at NLI

Good application creating awareness to one of our valued and under-used resources.

Thea award for Outstanding Achievement

Glasnevin Museum Dublin

The committee feels the Glasnevin Museum deserves an Award for Outstanding Achievement because it stretches the format for presenting history in innovative and compelling ways by tracing the social, historical, political, and artistic development of Ireland through the stories of the 1.2 million people interred at the cemetery since 1832. Located in Ireland's largest and most recognizable cemetery, the Glasnevin Museum blends modern database technology, impressive interactive experiences and captivating setwork to bring to life human beliefs about death and dying, historical burial practices and other death/afterlife issues, as well as the stories of many recognizable icons of Ireland's past, including the Famous Liberator Daniel O'Connell.

More information about the THEA Awards here.
Download the official press release for the 2010 awards here.

Atlantic Edge Exhibition at the Cliffs of Moher

Association of Heritage Interpretation Judge's Citation

“It succeeds magnificently in offering world-class visitor and interpretation facilities …cleverly drawing visitors to explore and to discover the many well-presented displays.”

“The thematic arrangement of the exhibition areas use hi-tech, and simpler, mechanisms in a novel and arresting way….absorbing and well-considered and planned displays, …. one of the best interpretive facilities the judges had seen.”
Judge's Citation Association of Heritage Interpretation

WB Yeats at the National Library

"A treasure trove….evocative and germane,. …one can only be impressed. The sheer amount of information is staggering, elegantly packed into a deceptively small space, via the creative intelligence of the designer.”
Irish Independent

“One of the most important literary exhibitions yet staged internationally… a near definitive exploration. The exhibition is sophisticated, atmospheric and above all accessible.”
Eileen Battersby The Irish Times

“The cleverness of this exhibition lies in its ability to represent the simple truth… through many ingenious solutions devised by the designers”.
The Examiner

“A stimulating experience that enables the story and significance of Yeats to unfold clearly.”

"Especially impressive is the information technology. The public were clearly absorbed and delighted with it."

“One visitor in a motorized wheel chair felt completely enfranchised by the exhibition.”

“The whole entry is totally outstanding and an unmissable experience for any visitor to Dublin.”
Judge's Citation Association of Heritage Interpretation

The Louth County Museum

“Martello’s work embodies everything that interactive displays should offer- excellent graphic design; appropriate use of the multimedia mix; meaningful interactivity; loving attention to detail; and scripts which convey plenty of information and plenty of food for thought.”
Citation for BIMA Gold Medal
(British Interactive Multimedia Association)