Paediatric Assessment Unit - Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
The brief required us to create a welcoming, friendly atmosphere using a sea theme for the newly refurbished unit and so a series of characters embarking on a sea voyage were created. The children could follow the story through the department and included a decorative frame wall with original pieces as well as vinyl prints.

Paediatric Assessment Unit - Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Reception areas contain enhancements that are interactive and full of detail, enabling the children to be entertained whilst waiting for relatives or for initial treatments, as well as being introduced to the characters they may see along their journey through the unit.

Paediatric Assessment Unit - Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
The children are shown articles they would associate with an exciting voyage, including luggage packed up, compass and maps. The enhancements are created to fit within the space, in this case on top of radiators, making them appear to be part of the environment and, therefore, less distressing.

Puffin Ward - Royal Derby Hospital
Five cubicles within the Puffin Ward were decorated with vinyl enhancements, with the puffin characters enjoying five fun activites, including balloon modelling, cake baking and relaxing reading. The designs use calming textures and colours to entertain the rooms, without making them oppressive.

Puffin Ward - Royal Derby Hospital
A sixth cubicle designed as a bequest, the brief requesting us to centre the design around a family of kangaroos. By using similar textures to the puffins, the change in design fits in with the scheme and allows the enhancements to follow a new direction.

Children's Emergency Department - Royal Derby Hospital.
The brief for this project was to create a welcoming space, using enhancements that work with the environment to create a 'story' the children could follow around the department, beginning with exterior painted murals that direct patients into the unit. This scheme won the Creative Industries Network Award for Illustration 2010.

Children’s Emergency Department - Royal Derby Hospital
Beach hut vinyl stickers with room to write donations, large scale vinyl prints, entrance graphics introducing the characters and redesign of seagull logo transfered into floor vinyl.

Directional pointers incorporating hospital signage and 'Rogues Gallery' introducing various characters (including some staff!) to be spotted around the ward.

Macmillan Department - Royal Derby Hospital
Reception vinyl graphic incorporating Macmillan's core values and ethos. The design also took elements from the original tiles of the old Nightingale Hospital incorporating them into a new contemporary design.

Sunflower Ward - Royal Derby Hospital
Sunflower Burst produced as a vinyl, with smaller elements of the design duplicated to be implemented as incidental pieces around the room.

Rainbow Room - Teen Pride, Royal Derby Hospital
A modern, bright enhancement for use within a teenage bedroom, using retro shapes, icons and geometric patterns.

Teen Pride, Royal Derby Hospital
A number of enhancements were created to improve the hospital experience for teenage patients in the outpatients department. Sponsored by Derby County Football Club, the designs use a combination of bright, fresh colours and a contemporary style whilst incorporating landmarks of Derby.

A scheme of enhancements for the Royal Bolton Hospital's newly refurbished Children's and Young People's unit. This scheme drew heavily on ideas given by the children, using focus group worksheets to ensure they were a part of the creative process.

As part of the enhancements for Royal Bolton Hospital's new Children's unit, we created a wrapped pillar to decorate the communal waiting area, using elements from the results of the focus group worksheets.

An illustrated enhancement for the TEN Centre, Salford, a multimedia centre allowing children to develop skills in an creative learning environment. This was developed along side 4D Creative, developers of immersive learning spaces.

Enhancements for Good Hope Special Care Baby Unit. Using pastel colours and a woodland theme, we created a calming, joyful atmosphere for parents and staff to care for the new arrivals.

A fleet of birds deliver the good news along the corridor of the Special Care Baby Unit, Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham.

Baby animals and stories populate the walls of Good Hope Hospital's Special Care Baby Unit

Firecatcher provides innovative, inspiring designs for any space. Whether you require a painted mural, a digital image reproduced in vinyl or an art installation, we can provide you with ideas to suit your needs.

We have worked closely with the NHS to provide enhancements for the Children's Departments of the Royal Derby Hospital and Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, as well as creating designs for Macmillan and retail window displays.

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