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Studio K
Quarry Bank Mill
New graphic displays at this National Trust property
 The Story of the MillAngled graphics set within a warp and weft structure tell the story of the mill |  Lives of the mill workersPoetic typography describes the lives of the mill workers |  The Water GalleryThe Water Gallery explains how Samuel Greg used the river to power a waterwheel. |
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 The Apprentices StoryMultimedia displays are projected onto the walls in the apprentice ares. |  The story of Samuel GregAngled graphics inset into a warp and weft structure which runs throughout the gallery |  Power GalleryThis gallery tells the visitor how the mill powered the looms. A large backlit graphic story book is a major feature of the gallery |
 The Apprentice GalleryOriginal apprentice indentures were scanned and printed onto plywood panels to tell the stories of the apprentices |  The Story of Samuel GregSamuel arrived from Ireland as a young boy and built the mill |  Working loomsWorking machinery still powered by the original waterwheel demonstrate how cotton was produced in the mill |
Life in a cotton mill in Georgian and Victorian England
New graphic displays telling the story of the Greg family who ran a cotton mill in Styal, Cheshire. The stories are told in three distinctive galleries around the working textile machinery operated from the original waterwheel. The first gallery tells the story of Samuel Greg who built the mill in 1784 and his descendants. The second gallery tells the untold stories of the child apprentices who worked in the mill through poetic text. The third gallery concentrates on the power and machinery used to run the mill from the iron waterwheel. The graphics had to conform to the National trust's corporate brand. Exhibition designed by Mather & Co. All images courtesy of Mather & Co
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