Ugly Studios

11/06/2026

Chelmsford's Oi! Chemsford! Exhibition is closing in 2 weeks, get yourself down there!

10/06/2026

We designed a set of panels for Buckenham Wood this year.
And they've now been installed in the wood.

Heres some nice pics of the Buckenham Ancient Wood team fitting them, and having some fun by the looks of it too!

05/05/2026

Some great feedback! 🎉

The exhibition we designed for Northampton Museum & Art Gallery last year - A History of Northamptonshire in 100 Objects - which ran for six months from September has now closed.
But, we're thrilled to hear it was a roaring success — smashing athe museum's previous temporary exhibition attendance records! Over 46,000 people visited across the 6 months with calls for it to be a permanent display!

That's down to the hard work of everyone involved, especially the fantastic museum staff. We're also delighted to have received particular praise for our design, so of course we had to share! 😊

29/04/2026

Better late than never! Opening night video of the Oi! exhibition at Museum of Chelmsford. Was a fun one to be a part of!

04/11/2025

We’ve designed a new interpretation display for the
RSPBs Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve.

Visitors to RSPB Rainham Marshes can now discover how London’s new “super sewer” – The Thames Tideway – has helped shape a stunning new 110-hectare wetland on the Thames estuary. Made from 1.5 million tonnes of clay and chalk excavated to build the sewer, the site has become a haven for Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover and Redshank and more.

We designed the display- content and illustration to tell the story of how the wetland was made, how it helps migrating birds by providing new feeding grounds, and how London’s new super sewer – The Thames Tideway – is making the river a cleaner and healthier place.

The displays, unveiled in a ceremony at Rainham’s beautiful visitor centre on September 4, celebrate this creative partnership between Tideway and the RSPB in transforming London’s river-side landscape.

If you like what we do, and think we could help with your project, drop us a line – always happy to chat anything through.

[email protected]

10/10/2025

📣 Calling all teen readers and writers📣

Love reading historical fiction? Always wondered how writers research their ideas? Interested in writing your own story?

Writers age 13-18 are invited to a historical fiction creative writing class with special access to archives of author Mal Peet & the Second Air Division 📝 🛩️ 📚

No experience necessary! We hope to see you there.

WHO: writers and readers age 13-18
WHERE: American Library
WHEN: Saturday 8 November, 2-4PM
HOW: free registration here: https://buff.ly/MThQeMc

Kick the Dust - Norfolk University of East Anglia (UEA) UEA Library

05/10/2025

25/09/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome you back to Colchester’s Natural History Museum! Doors are open, galleries are buzzing, and there’s plenty to discover. While work continues on the church tower, we’re open with reduced capacity and limited rear access, but the wildlife wonders await.

Plan your visit: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/natural-history-museum

20/09/2025

Last day for it tomorrow, if you’re in Norwich

Today we visited the Silver Wings Exhibition at

We took a moment to pay tribute to the 60,000 American Air Force personnel who found themselves in East Anglia during the war - and the 7,000 who never made it home.

Do head to see it. The exhibition is great and there’s lots of artefacts to see and enthusiasts and experts to chat to.

ID: a photo banner showing WW2
airmen in front of an aeroplane displayed in the air at the Forum

17/09/2025

Did you know….

Did you know that stone arrowheads found in medieval times were thought to be “Elf darts,” shot from the sky to kill cattle. 🐮

Discover how folklore explains the unexplained in Mythical Creatures at Colchester Castle: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/mythical-creatures