NEWS | Studio McGuire

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Apr 4, 2023

April 2023: The Year of Dior

We're super excited to be working on several projects with Dior this year. That means however, that all the beautiful things we are...

March 2023: "the extraordinary" (Forbes) at South By Southwest

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Mar 9, 2023

March 2023: "the extraordinary" (Forbes) at South By Southwest

"Delicate paper cuts and mobile AR combined to create the extraordinary, The Invited, which tells a touching Victorian Vampire love...

February 2023: "Ophelia's Ghost and Sirens at Bristol Light Festival

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Feb 6, 2023

February 2023: "Ophelia's Ghost and Sirens at Bristol Light Festival

It's been so nice to return to Bristol, our home for 8 years, to set up two holographic water projections. Until the 12th of February you...

January 2023: Botanica - "this stunning work" (Time Out)

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Jan 11, 2023

January 2023: Botanica - "this stunning work" (Time Out)

“Mesmerised by magical projections”, “a scene straight out of Harry Potter" - when ‘Botanica’ opened to the public, it was amazing to...

December 2022: The Elusive Life of Flowers in Singapore

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Dec 5, 2022

December 2022: The Elusive Life of Flowers in Singapore

Since we've worked on a Christmas exhibition for Dior all of summer, December is the time to continue the out-of-season trend by working...

November 2022: All revealed - our work for Dior at Harrods

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Nov 14, 2022

November 2022: All revealed - our work for Dior at Harrods

6 months ago an email from Maison Dior landed in our inbox, asking whether we could bring a multimedia element to their Christmas...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Oct 3, 2022

September/October 2022: Top Secret!

The problem with working on a super beautiful project for one of the most exciting clients in fashion history is that we cannot talk...

August 2022: Invitation by the Queen of Denmark

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Aug 31, 2022

August 2022: Invitation by the Queen of Denmark

We feel very honoured to have been invited by the Queen of Denmark for a wonderful discussion about how we created our mermaid underwater...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Jul 27, 2022

July 2022: Denmark and Singapore

The world is opening up again we're getting super busy! While we can't yet talk about some magical but confidential projects cooking up...

June 2022: “mesmerising, exceptional, beautiful, jaw-dropping, unique, powerful, it made me cry"

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Jul 8, 2022

June 2022: “mesmerising, exceptional, beautiful, jaw-dropping, unique, powerful, it made me cry"

Kristin's been trying to retire from dancing but it just doesn't seem to happen :) Instead she did a double bill with acrobat Nikki...

May 2022: A deadly reincarnation in papercraft...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

May 4, 2022

May 2022: A deadly reincarnation in papercraft...

With only two missing pages the stage (or prop?) for our augmented reality project is now almost complete! Below are videos of the book...

April 2022: Behind the Scenes of 'Grains of Recollection'

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Apr 14, 2022

April 2022: Behind the Scenes of 'Grains of Recollection'

If you liked our Virtual Reality project Grains of Recollection you might wonder how it came to be. Our wonderful funders XR Stories came...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Mar 8, 2022

March 2022: Augmented Reality Vampires!

We're working on completing our first augmented reality project (an AR Pop-Up Book) which is anticipated to premiere at SXSW in Texas...

February 2022: From Mermaids to Vampires

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Feb 4, 2022

February 2022: From Mermaids to Vampires

People have always told us that they'd like to live in our paper worlds and we've finally created the closest option to experiencing this...

January 2022: "The most beautiful thing in 2021"

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Jan 3, 2022

January 2022: "The most beautiful thing in 2021"

The year started with the most flattering email and "Best of 2021" article from the former circus critic at The Stage, Liz Arratoon:...

December 2021: Our work is all about water and paper this month...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Dec 6, 2021

December 2021: Our work is all about water and paper this month...

We are entering the final stages of our funded R&D in which we tried to transpose our paper craft aesthetic into Virtual Reality. In 5...

November 2021: Our mermaids are migrating to Manchester

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Nov 17, 2021

November 2021: Our mermaids are migrating to Manchester

10.000 people saw our Sirens installation over a long weekend in Hull last month and next month you have 10 days to see them swing...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Oct 8, 2021

October 2021: Real Mermaids?

Yes, we'll be projecting real life size mermaids into Hull's docks this month! Location: Princes Quay, HU1 2PQ Open times: 6:30-9:30pm,...

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Sep 9, 2021

September 2021: Our first VR film!

We've started research and development work on our first VR film and we're so excited to see our paper models in VR using Unreal Engine....

Davy & Kristin McGuire

Aug 27, 2021

August 2021: We've moved!

We've relocated to our new studio in Hull's beautiful old town. Come and visit us soon, we've got some super exciting projects in the...