DJW are here to help tell your story using appropriate technology. We listen to your vision ahead of designing a system to deliver the desired experience. Our integration team can take the design and turn it into reality; supplying, installing and programming all the equipment to deliver a turnkey guest experience.
DJW can offer in-house multimedia design and development to create bespoke applications that have a heavy interaction between hardware, media and guest.
DJW, founded in 1986 by David & Lynn Willrich originally as a consultancy business, is now recognised as one of the UK’s leading forces in the audio-visual industry, using technology to tell our clients’ stories. The Company started as the AV Department of the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, which we then took-over in 1989, and are today still based in premises on the Estate and assisting them with their storytelling.
With 5 large galleries and a 120-seat Planetarium, the Space Museum was part of the biggest museum projects in the world – a project we are very proud to have worked on.
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced David Willrich, Managing Director of DJW, as their new President, unanimously chosen by the TEA International Board to lead the Association for 2 years.
Gallery 4/Rehlaat Gallery explores the Natural History of the Arabian Peninsula from its formation to what it may become in the future. This was our most technologically challenging project, with 5 areas of 270’ floor to ceiling projection and with a self-diagnosing and fixing control programme.
This inspiring visitor attraction is home to some of the most beautiful immersive experiences DJW has created. Commemorating the centenary of Titanic’s catastrophic demise, the world’s largest Titanic exhibition opened to the public at the end of March 2012.
DJW were crowned Systems Company of the Year at the AV Awards As well as winning the Education Project of the Year – for Centre of the Cell and scooping the overall Grand Prix.
DJW was contracted to complete the detailed design of the Audio Visual systems and the complete Show Control at ring°werk, an indoor attraction built for the Nürburgring race track in Germany.
In 2000, the Millennium Dome was home to a 1 year exhibition for Britain to celebrate the new millennium, which was one of the most ambitious exhibitions in Britain since the Festival of Britain in 1951. We were honoured to be contracted as the audio visual systems integrator for 4 of the 14 zones.
Manx National Heritage was responsible for heritage museums and sites across the Isle of Man. DJW installed and continued for quite some years to maintain a range of audio-visual equipment in a number of the sites, including the House of Manannan and Old House of Keys.
This project came as a direct result of the Evolution of Wales! The whole team designers, setworks, AV integrators, shopfitters etc.; were asked to recreate something similar in Sharjah. This project then lead us onto winning and installing an Archaeology Museum, a Children’s Discovery Centre, an Islamic Museum, a Botanic Museum, a Maritime Museum, and an Aquarium.
After a chance meeting with the procurement Manager for this project at IAAPA and then being introduced to another member of the team, David Willrich was very proud to be asked to be the Parkwide AV Consultant for this project. The Company also went on to supply and install AV equipment for the Pirate Log Flume and several other areas. David made many strong acquaintances from this project, several of whom we have worked with during later years.
This was the Museum’s innovative Geological Gallery, that moved on from just “pieces of rock in glass cabinets” to explaining the story with technology!
Not having enough time to run DJW and Beaulieu’s AV department separately, it seemed the most sensible thing to do was to combine the two and takeover the AV department. Since then, we have worked on many exciting projects, including being an integral part of the Top Gear Exhibition, as well as Tuckers Garage, the Bond In Motion Exhibition to celebrate 50 years of the films and Land Speed Record sets.
David and Lynn met whilst both working at Beaulieu, and set the Company up alongside Beaulieu’s AV department, which David ran.