2024-11-21T17:19:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150072127/sam-jacob-studio-to-design-the-cartoon-museum-s-new-london-home Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-07-06T14:40:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/93/9384b90d0a4efc741909e8a77602843b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150055711/sam-jacob-studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Jacob Studio</a> has been commissioned to design the new home of Britain&rsquo;s Cartoon Museum. Known for their avant-garde approach to design, the studio will help the museum expand its programming and bring a "real sense of fun and vibrancy to the visitor experience," says museum chair, Oliver Preston.</p> <p>Founded in 2006 by a dedicated cadre of cartoonists, comic artists and collectors, the Museum has been operating out of an old London dairy. But, wanting a new permanent home that will help it develop to its full potential, the museum&nbsp;has accepted a&nbsp;25-year lease at 55 Wells Street, located&nbsp;near Oxford Circus.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/80/80dd00d634c081c0cfe1498238956ca5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/80/80dd00d634c081c0cfe1498238956ca5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Proposed Book Shop at The Cartoon Museum &copy; Sam Jacob Studio</figcaption></figure><p>Their archive holds over 5,000 books, 4,000 comics and 1,700 original strips, graphic novels, animation and caricatures,&nbsp;ranging from the 18th century to the present day.&nbsp;Scheduled to open early 2019, the new space will create permanent and temporary exhibition spaces to give the Museum greater flexibility in displaying its...</p>