Location: Astana, Kazakhstan

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TalentS designed, installed, fitted out, and operated the Saudi Arabian Pavilion at EXPO 2017, Astana, Kazakhstan. 

EXPO 2017 was themed around ‘Future Energy’ and we worked to showcase Saudi Arabia’s role and commitment to shaping future energies in the Pavilion through creative design and content. 

Visitors to the Pavilion were immersed in Saudi Arabia’s rich cultural heritage and were taken on a journey towards its bright energy future. The Saudi Arabian Pavilion continued to be one of the top five most visited pavilions and welcomed an astonishing 742,000 visitors over the course of the event. 

The Saudi Arabian Pavillon  was commissioned by the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)

Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Talents was commissioned to showcase Saudi Aramco’s rich history by creating a mobility gallery. 

TalentS scope of work with the commission of the center was to design, create,  fabricate and fit out the gallery. TalentS created the content and designed the interior and exterior exhibits, conducted staff and tour guides training for the gallery.  

Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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TalentS was tasked with preparing the museum development strategies for the Tariq Abdulhakim Museum and Research Center (TAH). A strategic benchmarking study was conducted and its findings with its recommendations will guide the rest of the project which aims to help identify the TAH Center’s unique value proposition. 

Set to open in 2022 the TAH Center is a Museum dedicated to the Saudi Arabian composer and musician, Tariq Abdulhakim. Architectural planning and work on the museum’s core components – Museum Narratives, Collections Curation, Research, and Scenography, is already underway, and our findings will guide the thinking around the exhibition design and its narrative in the years to come. TalentS was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture. 

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

TalentS along with their partners consulted on the possible creation of a museum with a total size of the internal spaces of approximately 15,000m2, with the requirement for an additional 5,000m2 for external landscaping and exhibit experiences. The consultation included the strategic direction, creation, design, interpretation, and operations services for the completion of the Misk ILMI Museum.

Location: Khobar, SA

Tinkering Studio and TalentS collaborated with the iconic Exploratorium in San Francisco to bring the Tinkering Studio to the Middle East as a touring experience. The Tinkering Studio consists of multiple workshops to create playful inventions. Audiences are invited to become deeply engaged in investigating the scientific phenomena and then to create an object that showcased their ideas.

The Tinkering Studio was commissioned by Saudi Aramco.

Location: Riyadh, SA

TalentS worked with the Ministry of Economy & Planning in Saudi Arabia to highlight which key cultural locations within and around Riyadh can be activated in order to deliver a more compelling visitor offer, one that encourages primarily domestic audiences to visit, return frequently, and to consider Riyadh as a destination when assessing leisure options.

Our methodology involved intense research, identifying thirty -eight cultural destinations across Riyadh. Initial recommendations were made, with case studies developed. The report acted as a springboard to be further developed and steered by Vision 2030.

Location: Riyadh, Yanbu, Hail,Jubail, and Abha

TalentS partnered with SABIC to design and operate this summer program. TalentS operated the program for over 1,600 students in Riyadh, Yanbu, Hail, Jubail and Abhal through 2016-2018. 

The SABIC Summer Program was a three weeks program that comprised of three tracks in technology, engineering and innovation. It offered participants an intensive and immersive hands-on experience and allowed them to experience university life and explored the specializations they intend to study. Participants in this program not only experimented, and built gadgets but interacted with their peers to innovate and learn.

Location: Illmi Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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TalentS created and designed 1,500 boxes DIY boxes developed for the ILMI Museum to extend the visitor’s experience beyond the museum’s physical space and into the community.

The boxes are customized and tailored to introduce the museum to the public and ignite the spirit of exploration and discovery in the community.

Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia

A flagship program designed, created, and operated by TalentS for Saudi Aramco. TalentS role was      the overall management of the summer camp, design content for STEM programming, and training the instructors. 

TalentS was gifted with yet another Opportunity in 2018  to not only engage gifted students in an immersive learning experience but to also stress on the added value that it brings to informal learning experiences. 

The gifted students program brought in  200 students from cities across the Kingdom to a residential, educational camp where they were given extensive and hands-on training in engineering, English, life skills, and sports.

TalentS had operated the flagship program in 2008, 2009 and 2010.