His skills inspired many younger designers. He had infinite patience and dedication, closely studying the objects in context, paying particular attention to lighting, spending hours on small adjustments to achieve the right results. When the museum’s policy changed in 2006 from an in-house design facility to out-sourcing, Geoff managed a further 18 projects. Geoff’s talents were also then directed to the design of 14 galleries at the British Museum, including Korea: The Korean Foundation Gallery, The Sainsbury Galleries: Africa, and The Wellcome Trust Gallery: Living and Dying. The remit of the design office expanded in the 1980s to cover responsibility for the public face of the museum: publicity material, public spaces and galleries. We also worked together again on a further exhibition there, Captain Cook in the South Seas, which opened in 1979. His initial project was to work with me on the design of the Nomad and City exhibition, the first immersive exhibition at the Museum of Mankind. I was head of design at that time, and selected him at interview. He then went to the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture in London, gaining a first in 1973.Īfter initial employment as an architectural assistant at several firms, Geoff applied for a position as assistant 3D designer in the design office of the British Museum, Bloomsbury, in 1975. After Frank’s retirement the family moved to Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Geoff was educated at Cheshunt grammar school. Photograph: Trustees of the British Museumīorn in Wembley, north-west London, Geoff was the third of four sons of Mary (nee Jackson), who had been a building society clerk before marriage, and Frank Pickup, a shipping manager. The Wellcome Trust Gallery: Living and Dying, at the British Museum, which Geoff Pickup designed and which was opened in 2003.
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