The Vancouver Convention Center's stairs featured color-blocked sections printed with the conference's tagline, "The next chapter starts here," which could be viewed from a distance.
Photo: Bret Hartman
In the TEDActive photo studio, attendees could snap their portraits and share the ideas that they represented. The life-size photos were printed and hung up in the lunch area.
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
TEDx Wall
TEDx planners from around the world expressed themselves on an interactive chalkboard wall.
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
IndieWire Studio presented by Dropbox
The space also included a section sponsored by the A.C.L.U., a national nonprofit organization that works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Guests were invited to take photos with signs focused on issues they were most passionate about. The printed photos were then posted on a branded wall.
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“The ‘One Time, in New Orleans’ campaign is built around the singular idea that unlike other cities, which are built on concrete, New Orleans is built on 300 years of stories. Everyone that visits New Orleans leaves with a story that could only happen here,” Romig said.
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In a new take on the traditional photo backdrop, guests bounced on a trampoline before having their photo taken. Side rails around the custom station kept guests safe.
Photo: Roderick Peña
For a Coca-Cola event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a ceiling installation design was inspired by a burst of bubbles exploding from a Coca-Cola bottle. The installation lit up in gold whenever athletes won a gold medal.
Photo: Tiago de Paula Carvalho
Chicago hosted the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW conference in 2014. At the splashy opening-night party, hanging letters and signs served to divide the space and add a sense of intimacy throughout.
Photo: Timothy Musho Photography
For the Whitney Museum of American Art’s final gala in the historic Breuer Building in 2014, dining room decor included hanging paper lanterns with the names of honorees.
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Sundance Film Festival
IndieWire, a film industry and review website, hosted its inaugural studio for filmmakers and talent from January 19 to 22. The space, which was presented by festival sponsor Dropbox, included a colorful wall of words that filmmakers can relate to, as well as a wall for talent to sign their names. The space was produced by Crush Studio.
Photo: Clayton Chase
Stacked Display
In the atrium and trade show hall at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Kingman Ink created display towers from the boards of visual notes taken during Content Marketing World sessions.
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Sheraton’s “Revolution” scratch-off wall was inspired by the brand’s transformation and the power of community. The initial black matte wall displayed gloss black negative connotations about the brand, including “old” and “tired.” Guests could take hotel keycards to scratch away those worlds.
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The wall was gradually scratched off to reveal new Sheraton brand messaging, which offered terms such as “community,” “modern,” and “global exchange”—nodding to the guests’s team effort.
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Tribute Portfolio’s “Add Your Own Color” featured a life-size coloring book, inspired by the brand’s colorful aesthetic. The content of the coloring book design offered illustrations and names of Tribute destinations.
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Attendees were encouraged to color in the book using a variety of colored pencils.
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pc/nametag Inc. introduces eight new stock shapes for its Premier Event Badge, offering even more customizable options for customers.
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At the 29th annual Glaad Media Awards, held in Los Angeles in April, biopharmaceutical company Gilead had a photo booth with images printed on-site; guests could post their photo on a wall and write messages about how they will help end H.I.V./AIDS in the United States. Gilead representatives were also on hand to discuss the company's initiatives.
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The team of multimedia artists at Drawn Together NYC draw, paint, and digitally sketch event attendees. Corporate clients include the Brooklyn Museum, CBS, Coca-Cola, Chase, Delta, Spotify, and more. The company recently partnered with Inquerio, who conceptualized, designed, and implemented this digital collage activation. The fully customizable communal event experience digitally adds guests’ illustrations into an animated background during an event. The interactive artwork evolves throughout the event and can be projected onto a wall or displayed on a large screen monitor. At the end of the event, the animation can be uploaded as a video that’s shareable with guests.
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