
As part of the TED Conference’s clean, on-brand stage design, producers used oversize letters that spelled TED to serve as the stage’s focal point.
Photo: James Davidson

Inspired by an explosion, illuminated acrylic structures expanded out from the center of the main stage at the Much Music Video Awards in Toronto in June.
Photo: Courtesy of Much Music Awards

TED curator Chris Anderson appeared in Nairobi to promote the 2013 global speaker search.
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Press at the launch brought their own lighting, as laptops and other devices could be seen in the dark theater.
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Following the presentation, the front of the theater was turned into a product display area with bars where press could try out the phone and speak with product specialists.
Photo: Carolyn Curtis/BizBash