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22 Inspiring Ideas for Trade Show Booth Design

Beth Kormanik
September 24, 2013

Here is a look at how brands used interactive experiences, over-the-top design, and cutting-edge technology to stand out on the trade show floor this year.

Philips
Philips

A crisp white foundation showed off Philips lighting products in the company’s booth at the 2013 Lightfair in Philadelphia. A custom color-changing chandelier, inspired by an organ, presided over the 10,200-square-foot space, created by Global Experience Specialists.

Photo: Courtesy of Global Experience Specialists
Dealertrack Technologies
Dealertrack Technologies

A curved 130-foot marquee extended over more than two dozen demo stations at the Dealertrack Technologies space by MC2 at the National Automobile Dealers Association show in Orlando. The stations were uplit with blue LED strips, and blue-edge-lit partitions offered privacy by separating the stations and dampening sound.

Photo: Alan J. Goulet
Brooks Sports
Brooks Sports

The playful exhibit for Brooks Sports by Pinnacle Exhibits for the 2013 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City had a team of mechanized mannequins running overhead, bar stools made with mannequin runners’ legs, and monitors displaying social media posts.

Photo: Raul J. Garcia Photography
Lincoln
Lincoln

Lincoln defined its space at the 2013 New York International Auto Show with a partial wall perforated with a logo-inspired pattern, a feature the company called the "the Lincoln Lattice membrane." Exhibit Works engineered and fabricated the exhibit, and Imagination was the creative agency behind it.

Photo: Courtesy of Lincoln
Michelin
Michelin

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, MC2’s booth for Michelin featured two simulator floors that let visitors “Be the Tire.” When they stepped onto the floor mat and placed their hands on the dashboard, they experienced the road from a tire’s point of view—feeling vibrations from the bumps and dips of various road surfaces.

Photo: Courtesy of MC2
JustWink
JustWink

For a low-key yet high-impact display, greeting card company JustWink parked a tricked-out a truck at the 2013 National Stationery Show in New York. Called the Wink Wagon, the truck had an HD screen, tablet devices, and a speaker system along with its bright graphics and product displays.

Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
SMS Audio
SMS Audio

With black product displays and blue LED lighting, Gallo created a modern booth for SMS Audio at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Hanging fabric panels featured SMS owner and C.E.O. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who signed autographs at the event.

Photo: Courtesy of Gallo
Organic Valley
Organic Valley

MG Design created a traveling barn-theme exhibit for Organic Valley that had solar panels and a motorized wind turbine to emphasize the food brand’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Other details included rake ends that held lanyards, bent forks that held product sampling cards, and fresh grass from a local Organic Valley farm.

Photo: Gary Michael Prochorchik/Exposures Ltd.
Hershey Company
Hershey Company

At the 2012 National Association of Convenience Stores in Las Vegas, MC2 created a “Convenience Store of the Future” for the Hershey Company that integrated physical and virtual components. On one wall, an 18- by 20-foot screen presented a 3-D model of a convenience store that visitors could navigate with an Xbox controller to see Hershey’s marketing ideas in context.

Photo: Proto Photography
Incipio
Incipio

The gritty booth by Pinnacle Exhibits for personal electronics accessories maker Incipio at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas combined new build and rental elements, as well as a refurbishment of the client’s existing properties.

Photo: Raul J. Garcia Photography
Ericcson
Ericcson

One major trend in trade show booth design right now is bilevel exhibits, like the one by Jack Morton Worldwide for Ericsson at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona.

Photo: Courtesy of Jack Morton Worldwide
Ericcson
Ericcson

Jack Morton Worldwide's bilevel booth for Ericsson at Mobile World Congress 2013 also included an on-site ­coffee shop with exposed lightbulbs and an eclectic mix of seating.

Photo: Courtesy of Jack Morton Worldwide
Game Insights
Game Insights

The Game Insights booth by Sparks at the 2013 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco had multiple game stations in several formats for attendees to play, plus a large video wall showing the trailer for the new game Dragon Eternity.

Photo: Courtesy of Sparks
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

The structural and cosmetic details of the exhibit for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company at the Offshore Technology Conference 2013, built by 2020 Exhibits, reflected the heritage of the United Arab Emirates while including tech-driven informational stations.

Photo: Courtesy of 2020 Exhibits
National Oilwell Varco
National Oilwell Varco

National Oilwell Varco wanted a red-carpet-themed customer appreciation experience, so the booth design by 2020 Exhibits at the Offshore Technology Conference 2013 in Houston included a café, a lounge with touch-screen coffee tables, a small-scale movie theater, and an interactive area with iPad stations.

Photo: Courtesy of 2020 Exhibits
Qualcomm
Qualcomm

At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Freeman built a ­two-story exhibit space for Qualcomm that held three immersive experiences, 30 demos, 14 meeting rooms, and a press area. Cutouts of Sesame Street characters ­promoted apps including one that helps children learn to read.

Photo: Padgett and Company
Ply Gem
Ply Gem

At Ply Gem’s 9,000-square-foot exhibit for the 2013 International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, MG Design created a homelike booth that showed off hundreds of exterior building products and celebrated the brand’s 70-year history. The space also had a theater along with a two-story deck that housed a kitchen, ­private meeting space, and a fireplace.

Photo: Gary Michael Prochorchik/Exposures Ltd.
TaylorMade
TaylorMade

A 30,000-square-foot space by Sparks for TaylorMade at the P.G.A. Merchandise Show in Orlando did double-duty, functioning as an exhibit during the day and a client appreciation party at night. Booming house music and an aerialist clad in a Swarovski-crystal-covered bodysuit pouring drinks from a 10-foot-high chandelier helped set the mood.

Photo: Alan J. Goulet
Siemens
Siemens

Freeman created a self-guided exhibit intro for Siemens at the 2012 Audiology Now Conference in Boston. While listening to headsets, attendees learned about the technologies they would experience in the exhibit.

Photo: Courtesy of Freeman
New York Times
New York Times

For a New York Times exhibit that traveled to the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, Macworld, and South by Southwest, Sparks created a multimedia experience in which attendees used iPads, smartphones, and tablets to do things like make Word Cloud portraits—images of guests created by a computer that searched for words within the Times’s article database.

Photo: Courtesy of Sparks
Yakima
Yakima

Pinnacle Exhibits created a garage concept for outdoor retailer Yakima, showing off the products in a casual, inviting setting at the 2012 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City.

Photo: Taft Photographic
JTI
JTI

At the 2013 Duty Free Show in Orlando, Tangram created a multi-brand booth for JTI that sought to display the company’s cigarette brands in a sophisticated way. An entryway showcased the different products while each of the three private meeting rooms featured a different brand and its own design.

Photo: Exposures Ltd.
PreGel America
PreGel America

Stations with seamlessly integrated refrigeration systems, sinks, and other equipment were ideal for serving PreGel America’s specialty desserts at the 2013 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. Nimlok and Studio Displays Inc. created the space, which also had a double-decker lounge space, LED-lit counters, and sleek, curved custom structures.

Photo: Exposures Ltd.
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