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  1. Production & Strategy
  2. Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships

Ideas from Coachella for Branding

April 20, 2016
PopSugar Cabana Club
PopSugar Cabana Club

Caravents produced PopSugar's weekend-long event programming at the Avalon Palm Springs, where the brand's logo figured prominently on the central cabana structure.

Photo: Niki Csanyi
Popsugar Cabana Club
Popsugar Cabana Club

In the DSW suite at the Popsugar event, guests could customize shoes with metallic studs and colorful shoelaces, which hung on a rack nearby in a color-blocked fashion. A curtain, also made of shoelaces, covered suite's window.

Photo: Niki Csanyi
PopSugar Cabana Club
PopSugar Cabana Club

For sponsor Netflix, a brightly colored candy bar pulled out juvenile themes and hues from the show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Photo: Niki Csanyi
'Nylon' Midnight Garden
'Nylon' Midnight Garden

A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kristen Stewart lounged in V.I.P. cabanas provided by the soon-to-open Dream Hollywood hotel at Nylon's popular party. The setups came complete with plush Dream Hollywood robes, hotel room minibars, and “Do Not Disturb” signs.

Photo: Courtesy of Dream Hollywood
Zoeasis
Zoeasis

At designer Rachel Zoe's Palm Springs party, a sign announcing the brand hung from a floral trellis. 

Photo: Tory Stolper
Zoeasis
Zoeasis

The Projects produced the Zoeasis event, where guests could customize their own denim using patches and other finishes under a branded tent.

Photo: Tory Stolper
Zoeasis
Zoeasis

A flower-decked bike basket held fanny packs ready for guests' customizing touches.

Photo: Tory Stolper
Zoeasis
Zoeasis

A color-blocked photo backdrop encouraged guests to proliferate the brand name through social media shares.

Photo: Tory Stolper
Zoeasis
Zoeasis

Palm Springs' striking mountains and palm trees backed a photogenic open DJ booth bearing the name of the party (which also matched the official hashtag).

Photo: Tory Stolper
Racked Wellness Oasis
Racked Wellness Oasis

Racked's intimate influencer event, produced by its senior editor Natalie Alcala, took over a Palm Springs residence. There, a decor piece of subtle, black script typeface adorned a white midcentury modern wall for a graphic look.

Photo: Alesandra Dubin/BizBash
Racked Wellness Oasis
Racked Wellness Oasis

At the Racked event, subtle decals appeared as if painted around the walls of the residence.

Photo: Alesandra Dubin/BizBash
Racked Wellness Oasis
Racked Wellness Oasis

Silver metallic balloons spelled out the host's name—and provided a clean photo backdrop—on the hedging behind the pool.

Photo: Alesandra Dubin/BizBash
Revolve Desert House
Revolve Desert House

Online retailer Revolve presented the debut of its Revolve Desert House this year in Indio, where an open-backed floral wall spelled out the host’s name.

Photo: Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for A-OK Collective, LLC.
Revolve Desert House
Revolve Desert House

Moet branded life savers and beach balls in a crisp white and gold palette.

Photo: Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for A-OK Collective, LLC.
TheAudience Social Club
TheAudience Social Club

Social content publisher TheAudience hosted an event where sponsor Wildfox offered swag from a claw machine.

Photo: Phil Sanchez
TheAudience Social Club
TheAudience Social Club

Bottles from sponsor PatrĂłn stacked in Lucite cubes served as decor and furnishings.

Photo: Phil Sanchez
The Retreat
The Retreat

The Los Angeles bar Tenants of the Trees popped up at the Retreat, announcing its presence with a sign hung on an open-frame outdoor bar. The Retreat took over Palm Springs' Korakia Pensione B&B, with various activations throughout the meandering property, including a V.I.P. portrait studio from Vanity Fair.

Photo: Alesandra Dubin/BizBash
The Retreat
The Retreat

Sponsor Amazon offered a theater room within the Korakia Pensione to show its programming in a relaxed environment, as guests might watch it in their homes.

Photo: Alesandra Dubin/BizBash
Pandora Indio Invasion
Pandora Indio Invasion

Pandora hosted the third installment of its Indio Invasion, produced by Pandora and Stoelt Productions. This year’s event included aquatic performances from synchronized swimmers the Aqualillies, who posed with branded beach balls.

Photo: Courtesy of Pandora
Pandora Indio Invasion
Pandora Indio Invasion

A photo backdrop created to resemble a vintage Palm Springs postcard flaunted host and sponsor logos.

Photo: Courtesy of Pandora
The Music Lounge
The Music Lounge

At the Music Lounge, produced by BMF Media, Las Vegas unveiled its #WHHSH Beer; cans of it comprised a branded backdrop.

Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for The BMF Media Group
The Music Lounge
The Music Lounge

The hashtag figured prominently on a hedge wall behind a large-scale game of beer pong.

Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for The BMF Media Group
Bootsy Bellows Estate
Bootsy Bellows Estate

Brody Jenner and other celebrities were among those tried their hands at a Chevrolet-branded Plinko-style game at the Bootsy Bellows Estate.

Photo: Tory Stolper
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