Thread: What is your occupation?

Thanks all, I like both the kiosks. The one the customer is going for is not shown... it's still happening, which reminds me I have to find an engineer. They wanted a "funky" design, which more often or not translates into a "retro" look rather than true "funky". Funky would be the bullet shaped one and retro the cube. They went for a retro feel in the end and not the funky one. Go figure.

Originally Posted by Dirty Doogie

Hi Wayfarer - Seriously cool work.

What happens to those exhibition stands when the company is finished with them? I have often gone and investigated similiar stands at various exhibitions - tried to work out how it was made etc - much to the chagrin of the persons working the stand. I love the bullet shaped outdoor kiosk.

Cheers

Well, a couple of things. The top one for Energizer is a re-usable one. It's just finishing it's second year (currently in the workshop being refurbished). They use it about 8-10 times a year all over Australia. They'll destroy it when finished since they don't want anyone capitalising on it. (It's familiarity on the trade show circuit is worth something) We'll harvest anything useful from it like the LCD screen, LED lights, ally extrusions etc.

It's made from a lock-together aluminium extrusions system (post & beam) white melamine panels framed up with lights inside, a white melamine ceiling with breeze cloth insert and yellow fluros, a white melamine floor (where all the electrics are hidden). The top signs are 25mm thick acrylic with a logo cut in with overhead CNC router and edge lit. The banners on the two corners are breeze cloth with large digital print on them. The whole thing can be unpacked, erected, dusted down and tidied up in 2½hrs with trained staff to about 4½hrs with new staff.

The KBR stand, on the other hand, is almost entirely hire components that will be re-used in another configuration for another exhibitor. By coincidence it's made from the same extrusion system as the Energizer one. The infill panels are tinted blue acrylic with a frosted finish, the floor is a hire system of 1x1m tiles (melamine timber-look) that again routes the electrics. The counter at the front is made from laminated and painted MDF, the curved white walls are custom made painted MDF which would be tipped after the show. The KBR logos are acrylic letters on white styrene foam.

I've been doing this for 22yrs this January. In my hey-day I was designing well in excess of 100 stands a year in various degrees of complexity and size but now days client liaison, administration, OH&S compliance, looking after staff and work flow means I probably only design 10-15 stands per year, if that.