Every trade show booth starts the same way: a room full of stakeholders with opinions. Someone loves a certain color. Someone wants the logo bigger. Someone saw a competitor’s booth last year and wants “something like that, but better.”
For Exhibit and Graphic Designers, delivering a design that meets all the client’s needs — functionally, aesthetically, and fiscally — is the ultimate goal. But . . . that doesn’t mean the process is always flawless. Here are a few “Design Red Flags” from a Designer’s perspective which can delay the process (and increase your design fees).
These are questions every designer should ask their client before designing the ideal trade show display. If the client walks in just thinking about the nuts and bolts of the project, they may miss an informed conversation on why they are exhibiting in the first place and that can fundamentally affect the design of a booth. The Why can greatly impact the How in Exhibit Design.
Are you an exhibitor or an attendee at BIO? If you’re an exhibitor, you’re probably wondering how individual biotech brands stand out at the BIO International Convention? The key is knowing your audience, creating a comprehensive strategy, and designing a stunning biotech booth design.
The trade show floor has become far more interactive with backlit graphics, gamification, augmented reality, virtual reality, and video walls. There’s much more emphasis on making both the booth design and the person-to-person engagement experiential.