Top 15 Essential Exhibit Design Questions
The best exhibit designs make a connection with your client. So how do you identify a design the client loves without multiple meetings and revisions?
Get the designer and the decision-maker to talk to one another. It works! It’s why the designers at Classic want to be on phone calls with our distributors and their clients. We are happy to be introduced as YOUR DESIGNER.
Graphic Designers for Trade Shows and Events
Trade Graphic Designers
Tom Beard is Retiring. Say It Isn’t So!
Tom Beard is Retiring
FREE Show Hall Pass for EXHIBITORLIVE 2021
Free Show Hall Pass for EXHIBITORLIVE 2021.
10 Days in Review – The Trade Show Industry in Recovery
This recovery process is just beginning. My compliments to those industries pressing forward safely and not abandoning ship on their events. Part of our overall recovery as a country requires that we get back to business sooner rather than later. I applaud those taking the proper precautions to hold and participate in trade shows and events.
Wireless Charging for Trade Show Counters and Tables
Wireless Charging solutions for Trade Shows and Exhibitions
Exhibit Design Search Webinar Recording w/ Outline
Exhibit Design Search Webinar
The Real Reason We Invented Symphony
The Backstory of the Symphony Portable Display System
Exhibitor Advocacy — Creating a New Financial Model for Trade Shows
Amanda Helgemoe, CEO and President of NuVista Event Management Services, speaks about Exhibitor Advocacy. Perhaps no topic within the F2F community is more important than Exhibitor Rights and Advocacy as we emerge from the pandemic.
Exhibit Design Search: Tips and Tricks Webinar
Whether you’re a newbie to EDS or hardened veteran, you’ll discover new techniques to make your life easier. That’s a guarantee! Open to all Classic Distributors and all roles.
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NAB Show Introduces an Updated Pricing Model
Recently, The Trade Show News Network published, NAB Show Eases Exhibitor Pain Points with NAB Show Cares by Lisa Plummer Savas. Let’s review those changes because they are a huge step in the right direction for our industry.
Updated Design Policies — Effective January 2019
Effective January 2019, we will charge for creative exhibit design based on the schedule below. The procedure is meant to be simple and straightforward with a reasonable upfront charge for both purchase and rental designs.
Recent LED Fabric Lightboxes for Trade Shows
It’s “The Unofficial Year of Lightboxes.” Most exhibit orders have LED lights — in a tower, backwall, counter, accent, or stem light. Not all all lightboxes are equal, but what is true is that the fabric, the printing, and the LED lights have gotten better
An Interview with Jim Shelman, GM of Classic Rental Solutions
Every week, Tim Patterson, aka Tradeshow Guy, conducts an interview on his Monday Morning Coffee video/audio broadcast. This week Tim interviewed our own Jim Shelman, the GM of Classic Rental Solutions.
Visual Guide to Trade Show Success
I’m a sucker for a well-designed, informative Infographic, which is why the “Visual Guide to Trade Show Success” from US Event Management caught my attention.
Introducing the Gravitee One-Step Modular Meeting Pods
Introducing the Gravitee Modular Meeting Pods. The Pods come in three configurations: oval, square/rectangle, and trapezoid. Attaching graphics, either direct print or fabric, is a snap and assembly requires neither tools or loose parts.
Convenient Material Handling Calculator
Mention “drayage” or “material handling” to any exhibitor and it’s bound to start a conversation. And not always a pleasant one. So how do you predict your trade show material handling expense? Use our handy Drayage Calculator.
The World of Silicone Edge Graphics (As I See It)
Excellent history of the introduction and evolution of Silicone Edge Graphics (SEG) by Dave Brown. My first exposure to Silicone Edge Graphics (SEG) was in 2002. At the time, we (Optima) were using a foam/rubber gasket to finish fabric graphics.
New Lower Prices on Sacagawea Portable Hybrid Displays
We did our math homework on Sacagawea Portable Hybrid Displays. The margins have gotten better, so we decided to (wait for it!) lower the prices.
Shared Knowledge University — Fall 2018
November in Portland, OR. Overcast. Rainy. Brisk. Nine games into the Portland Trail Blazers schedule. And, if you believe Kevin, the U of O Ducks football team is undefeated and headed to a national championship. Sounds like the ideal time to visit the Rose City for Shared Knowledge University.
Gravitee Modular Lightbox Video with Kevin Carty
We developed a lightbox. But not just any lightbox, one 2″ deep with all the wonderful features of the Gravitee One Step System such as no loose parts and no tool assembly.
Planning — Before the Show Opens. After the Show Closes.
Even if you maximize your pre- and post-show planning, it’s possible to miss potential sales because your trade show planning didn’t include right before the show opens and right after the show closes. Every day.
Gravitee One-Step Modular System vs. The Holes
Unlike most existing modular wall systems, Gravitee doesn’t rely on loose bullet connectors to attach panels, either vertically or horizontally. Instead, Gravitee connectors are built into the panels so it assembles faster and with fewer parts and pieces.
Stephanie L’Herault, Designer for Eco-Systems Sustainable Exhibits
Eco-Systems Sustainable Exhibits welcomes Stephanie L’Herault to the Eco Design team. Stephanie works directly with Eco Distributors on exhibit and environment design projects and then with internal project managers, detailers, and production specialists to turn those 3D concepts into reality. We asked her to share a short bio about her personal life and professional background.
How to Make Your Small Company Look Like a Really BIG Company
Let’s say you have a small company. But you want it to appear bigger because bigger is better, right? How do potential customers perceive you when they see your website? What clues do you leave that tell your story and let customers know you are big enough to handle their business, yet still small enough to build a good working relationship?