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Tag: Trade Shows

  • Meet ABBigail: How an AI Metahuman Helped Drive Storytelling in an Exhibit

    How do you explain hundreds of robotics products to thousands of global attendees with fluency, clarity and a human touch? At Automatica 2025, ABB and experiential marketing agency 2Heads answered that question with ABBigail, an AI-powered metahuman who served as the company’s technical expert, digital host and brand storyteller. ABB, a global leader in robotics […]

  • Embracing a Trade Show Theme: Creative Ideas from the Exhibitors at VMX 2025

    Health care conferences can often come off as sterile. Due to the serious nature of the conversations, solutions and sessions presented, that can translate to a buttoned-up, clinical approach to the design and attendee experience—but not at VMX 2025. The 42nd annual Veterinary Meeting & Expo, put on by the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) […]

  • As Trade Shows Embrace Influencers, Exhibitors are Leveling up Engagement

    It wasn’t too long ago that social media influencers weren’t even considered media at trade shows and had a hard time getting press passes. Now its crucial to connect influencers and exhibitors, and the National Hardware Show, taking place March 18-19 in Las Vegas, is doing exactly that with its new NHS Influencer Summit. Building […]

  • Q&A: 10 Minutes With Exhibit Design Icon Mitchell Mauk

    Exhibit design is a confluence of architecture, technology, innovation, and even fine art, says Mitchell Mauk, founder of California-based Mauk Design. With over 30 years of experience designing for clients such as Apple, McDonald’s, Duncan Aviation, and PlayStation, and even doing advanced furniture design for Herman Miller, Mauk still lets communication drive his designs for […]

  • Q&A: 10 Minutes with John Blyth of Ricoh

    When you’re exhibiting among a literal sea of graphics at the world’s biggest trade show for printing, storytelling can make the difference between an exhibit with a flat message versus one that is three dimensional. For Ricoh, a multinational imaging and electronics company, design and messages inspired by the brand’s Japanese roots helped place personas […]