Author archive for Rachel Boucher
Experience Design: Inside National Geographic’s Ocean-Inspired Activation at D23
To connect with and inspire Disney fans following its acquisition by Disney, National Geographic created an immersive oceanic-inspired exhibit at D23 Expo: The Ultimate Fan Event, held Aug. 23-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. The annual three-day event offers Disney fans “inside-the-magic” experiences and Disney brand activations. Consumers were transported into the depths...
Three Ideas from Subaru on Producing Zero-waste Events
Subaru of America’s marketing messaging centers around the Subaru Love Promise, and one of those promises is “Subaru Loves the Earth.” While the brand is involved in a number of sustainable and earth-friendly initiatives, for the first time, Subaru aimed its promise at its events, creating for its National Business Conference for Subaru dealers, a...
In its Third Year, Behr’s Color of the Year Event Leverages the Great Outdoors
Color inspires design and, in the case of Behr, it inspires live events. For the third iteration of its Color of the Year campaign, the brand immersed 20 design and lifestyle editors and VIP partners in its 2020 color, a meadow-inspired hue, “Back to Nature,” with an overnight retreat to explore ideas and recharge. Held...
Reebok Scores Dwell-time at ComplexCon with a Carnival-Inspired Booth
ComplexCon Long Beach is about hype, but for its booth at the inaugural ComplexCon Chicago, July 20-21 at McCormick Place, Reebok wanted to do more than create a momentary engagement. Aiming for maximum dwell-time, Reebok nixed the “drops” and activated a 23-foot-tall SuperShot Challenge basketball game (like Pop-A-Shot) designed to engage its 18-25 target in...