[Eventscape Inc.] Toronto, Ont., Canada “World Alive,” a new exhibit in the Museum at Discovery Place Inc. in Charlotte, N.C., celebrates earth’s biodiversity through diverse habitats filled with live species, hands-on labs, photography and objects. Eventscape Inc. created eight printed fabric pieces to provide distinctive signage and wayfinding, which wraps around the exhibit area. The [...]

When musing about form and content for an exhibit, event or display, nothing helps more than seeing photo galleries of creative marketing solutions. Moss Inc., a Chicago-based provider of tensioned fabric structures, display hardware and printed graphics, recently launched its new and improved website with bold and bright color, comprehensive information about all of Moss’s [...]

The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, London, England, invited French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec to help celebrate the London Design Festival by transforming any V&A gallery space they chose with an installation. The Bouroullecs selected the Raphael Court, a cavernous space displaying seven grand-scale Raphael “cartoons” that the 16th century Renaissance painter created as [...]

The Showman’s Show, a U.K.-based exhibition of products, services and entertainment for the outdoor and special event world, awards innovative ideas. In October 2011, Custom Covers Ltd., Southhampton, England, introduced a new marquee design, the Cruciform, which can be connected to its other framed structures to create the right configuration for customers’ events. The design [...]

Big C, a Thai chain of supercenters selling groceries and merchandise, wanted to improve transportation of chilled fresh-food containers to its stores. Refrigerated trucks use more fuel than regular truck transport and only carry cold merchandise. Big C approached AmSafe® Industries Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., to design a thermal blanket that could keep chilled food cold [...]

The operating theater in a major hospital is an environment where a physician’s ability to focus and concentrate can be the difference between life and death. The Hohenstein Institute, Bönnigheim, Germany, wanted to assess the effect of protective clothing systems on surgeons’ performance and mental abilities by testing disposable and reusable clothing in a realistic [...]

Atomic Design, Lititz, Pa., backs up some big names in the entertainment, brand communication and corporate event industries, with clients that include country singer Martina McBride, singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, Target and Nike. The company rents out scenic elements, lighting gear, constructed environments and soft goods, including its new modular drapery panel, the Buule (rhymes with [...]

Airport luggage screening can be tedious and time-consuming, but has prevented mid-air disasters caused by bombs secreted in the holds of cargo or passenger planes. The University of Sheffield and a spin-out company, Blastech Ltd., Sheffield, England, have developed a second line of defense for terrorist bomb plots or accidental explosions on aircraft. The Fly-Bag [...]

The London 2012 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) finished one of its last arenas in November, a temporary shooting and archery facility in Woolwich, England, located at the Royal Artillery Barracks. An estimated 104,000 spectators will watch rifle, pistol, shotgun and archery competitions featuring both Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Visitors will be protected [...]

The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) has appointed Mary Hennessy as its interim executive vice president effective immediately. This follows the announcement by ATA Board Chairman Peter McKernan on Oct. 24 that President/CEO Stephen Warner is stepping down from his post. Hennessy has been with ATA for 23 years, and most recently held the position of [...]