Michelle Rhee – Public Education – Are We Under, Over or Just Misspending?

Sergio Fernández de Córdova – Media as the New Currency

Doug Dachille – Empowering the U.S. Taxpayer Through Choice

Alexa von Tobel – One Life-Changing Class You Never Took

Don Tapscott – Three Principles for a New Wall Street

Jeff Hoffman – The Power of Wonder

David S. Rose – The Evolution of Success

Jeff Stewart – Crowdsourced Capitalism

Scott Shay – Returning Banking to the People for the People

Doug Dachille – Empowering the U.S. Taxpayer Through Choice

Matt Gould – Witness Uganda

On Friday March 3oth, the first ever TEDx Wall Street took place at the New York Stock Exchange. Pioneering thought leaders, including Jim Cramer, spoke to an audience of 300 as well as a global audience via webcast revolving around the topic of “Redefining Success” within the Wall Street community and beyond. For those not familiar with TEDx, it is a program created by TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) in which local and self-organized events bring people together, usually honing in on one subject, and are shared throughout the TED network.

We collaborated with Levy Lighting in order to create a dynamic stage set design. Flanking the main presentation screen on both sides were two 8′ wide by 12′ high towers of Wave Form that were projection mapped with video content relating to Wall Street and other issues touched upon throughout the conference. LEDs were also used to internally illuminate Pinkometry products such as Pillars, Trigons, Monoliths, and Quadrigons adding extra intrigue to the stage. Take a look at some photos below and you can click here for some videos from the conference!

It may be warming up outside, but that didn’t stop us from going to the skating rink a few weeks ago for the Skating Club of Boston’s annual Ice Chips festival which showcases sine if the best-known names in figure skating from around the globe! This year marked the 100th anniversary of Ice Chips and the Skating Club of Boston wanted to make this edition very special.  A dazzling display of colors and lights joined the skaters on the ice as well as the fabric decor that we provided on one end of the rink which served as entryway as well as projection surfaces.

A 90′ stretch of  rental products, including Crescents, Continental Divides, Wave Walls, and a 12′ Moon in the center, were on the rink – all dressed in stark white fabric. The combination of lights and reflections off of the ice, made for quite the spectacle; see for yourself:

For the past 2 years we have been involved with the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) Conventions; all taking place in the Broadway Ballroom in New York’s Marriott Marquis. The most recent event just took place from March 25th-28th. For this event, which was themed ‘Shifting Sands . . . Understanding the New Consumer,’ we worked with S & A Event Services to provide a tension fabric rental stage set that was video projection mapped with desert imagery that was constantly transforming. This stage set consisted of two Large Divides, a Wave Wall Tall, Wave Wall Small, and Tidal Wave in order to provide a surface for the projections. In another location, we also provided some rippling walls for the registration areas that were made from stacked Ribbonesque strands.

Last year’s convention, which marked the 75th anniversary of ARF, relied heavily on a printed 9′ Moon, which served as a centerpiece. Behind this Moon was a 30′w x 14′ h Circle Surround incorporating the conventions logo and colors. A smaller scale Ribbonesque wall also incorporated 2′ Moons with the same theme out in the registration area. We also provided a separate stage set using the same 9′ Moon flanked by Large Crescents and Moons of other sizes that was used for live music performances as well as talks.

Take a look at some of the work we’ve done with ARF over the past few years below:

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences came to Pink Powered by Moss with a last-minute request – to produce a double-side, printed fabric circle sign that would be prominently displayed above the star-studded red carpet leading into the Kodak Theater.

With the expert help of Marc Posnock (the AE) and the tenacious and superlative performance of Kahori Sano (the PSM), the job was brought in and turned around with the speed of a flickering 24 frames per second.

Thanks to AMPAS for selecting Pink and keeping the project on the fast track. The Circle Sign was highly visible throughout all of the broadcasts and has made it’s way into several photos from it’s spot above the red carpet. Take a look for yourself:

I am happy to be newly back from TSE 2012 – The Special Event 2012 in Tampa, Florida.  I have lots of thoughts and experiences so I will present a series of posts. Welcome to the first!

REthink REPink Powered by Moss booth and lobby installation Reconfigured

Pink Powered by Moss booth – When our creative team came together we created a campaign based on the mood of the times that we reflected as RE. REdefine REignite, REfresh, REthink, REPink! So REconfiguring our booth was of utmost importance with REconfigurable products. The time today requires us to REnew, REinspire, REcharge and the more we played with RE; the more fun we had!

Graphics enhanced our color identifying booth with a giveaway of 8 assorted pink campaign type buttons for you pinning pleasure (you have heard of Pinterest by now; havent’ you?) and our REshuffle ipod shuffle giveaway was fun.  We had a winner each day, and we still have more iPods to giveaway in our REshuffle iPod shuffle giveaway so stay tuned!!!

So below, see our booth REconfigured three different ways.  Our décor was REarranged each couple of hours out in the lobby, thank you Jesse Zryb for REvitalizing the lobby and documenting The Special Event 2012 for us.

On Tuesday, November 28th, we received a request from Madoff Productions for a 30′ Circle Surround backdrop to  be used the following day for CBS’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Pre-Show. With only 1 day notice, we were able to provide a simple yet elegant backdrop that was seen across the world – just another example of a creative fabric solution from Pink Powered by Moss!

View some images from the Pre-Show below and in case you missed it live, you can still watch the stream here . . .

On Monday night November 21^st many of the events community gathered at Center 548 to the AFR Networker NYC! Several events professionals added their expertise to make this event fun, beautiful and successful!

From Neuman’s unique food – many “spoons” of full meals – like brunch, turkey dinner and encapsulated miso soup to Nancy Swiezy Event’s flowers and treatments creating unique area’s and the music from New York’s Best, photography by Treasured Memories and of course a great cross section of AFR’s event rental furniture line.

The space at Center 548 was truly a unique loft like space of several floors and a roof area.  The impressive elevator can carry a car up to any floor and it was unique to ride in it as it was set as a lounge environment!

Of course we were there, Pink Powered by Moss and please do view below, our tension fabric entry and backdrops that were used throughout the space and other photos.

A great time was had by all and to all a Very Happy Holiday Season and today – a very Happy Thanksgiving!

We just got news that we won IFAI’s (Industrial Fabrics Association International) Outstanding Achievement Award for Interior Display for our Powerstation booth! This booth made it’s first appearance at The Special Event in Phoenix, AZ before being re-branded for the Exhibitor show in Las Vegas, NV. You can read more about the booth in our blog posts from each trade show. We’d also like to congratulate our team for bringing in an Award of Excellence for the 2010 MTV Music Video Awards in the same category!

Below is a copy of the press release from IFAI (Click here to download release as PDF):

Pink Powered by Moss wins IFAI 2011 International Achievement Award

(Roseville, MN – Oct. 26, 2011) Pink Powered by Moss, New York, NY, was recognized with the 2011 International Achievement Award (IAA) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications. The ceremony took place at the IFAI Expo Americas 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. on October 25.

Pink Powered by Moss received an Outstanding Achievement Award for its Powerstation project. The project was recognized in the competition’s Interior Display category.

The annual IFAI Expo Americas is the largest specialty fabrics trade show in the Americas, and for more than six decades, IAA has recognized excellence in design and innovation, highlighting truly spectacular work in the specialty fabrics industry.

Entrants were encouraged to submit projects and compete in 35 categories in this 64^th competition. In all, IFAI received 385 entries from 16 countries. Entries were judged by industry experts, editors, architects, educators and design professionals, who were selected for their knowledge in a particular field of study or product area. Winners were selected based on complexity, design, workmanship, uniqueness and function.

IFAI encourages specialty fabric projects of all sizes and type. The goal of IAA is to promote awareness of the specialty fabrics used in thousands of products and applications. All entries receive prominent recognition at IFAI Expo Americas. Entrants receive additional publicity through coverage in IFAI magazines, as well as press releases distributed to media professionals.

The International Achievement Awards competition is sponsored by IFAI, a not-for-profit trade association whose 2,000 member companies represent the international specialty fabrics marketplace.

Photos and detailed project descriptions of the winners are available at ifaipublications.com/iaa/.

This fall at the Pink Powered by Moss booth at the LDI Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando we took a different approach.  We approached the show as a tool for market research. Under that umbrella, we present the Wave Forms. These 4’ x 4’ units stack to create a textural backdrop, wall, ceiling treatments and towers.  Arrange the Wave Forms in different configurations to create dynamic textures.  Take a look and let us know what YOU think!