At Acme, exhibit design is one of the most fascinating aspects of creative space. We encourage our young designers to become a part of this competition.

As an up-and-coming designer, you have been asked to provide a response to an RFP (request for proposal) for a traveling exhibit for H-2 Technologies, Inc. For the first time we have formatted our competition to look like what the industry refers to as a Request for Proposal ( RFP). This structure allows for you to not only gain the information required to enter the competition but to do so in a format that will help familiarize you with the real world of not only the exhibition industry, but many other creative response industries as well.

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Scenario

H-2 Technologies Inc. seeks a design and fabrication partner for a new 80’ x 80’ island booth for the 2006 Big Engine Show in Chicago, Illinois. The primary purpose of this new exhibit will be to promote an existing line of hybrid engines, launch a brand new pure hydrogen engine and two new fuel cells, and promote assorted related products. H-2 Technologies Inc.’s fundamental goal in the Request for Proposal (RF) process is to determine which organization’s design concepts best meet both the functional and aesthetic requirements set forth in this document.

Company Overview

H-2 Technologies is the world’s #1 developer of hydrogen hybrid engines in the US, and about to enter into the market of pure hydrogen engines. The overarchingtag linee for the company is the “Cost effective energy for a fresh tomorrow” The company is comprised of three business segments in Business-to-Business Sales. The company’s revenues are divided 75% hybrid, 25% related products, and just entering into the pure hydrogen engine market.

The design will need to allow for the distinct personalities of the three segments to share the exhibit and at given events allow for the new hydrogen engine and fuel cells to become the single star.

Recreates the special events industry by manipulating his life experiences.

Francesco Digrado - Designer / Founder

Brief Bio:

Francesco Digrado, born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, inspired by art, food, fashion and business at a young age. at age twelve, while his mother ran a successful textile business located in the middle of a farmers market, he sold gelato on weekends from her storefront.

in 1989, with Manhattan as home for this young artist, Digrado attended the Fashion Institute of Design at night while working construction to pay his way through school. On weekends he enjoyed cooking for friends and having small dinner parties and began developing an interest in the art of entertaining.

Soon after landing his first job as a clothing designer in New York City, he was off to Los Angeles to forge his way in the fashion & restaurant industries. Suddenly alone in Los Angeles, Digrado continued having dinner parties as a means to forming new friendships. In 1997, Digrado took his first step into catering and designing special events full-time by starting a new business venture, The Big Event Inc.

Spring 2000, Digrado co-founded Blacktie Catering and Event Productions a full service catering and design company. Digrado prides himself in fusing innovative food with the elements of flavor, color and texture. special events magazine quoted the designer as coining the phrase ìreal food, with real style.

Fall 2001, the designer’s passion has lead him to the greatest venture of his career Acme Special Events, Inc. a design group of interior designers, fabrication houses and producers are the industries leading resource for events, exhibits, creative space, sets and stages nationwide.

Winter 2003, ACME branches out as an industry professional and creates a diverse team of designers and architects creating the design group.

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Set Design Discussion posted by AACTDSD.

All the scenery, furniture and props the audience sees at a production of a play make up the set design. The set designer’s job is to design these physical surroundings in which the action will take place. The overall look of the set also gives the audience information about the director’s concept of the production.
The set should:
suggest the style and tone of the whole production, create mood and atmosphere, give clues as to the specific time and place of the action and offer creative possibilities for the movement and grouping of the actors.

The set may also need to be designed so the backstage areas used by the actors and stage crew are kept out of sight from the audience. This will depend on the effect the director wants to create with the staging and on the type of stage the production uses.

All the things appearing on the stage other than the scenery are called stage properties, or props. Set props like furniture, draperies and decorations are the types of things that complete the set and they need to be part of the set design.

The set designer will normally read the script many times, both to get a feel for the flavor and spirit of the script and to list its specific requirements for scenery, furnishings and props. The time of day, location, season,historical period and any set changes called for in the script are noted. The set designer’s focus here is on figuring out everything that may be needed based on the dialogue in the script. Stage directions tend to be ignored at this point in the process.

Collaboration
The set designer will meet with the director and the design team (set, costume, lighting and sound designers), to discuss the details of the set and the director’s interpretation of the play. The set, costume and lighting designers also meet and work together to ensure the creation of a unified look and feel for the production. A lively exchange of initial ideas and first impressions helps clarify the steps that each person needs to take in this intensely collaborative process.

Designer’s tools
Set designers use several tools to communicate their ideas to the director and the other designers. These include:
a rough sketch of the set in the preliminary phase, floor plans drawn to scale showing from above the general layout of each set and the placement of the furniture and large props, front elevations giving a view of the elements of the set from the front and showing details like windows or platforms, miniature three-dimensional models showing how each set will look when finished.

These visual aids help to ensure that all the theatre artists involved in the production understand each other.

Once the show opens, the designer’s work is essentially complete. Now it’s normally the job of the stage manager and backstage crew to make sure that every aspect of the production runs just as the designer intended, time after time, until the production closes.
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Currently more than ever, special events, creative space and exhibits play a crucial and essential role in a company’s branding. These events reinforce and revitalize a brand and create memorable statements that define a company. Everything about doing business has changed and event design play a major role in distinguishing and differentiating companies from their competitors. Acme delivers a total package, environment and atmosphere, to sell your product or service through creative design, quality  fabrication comprehensive architectural engineering, support and management. Acme creative designs captures your inspiration and develop the visual statement that makes your environment stand out from your competition. our talented craftsmen in wood, metal, plastic, and graphics apply their years of experience to bring your brand to life. 

Acme Design Group is your design source fortrade showss, concerts, red carpet events, public relation, retail showrooms, night clubs, concerts, graphics, hotel design, commercial interior design, exhibits, corporate branding, movie premiers, record releases, restaurant design, architectural, creative space, sets, stages, fashion shows, management, production, convention booth design, award shows, art exhibits, promotional launches, fundraisers, lounge design, fabrication, conventions, production, award shows, commercial space design, E3 Conventions and more!