Nimblist teamed up with Turner Entertainment Networks to help design their annual event showcasing its umbrella organization, Turner Network. Turner Upfront 2015, which was held at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden, unveiled the network’s plans for the future of their flagship channels like TNT and TBS, as well as CNN, HSN, Adult Swim and more. Featured speakers at Turner Upfront 2015 included Anderson Cooper, Billy Eichner, Conan O’Brien, Shaquille O’Neal and many more. For this event, our team created a unique and visually captivating design.

The stage design was constructed with cohesiveness and flexibility in mind. A multitude of smaller screens were stacked to blend into one large seamless canvas. Two of the video screens were built to move to reveal new speakers or stage sets and slide back into place to create one fluid screen.

The lobby was designed with black-on-black graphics, with yellow protea flowers and white chrysanthemums accenting the lobby that was meant to serve for the opening reception and as a lounge for the post-show reception. The focal point of the lobby was the Turner Upfront’s slogan “TurnItUp” on the wall, which was decorated with Gossamer SuperZipper from ATOMIC.

We always look forward to collaborating with the Robin Hood Foundation on its annual benefit. The Benefit is an opportunity to celebrate the thousands of supporters and volunteers who work to fight poverty in New York and raise funds to continue in this effort.

This year saw the Jacob Javits Convention Center transform into an educational playground, complete with dancers, oversized school supplies, a multitude of screens highlighting Robin Hood’s outreach and an entryway lined with 7,000 backpacks to be donated to local students in New York City. Among the invited guests were Kenan Thompson, Gayle King and Sebastian Maniscalco, with performances from Pharrell and Shawn Mendes.

Our role this year included executing the evening’s event providing technical production and oversight. In addition to the technical and lighting design, our skilled designers provided master drawings ensuring all elements fit and worked together seamlessly as well as handling responsibility for run of show, scripting and the production timeline. The 350-person crew included talent, staff and production suppliers.

Following the huge success of the first annual Lancaster Water Week, the 2018 event held on June 1st to 9th, brought in participants from all over the county to celebrate the importance of clean water which drives economic opportunity and growth benefiting our local economy and agriculture.

Some events and activities included bike rides, hikes, a canoe/kayak trip, a golf tournament, tours, a movie night, educational programs, tree planting, a trash pickup, a picnic, and a festival with food, art, and music.

Adding to the excitement of the 2017 laser light show projection, Nimblist wanted to make an even bigger impact with an installation that ran from day to night through the entire week. In the center of downtown Lancaster our team illuminated the Griest building in blue creating a unique water-like focal point. At the base of the building we placed a video kiosk which played clips and messages from water week, as well as a “Live Stream Stream” of the local waterways, in order to show people in the heart of the city that the beauty of the Conestoga is never far away.

 

The iHeartRadio Music Festival is a two-day festival held by annually at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. With the first festival established in September 2011, our company was extremely excited to collaborate with iHeartRadio on its inaugural performance. The music festival was sure to draw large crowds with prominent artists slated to perform like Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

The incredible success of the iHeartRadio Music Festival allowed the show to continue on in the following years. Our team enjoyed working with iHeartRadio on the concerts between 2011 and 2013. Our production design for those years were inspired by the suits of cards and poker chips associated with the festival’s logo. The stage for 2011’s performance featured three large screens that resembled playing cards fanned out. Our design for 2012 included a large rectangular screen and five semicircle screens with striped borders to look like poker chips. The 2013 stage design incorporated a large arched screen behind five additional screens, in the shapes of a diamond, heart, spade, club and semicircle.

The 14^th annual Dreamfest commenced in San Francisco and our team was pleased to once again work with Salesforce for this event. Dreamfest, the concert portion of a 4-day tech conference known as Dreamforce, was hosted by the cloud-based software company Salesforce. The headlining act for this year’s benefit was U2. The event also featured a variety of tents with food and beverages as well as an indoor nightclub.

Nimblist was proud to work with the benefit that aligns so closely with our beliefs of giving back to the community, as over $10 million in proceeds from Dreamfest were donated to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. We provided the Lighting and Production Design for the concert.

The Global Leadership Summit was a keynote and general session presentation for all of the companies in the Project Worldwide umbrella held at the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas on June 8th and 9th, 2016. Attendees came from all over the world to gain access to a wealth of knowledge and insight from world-class industry leaders.

Nimblist’s services included production and lighting design and development for the main stage and press event.

 

 

 

To run with the momentum of the Super Bowl excitement, Nimblist worked with Nike to create an interactive environment called Unleash Speed. The event, which was held in Nike’s Hall of Innovation at Moynihan Station, included art installations to showcase athletic wear, with a particular emphasis on Nike footwear. A variety of vignettes were designed to highlight the history of Nike’s training shoes, their new and unique Flyknit material, and the Vapor Carbon II Cleat.

With the theme of speed in mind, an interactive Speed Track was designed and constructed to film participants in real time as they sprinted the 40 yard dash. Guests were then able to take home a video of their 40 yard sprint that they could share to social media.

Our team was responsible for creating lighting design emphasizing displayed products with a minimal approach but a powerful payoff. Nimblist also worked in tandem with ATOMIC to conceptualize and create the interactive speed track. The experience was a memorable one, with guests of all kinds taking part in this unique opportunity.

Nimblist enjoys every opportunity to work with the Robin Hood Foundation so our team was excited to collaborate on the sixth annual J.P. Morgan presents Robin Hood Investors Conference in 2018. The yearly conference hosts the best and the brightest financial leaders, biotech innovators, politicians, and many more, to discuss such topics as respective market insights and actionable ideas to apply. The 2018 conference saw a collection of both returning and new speakers, as well as the announcement of a new “impact investing alliance” that pledged an initial $15 million in co-investments to companies creating products and services dedicated to benefiting education and workforce development.

With the Robin Hood Foundation’s board covering all overhead costs, 100% of ticket sales were directly employed to fight poverty in New York City. To-date, they have raised nearly $25 million since the inception of the Robin Hood Investors Conference. Our team always appreciates working with the Robin Hood Foundation and are inspired by its strong ideals of giving back to the community. For this event we worked in collaboration with David Stark Design and handled Production and Lighting Design.

Our team at Nimblist was excited to collaborate with iHeartRadio on its first-ever country music festival. Following the overwhelming support for the iHeartRadio Music Festivals, the organization noticed a particular passion from fans for more country music. The first iHeartRadio Country Festival was hosted in the lone-star state, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Among the performers were Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, and many more.

The lobby of the Frank Erwin Center was decorated with a rustic design featuring luxury decor, string lights and wood accents, including a wall of faux barrel tops branded with the iHeartRadio logo. The stage design utilized three large video screens to display graphic visuals and projected the live concert. Our team also incorporated other elements into the stage design, such as the addition of pyrotechnics, confetti cannons and lighting designs reflecting the emotions of each song from a collection of artists.