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.

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.

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 17^th annual Dreamfest was held in San Francisco and our team was pleased to once again work with Live Nation 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 Fleetwood Mac, with support from American singer-songwriter, Beck. The event also featured a variety of tents with food and beverages as well as an indoor nightclub.

Nimblist was pleased to partner with Control Freak Systems, Joe Bay and Loren Barton. We collaborated on various elements of the concert such as creative design, creative structural lighting, site wide 2D technical drawings, 3D renders of stage and show production, account management and video programming.

We were proud to work with the benefit that aligns with our beliefs of giving back to the community, as a portion of the proceeds from Dreamfest went to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

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.

The Emerald Cup began as a harvest celebration when founder Tim Blake invited cannabis cultivators to his private home in Laytonville, CA. The harvest festival has grown from a group of dozens to tens of thousands and now is held annually at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. It is Northern California’s premier cannabis destination, advancing the concept of sustainable, outdoor farming. Its reputation is firmly solidified as the largest, most respected, sun grown cannabis competition in the world.

Nimblist has been collaborating with the Emerald Cup since 2017. Our goal for 2019 was to enhance the experience for sponsors, vendors, the growers and attendees. The festival included  four stages for panel discussions, three music stages, signage and wayfinding, maps, and attendee experiences. Our scope included crafting custom display cases, sponsor and vendor areas. Our team worked with Emerald Cup leadership to develop and execute a cohesive branding experience from signage to maps, program guide and merch. We also provided lighting design for all music stages, educational and speaker sessions as well as the overall show direction.

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.