Posts Tagged ‘3D Displays’

IKEA Uses Mobile Showroom to Deliver 2009 Catalogs

August 5th, 2008

To roll out the 2009 issue of their popular idea book to eager followers, IKEA is taking a unique approach to the traditional delivery system: they’re getting help by using a mobile billboard and 3D showroom vehicle from GoMobile! The truck will travel around the greater Puget Sound area, as well as make appearances at local fairs, festivals, and parades, passing out approximately 1 million copies of the IKEA catalogs for the third straight year. “This year, you’ll find 374 pages that provide ideas, inspiration, and solutions to everyone’s home furnishing needs. The theme for our 2009 IKEA catalog is ‘Home is the most important place in the world’. It will showcase our unique point of view – the home is made for living. You will find that we are focusing on three main areas of the home – the kitchen, the bedroom, and living room.” says IKEA Store Manager, Laurie Helm. “We’re always excited this time of year to show our customers all of our new products at our new lower prices.” The free-of-charge catalog will be released July 29th in more than 27 languages and shipped to over 35 countries around the world. The BioDiesel-fueled truck is a signature vehicle by GoMobile, and features mobile billboards on multiple sides that display new IKEA products at their ever-affordable prices. The crown jewel of the truck is a complete living space encapsulated in the truck’s glass sides that acts as an invitation to the IKEA store as well as inspiration to customers. This is the seventh partnership for IKEA and GoMobile, with past campaigns including the Twice Yearly Sale and their latest, “Live Small (in a BIG way)!” which showcased living ideas for small spaces and dorm rooms. The campaign kicks off July 29th and ends September 1st.

IKEA Offers Big Ideas for Small Space and Campus Living

July 20th, 2008

Furniture giant IKEA takes another step in promoting environmentally conscious living in their latest campaign “Live Small in a Big Way” which offers fun, economical solutions to small space living. The campaign utilizes experiential marketing, including a mobile 3D showroom that began touring the streets of Seattle beginning July 14th.

The campaign, which began just in time for college-bound students to start planning their dorm décor, features a complete room display as well as mobile billboards. Echoing its environmental undertones, the alternative campaign runs entirely on GoMobile’s BioDiesel-fueled trucks. The entire room showcases furniture that can be incorporated into petite spaces, acting as a mobile idea-book for consumers.

“Live Small in a Big Way” marks the sixth campaign partnership for IKEA and GoMobile Advertising to date, with past promotions including IKEA’s new Teen Zone, as well as their infamous Twice Yearly Sale. “IKEA has always been about getting the most for your money, and this campaign physically shows how far that money can take you in designing a room around a small space,” says IKEA Advertising Manager Carol Merry.

The IKEA campaign began July 14th and wraps up July 26th.

A Million Reasons to Buy a New Phone (With AT&T!)

July 10th, 2008

AT&T is promoting key store openings and “a million reasons to buy a new phone event” around the Pacific Northwest featuring an innovative wrapped mobile advertising vehicle in AT&T colors from GoMobile. The vehicle features tongue-in-cheek banner messages offering a million reasons to buy an AT&T cell phone. The vehicle will be located at store grand openings in Portland, Spokane, and many AT&T sponsored events throughout the greater Seattle area.

This innovative mobile vehicle has a 3D display that spotlights an AT&T graphically branded money-blowing machine that participants enter for a limited time with the goal to grab as much AT&T cash as possible to use towards purchasing a new AT&T cell phone or accessory. There are nine scrolling billboards on the vehicle with messages such as “one human year is thirty cellular years” and “because your phone went hottubbing”.

“Mounting a money machine in the back of our GMA advertising vehicles was a smart move on AT&T’s part,” says Chris Schuler, President of GMA. “Tt offers AT&T a unique opportunity to create an emotional connection with their customers who can then turn their experience into cash for products sold at AT&T stores – a promotion that converts immediately into a purchase – the holy grail of marketing!”

GoMobile Does Politics

July 7th, 2008

With November elections right around the corner and political candidates eager to create as much buzz as possible surrounding their names, it only makes sense that political hopefuls would want a piece of the experiential marketing industry for their campaigns. You can imagine our excitement, then, when Todd Gibson for State Legislature summoned us to create an eye-catching 3D display on a signature truck to be used at events and parades this summer.

We brainstormed and came up with a really stand-out theme; the truck’s 3D display was divided into two equal sections to show two complete classrooms: one reminiscent of the 1800s with old wooden desks, pen quills and ink, and an old bookshelf with ratted books, and the other totally futuristic – with laptop computers, a flat-screen TV playing “Planet Earth”, and a modern, minimalist atmosphere. During events and parades, the showroom really came alive with fully costumed actors playing their parts as school children and teachers.

During parades, we had Todd on a branded, wrapped Segway addressing the crowd through a wireless microphone while working the audience. This gave him the opportunity to move around a large area and get noticed at the same time. The looks on the faces of the crowds were very compelling – the amount of exposure that this gave Todd was tremendous; it really got people talking about his message!

We’re very proud of how well this campaign turned out and are looking forward to flexing our muscle in future political campaigns!

For more information about Todd Gibson and his campaign, visit votetoddgibson.com

Big Brands at Little Prices: Goodwill Launches Experiential Summer Fashion Campaign

June 24th, 2008

Prada, Abercrombie+Fitch and Marc Jacobs: These are not names that you would typically associate with your local Goodwill store, but beginning this summer, you will! Currently in Shoreline and launching in Bellevue and Seattle this year, Fashion Focus, a new section of brand name and designer gently-used clothing offers big brands at Goodwill’s trademark low prices.

“We want Goodwill to be synonymous not only with our mission, to provide quality, effective job training and basic education, but also with quality, stylish clothing at amazing prices,” said Catherine McConnell, Vice President of Development and Communications at Goodwill.

In their Fashion Focus campaign, Goodwill is partnering with GoMobile Advertising to create a 3D showroom on GMA’s signature mobile billboard truck. The display features dress forms in designer outfits and junior trends found at Goodwill stores in a clean, all-white room backdrop.

“The 3D showroom is going to be extremely compelling to the public. The designer looks really pop off of the stark white background, and we can’t wait to see the reaction it gets touring the Seattle streets,” said Chris Schuler, President of GoMobile Advertising.

The trucks began showcasing the exhibit around the Seattle area on Friday, June 20 and will finish Friday, June 27. Three scrolling billboards for Goodwill have also been running on GoMobile Advertising trucks since their partnership began on March 3. Goodwill’s campaign with GoMobile, which also features radio and newspaper promotions, will wrap up in late December.