Show Them Your Selfie!!!

To promote the #HyattSelfie Contest, our long-time partner, the Hyatt Regency McCormick, enlisted our services to create and install some custom graphics throughout their space. Guests can post photos to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for a chance to win 50,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points. Check out the Hyatt Regency McCormick Blog to see how you • Read More »


Pajama Party at the Trade Show

Another one of the cosmetic companies at the ULTA General Manager’s Conference was Too Faced. To make a splash at the conference, Too Faced decided to throw a fantasy pajama party in a teenage girl’s dream bedroom. Lots of pink. Lots of hearts. Lots of heart-throbs… like Ryan Gosling & Jonathan Taylor Thomas! Oversized mascara • Read More »


“Tarteistry”

Last week, the ULTA General Manager’s Conference took over the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, and with it cane dozens of booths filled with make-up, beauty and skin care products. Our client, tarte cosmetics, the leader in high performance naturalsTM, enrolled our help developing their booth, where “tarte-ists” were equipped with painter’s palettes of blushes. • Read More »


OPTO at GlobalShop : Las Vegas

About a month ago, our Crew guys help build walls & display structures for OPTO International. Since then, T-Rex, Shark, Peacock & Swan have packed their bags and flown to Las Vegas for GlobalShop 2014.  It’s always nice to see the finished project come together. To see the client’s original designs become a reality on • Read More »


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Keep up to date on our latest adventures, projects, designs & inspirations direct to your Facebook News Feed. So easy… so much fun! Find us on Facebook and then click the LIKE button. There will always be more photos & Stories here on the blog… but for a “quick fix” of Ivan Carlson magic… Facebook • Read More »


Making A Splash For Special Olympics

Congratulations to Sandy from our Accounting Dept. for her third “Polar Plunge” this past weekend. Her “LEGO” team of friends from The Village Inn raised more than $12,300 for Special Olympics!!! You might not recognize her… she’s the shortest of the Blackhawks!  


Ornate Architectural Inspiration

In designing the dinner set-up for a pharmaceutical research and development company, we used the ornate architecture and rich colors of Chicago’s Murphy Auditorium as inspiration for setting the tone for the event. Warm, striking blossoms like bronze cymbidium orchids, burgundy amaranthus and red amaryllis spilled from glass containers. The stage hosted large urns painted • Read More »


Communal Cleaning

Getting everything ready to go into the truck, Alex is quick to clean the communal table tops before they head off to tomorrow’s event. A little vacuum here, a little touch-up paint there… and everything will look as good as new!


T-Rex Crashing Through

Our client, Culture22, an award-winning marketing communications and interactive technology agency, came to us with a project for their client, OPTO International, Inc.; a modular fixture and display system manufacturer. Ads created by Culture22 will be brought to life within OPTO’s trade show booth at Global Shop 2014 in Las Vegas. Through custom construction and • Read More »


Kick’n Off New Concepts

A manufacturer’s new product information seminar was made a bit more fun with the addition of floating spheres and comfortable seating.