Little Artefacts
Design for artsan lighting trade show booth
Imagine walking up & down the aisles of a trade show where all the booths look about the same. This happens often, but as secret trade show nerds we were thrilled when Little Artefacts contacted us to help them design a booth that showcased their products and their brand!
Little Artefacts is a creative small business that creates homemade, limited run lighting fixtures. They also collaborate with meticulously researched and selected artisans at the top of their craft—think ceramicists and woodworkers who create every piece to order. (So good, amiright?!)
We started by presenting four concepts to the client in the form of layout sketches and moodboards—minimalist, bohemian, cafe, and luxe—each with a color palette and ideas for furnishings, display styles, and materials.
Joshua, owner and lead designer of the firm, selected the bohemian design concept so we sourced rattan furniture, light woods, macrame plant hangers, and ethnic textiles to bring a little So Cal style to London. He was concerned the light fixture had a masculine aesthetic, so one of our goals was to highlight their feminine side and show how they could be used in a more feminine environment. We achieved this by displaying them with other warm, natural textures against an on-trend blush pink background.
Sourcing rental furniture, plants, and display fixtures from across the Atlantic was no small feat, but we handled every aspect for the client. We were so excited to find simple, sleek copper and natural wood fixtures from The Little Deer, a maker in Brighton, so we could support another artisan business as part of the project! We also coordinated with the show organizers to order all of the less pretty (but equally essential) parts of the booth design—electrical needs, rigging, flooring, paint, etc.
When we arrived in London, we discovered that the show organizers had painted the booth the wrong color! We had to pop into a home supply store nearby, choose a new color, and have it repainted before we could start installing our booth. Close call, but we made it work!
Little Artefacts is sometimes interiors, sometimes objects, sometimes architecture, and sometimes just adding a creative voice. We were so happy to add OUR creative voice to theirs and create some magic together!
This project is outside of our regular wheelhouse, but we got a lot of traffic to the booth just from word of mouth. Folks at the show were telling each other how unique the booth was and sending their friends to check it out—we’re pretty thrilled with that feedback!
