Take a fresh look at the graphic design on your trade show display. Be honest – is your brand clearly and accurately communicated in 5 seconds or under? Trade show graphics are used to create interest and focus visitor's attention. Graphics should communicate who you are, what you do and how customers can benefit from your products or services in a glance. Trade show booth graphics are often the first impression an attendee has of an exhibitor, so it is important to make the right statement.
Apple Rock helps you determine how to convey your goals with custom trade show graphics. Our aim is to grab attention with full-blown, interesting and vibrant graphics; make graphic images life-size for the greatest impact; and we ensure that your trade show graphics can be viewed at a distance of five to fifteen feet or more. We help you understand what business image you want to project: Traditional, hi-tech, dependable, etc. Your company's image will dictate choices in typefaces, artwork, color, etcetera.
Your trade show graphics should be designed for your target audience. Apple Rock trade show booth graphics focus on customer benefits and how your company differs from the competition. We design images to stimulate your viewer's imagination to think beyond the conventional. and we avoid designing down to particular audiences, e.g. white for doctors, diagrams for engineers. Our graphic designers convey technical information using good design principles and carefully planned graphics.
A variety of trade show graphic solutions are available to convey your message including front and backlit photographs, digitally printed images, murals or detachable signage. We encourage you to plan to use your graphics on other collateral material for a thematic, integrated look. For greater notability, we suggest color rather than black and white.
To attract more attention, you should use photographs instead of illustrations or other artwork. Photographs attract the eye first, are more believable and better remembered. When used, illustrations and other line art should be rendered in an easy-to-understand style, telling a story with your pictorial elements.
To pull in your audience, trade show booth graphics are often coupled with other effects, e.g., attracting attention with movement, adding an LED message sign to your display or using 3-D imaging.
Limit the total amount of copy since people rarely spend time reading a mass of type on a graphic panel. Use simple language, write copy in short sentences, keep your paragraphs short and proofread the copy carefully. An impartial third party is the best way to catch errors for final proofing.
Superlatives are avoided, the 'brag and boast' syndrome, cliches and overused metaphors, superimposing copy on your illustration or reversing out large amounts of copy (white type against a black background), and periods at the end of headlines as they stop the reader from reading any further.
Apple Rock’s experience does not stop with trade show graphics. We are a comprehensive turnkey stop source for all your event planning solutions. Contact Apple Rock today to get started!
The 21st Annual Piedmont Triad Business Showcase was a great success! Our preliminary calculations indicate that over 2,000 business professionals toured the showcase and participated in the various seminars, luncheons and events hosted by the Chamber. It was a true Chamber of Commerce day!
Eric, thank you and Melissa and the entire Apple Rock Team for your participation and continued support as an exhibitor and sponsor of our Biscuits & Business Before Hours. Each year your team’s creativity and hard work reflect their dedication to making the Chamber and the show the very best.
Let’s start planning your participation and Apple Rock’s Team’s increased visibility for 2009…
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