Portfolio36 projects
The work behind the room.
Experiential activations, press reveals, global conferences, and brand experiences — built across five markets for the world's leading brands.
AwardLG NCAA Bracket Town - Men's Final Four
An experiential fan activation for premier March Madness sponsor LG, centered on a digitally enabled "Fan Pass" passport concept that let attendees engage with basketball-themed LG product experiences at the Men's Final Four.
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AwardAdobe MAX
For Adobe MAX, James Kern designed a video experience projection-mapped across moving structures, showcasing Adobe's creative products and positioning the brand as the premier platform for creative expression. The work also extended to Adobe's Digital Marketing Conference, demonstrating the enterprise Marketing Cloud suite for B2B, data-driven applications.
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AwardToyota Highway to the Future: Mobile Hybrid Experience
A $14 million traveling educational exhibit developed with Toyota and the George P. Johnson account team, touring more than 150 events across the contiguous United States over 18 months to let consumers test drive hybrid models and learn about hybrid technology through interactive displays.
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AwardCisco IoT VR Experience
An Oculus-based VR experience that let media, customers, partners, and executives explore Cisco's industrial IoT applications in virtual space, first deployed at Cisco Live and later repurposed for mobile via YouTube 360 to reach the global sales force.
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AwardDreamforce 2012-2014
Direction and coordination of the city-wide experiential program for Dreamforce, the world's largest single-brand user conference, transforming downtown San Francisco for George P. Johnson across the four-day run of show.
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Adobe Summit
Creative direction for Adobe's annual Adobe Summit experience, delivered with Pix Productions. James A. Kern served as Creative Director on the activation captured across the 2018 and 2019 events.
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Astellas National Sales Meeting
In partnership with One Smooth Stone, Kern provided experiential innovation for Astellas's national sales meeting, including general session stage and lighting design, a synchronized video opener, interactive breakout sessions, and a TV-style awards banquet.
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Avixa Rebrand
When InfoComm rebranded its association to AVIXA while keeping the InfoComm event name, One Smooth Stone tapped our creative brand experience team to confidentially roll out the change across internal stakeholders, media, and the global community.
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BMC Exchange
An experiential event activation for BMC, produced with agency PRA.
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Boston Consulting Group - Consilium
Consilium is an invite-only event for high-level executives from existing BCG clients. It's a showcase to teach them about innovations in business practices, and to share success stories from peers in various enterprises and industries who have worked with BCG to innovate and digitize their business practices.
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Cisco IoTWF Dubai & London
Cisco's Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) in Dubai and London — a premier industry thought leadership forum produced by InVision Communications, hosting more than 2,000 attendees. Our team designed the keynote stage, created video content, curated entertainment, and produced Start-Up Alley.
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Dodge SRT 4 Press Introduction - LA Auto Show
A car enthusiast street-racing experience at the LA Auto Show unveiling the turbocharged Dodge SRT-4 in an urban-inspired theme for CreativDesign Group.
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Fit in the House - Honda Fit Launch Tour with House of Blues
A month-long, nationwide series of special events, high-profile concerts and vehicle activations introducing the Honda Fit to the North American market through a partnership with House of Blues Foundation Room locations.
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GO 2022 - OAAA Media Conference & Expo
Event photography and coverage from the OAAA's GO 2022 Media Conference & Expo.
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Herbalife Honors 2022-2023
A live awards and recognition experience for Herbalife's Honors program, staged at The Rady Shell in San Diego. The activation celebrated top distributors through immersive stage design, branded environments, and on-site event production.
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Hyundai Auto Show Press Reveal Events
After developing a winning pitch for CreativDesign Group, the team helped secure a multi-year Hyundai contract to produce a series of six vehicle press introductions at North American auto shows, including Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, and Chicago.
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Indiegogo CES Booth
An eye-catching Indiegogo booth that served as the centerpiece of the Eureka Park Startup Zone at CES.
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Kadima Innovation Fair
An experiential activation for Kadima Ventures — the first-ever Kadima Innovation Fair — bringing together investors, startups, corporations and civic groups to introduce the Kadima investing platform through a theatrical main event, gamified startup voting, and an innovation showcase.
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Lexus HPX Press Introduction - New York International Auto Show
A video sculpture installation of 34 HD screens introduced the Lexus HPX concept vehicle to the global automotive press at the New York International Auto Show.
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Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2017
A comprehensive, integrated experience design program for Marketo's premier marketing automation and mar-tech event, connecting every attendee touchpoint from wayfinding to General Session opening numbers.
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Microsoft DTA
Microsoft's US Digital Transformation Academy sales conference, designed to convey a human element aligned with Microsoft's mission to empower everyone.
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Microsoft Ready
Production of the "conference within the conference" for Microsoft's CDS division at Microsoft Ready, an education and networking event for Microsoft employees on the Las Vegas Strip, including stage design, executive content, animations, high-end videos, and a 1200-person celebration event.
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Microsoft START
Microsoft's annual START conference is a global sales meeting for its Consumer and Device Sales division, bringing 1,500 sales management professionals to Seattle for three days of immersive training, keynotes, awards, and celebration.
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Mitsubishi Ralliart SEMA Reveal
GO! Productions produced the Mitsubishi press event at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas to introduce special-edition customized Ralliart Galant and Endeavor SUV vehicles, signaling the brand's embrace of the tuner and street-racing market.
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Nissan LEAF Zero Emissions Tour
Strategic creative for a 22-city nationwide tour promoting the U.S. launch of the all-electric Nissan LEAF, giving the public access to the prototype vehicle and information about zero-emission driving.
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Nissan Murano Press Introduction
A luxury press introduction event for the redesigned Nissan Murano, supporting Nissan and George P. Johnson at the Carneros Resort and Spa in Napa, California, with education sessions, meals, entertainment, and product activation experiences.
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Nissan Rogue Media Introduction
A media and public debut event for the redesigned 2014 Nissan Rogue, staged at the Tennessee Titans stadium in Nashville with hands-on displays, a closed test-drive course, and a recording-studio dinner party.
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Qualcomm Auto Investor Day
Creative and content production for Qualcomm's Automotive Investor Day, an event presenting the company's automotive business and strategy to investors.
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SAP Sapphire – Experiential Interactive Displays
For SAP's largest North American conference, Freeman XP engaged the team to synthesize SAP's product messaging into consumer-ready storytelling and design two interactive exhibit areas — one for distributed 3D-printing manufacturing and one for digitized, demand-responsive operations — delivered on brand in just over three weeks.
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Scion A/V Live Concert Streaming
A live-streamed concert series produced for Toyota's Scion A/V record label, connecting the Scion brand with young consumers through cultural events featuring hip hop artists across major venues.
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Toyota Board of Governors Meeting
For Toyota Motor Sales' 2015 American Board of Governors annual business meeting at the Four Seasons in Washington, DC, we helped define the talent mix and produced all screen content, slide graphics, and a museum-style Prius technology installation for the George P. Johnson produced event.
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Toyota Drive Center
A ground-up redesign of Toyota's national ride & drive program, produced and operated by AMCI, deploying roughly 100 events per year across auto shows, fairs, and retail centers.
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Toyota Prius Solar Tour
A touring art installation developed with Saatchi & Saatchi for the launch of the Generation 3 Toyota Prius, featuring solar-powered pop-up charging stations in iconic locations across North America.
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Verizon Wireless Exhibit - CTIA Super Mobility Show
An interactive, high-visibility exhibit for Verizon at the CTIA Super Mobility Show, designed to reposition the brand as the 5G leader and showcase the range of IoT applications 5G would transform.
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Volkswagen National Experiential Program
After Deutsch won the Volkswagen account, James Kern's team built a national experiential program for VW, including duplicate event kits and teams deployed at sponsorship activations across the US, plus DC United soccer activations, the TDI Cup racing series fan experience, and a new Jetta launch campaign at five major US airports.
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Zico Coconut Water Annual Campaign 2011
As Agency of Record, the Ignited team developed the year-long "Naturally Powered" campaign for Zico Coconut Water, integrating digital, social, experiential, outdoor and retail efforts that drove growth for both the brand and the broader coconut water category.
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