I’m a big fan of good convention-booth displays, so I was happy to see SLG Publishing Art Direct Scott Saavedra point to the blog of graphic designer — and husband of SLG EiC Jennifer de Guzman — Brian Belew, whom Saavedra describes as “a complete frickin’ genius with cardboard.”
See, Belew is creating SLG’s booth display for Comic-Con International … out of cardboard! “SLG Publishing may be the only publisher in the history of comics to create gigantic convention displays primarily out of corrugated cardboard,” Saavedra writes.
Here’s what the completed display will look like.
Frankly, I’m in awe.
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
On behalf of my husband, I have to point out that the real term for the material is “corrugated paper.”
But no one knows what that is (it’s what boxes are made of, usually), so cardboard (what baseball cards are printed on) works for the lay person.
We’re setting up a test run this weekend. There’s a model of what will be our booth here: http://bbelew.blogspot.com/2007/06/chapter-9-90-steps-to-complete-and.html
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Thanks for the link. It gives a much clearer picture of what goes into making the whole display.
Were those models done in Sketchup?
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
They sure were!
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
I love Sketchup. I’m so glad Joe Q. mentioned it in one of this Joe Fridays. I’ve gotten a lot of good stuff out of that program.