AKJOHNSTON Group

Happy Fall! ?? Cozy up with Califia Farms ?? This warm, inviting space offered an authentic Califia experience, featuring lattes, espresso, milk and cookies, plus a cocktail bar. Guests were treated to a delightful range of Califia’s newest and classic milk and creamer samples, perfect for fall. This cozy booth, crafted uniquely for the Natural Products Expo, created a memorable atmosphere where visitors mingled, sampled, and learned all about the Califia brand! Brand: Califia Farms Design: Custom-built by AKJOHNSTON Group Location: Natural Products Expo #Califia #NaturalProductsExpo #ExpoWest #BrandActivation #ExperientialMarketing

? We’re #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? ??? ?? If you are looking for the opportunity to join an excellent team that values professional development, self-care and team care, this is it! Take a gander, and please pass it along to anyone who may be interested! Reach out to Amado Vasquez - VP of Operations: (561)-370-2583

Omen, HyperX and Infinity Marketing trusted us again to create their vibrant booth at this year’s Twitchcon in San Diego, California! ?? Our in-house teams designed and fabricated the multi-foot Portal Grove booth with the HyperX QuadCast 2 S as a beacon for all OMEN and HyperX fans! ??? Guests and visitors got to participate in a quest, searching for secret codes to successfully light up the Quadcast 2 S beacon and win special prizes! With registration counters in each corner, guests from all over moved through each touchpoint to solve each puzzle! ? Amongst the puzzles were multiple photo opportunities, where OMEN and HyperX fans were able to learn more about the latest QuadCast 2 S microphone and OMEN Transcend 14 Laptop keyboard. ?? #OMENHP #TwitchCon #SanDiego #ExperientialMarketing #BrandActivation

?? Happy Halloween from the AKJOHNSTON Group! ?? Our team enjoyed a fun-filled day celebrating Halloween in costume, bringing our collaborative and creative spirits to life. We believe in the power of teamwork and creativity, whether we’re crafting unforgettable experiences for our clients or sharing a bit of festive fun. Here’s to a safe and spooky night ahead for all! ?? #Halloween2024 #HalloweenCostumes #CostumeContest #HappyHalloween #TeamSpirit

? Scent the Season with Pura ? Celebrating Pura’s newest autumnal scents and devices, we created the perfect Pura Pumpkin Patch in the heart of Neighborlily in Nashville, Tennessee! ?? With touchpoints for guests to enjoy, including cozy, branded drinks ??, pastries, a floral station ??, photo opportunities, visitors got to explore Pura through the season’s scents while taking home branded goodies! Further, guests got a chance to visit the Pura Pumpkin Patch, where they got a chance to win merchandise, discounts off Pura devices and room scents. Among the foliage, visitors explored Pura through scent and learned more about each scent as they walked through the activation! #Pura #NeighborLily #ScentTheSeason #Nashville #ExperientialMarketing

Thank you to Cymbiotika for tapping us to curate, design and build an immersive experience for guests and visitors at the San Diego Open!? Hitting all the serves, Cymbiotika trusted us to build, create and execute an immersive experience for creators, visitors and guests to lounge in while shopping for all things health and wellness! ???? Transforming Barnes Tennis San Diego with branded photo moments, areas to relax, and even a 100% customized claw machine for guests and visitors to play and win prizes! Would you try out the claw machine? ?? #Cymbiotika #SanDiegoOpen2024 #Experiential #BrandActivation #AgencyLife

On Saturday,?USITT?at?California State University, Fullerton presented Scenic Fabrication 3-Ways brought to you by?Disney Live Entertainment?and featuring?Austin Johnston, alongside Jonathan Ramos of Disney Live Entertainment, and Adam Swingler of?Gallagher Staging and Productions. Here are five key takeaways from their hour keynote for 350 discussing how scenic fabrication is considered differently for Events + Experiential, Theme Parks and Festivals + Touring: 1. The Environment Steers the Execution: Environmental factors drive how we build things, whether it be how durably or detailed, the environmental conditions around ANY scenic will determine the best course of execution - especially including project lead time! 2. Know your Materials! No one is ever done learning so long as new materials come out daily! Knowing materials that are used properly (and most cases IMPROPERLY) to achieve different looks and durabilities is critical to being a great designer or fabricator. 3. Know the Codes and Standards: Every theme park has legal standard (usually called a GPS) and every city has Fire, Building & Safety and other codes relevant to what is allowable, acceptable and permissible - know the code before the quote! 4. Budgets Almost ALWAYS Inform the Creative: Always summarize KPI’s and client priorities but budget framing upon inception cuts out back-and-forth when the budget can inform the creative. "Value engineering” is an invaluable trait from your scenic partner! 5. Integrity is Key: From relationships with industry, individuals and companies - to your reputation - integrity is a must because eventually, you’ll have a ‘911’ at 3:00AM and no one to call! Treat partners as you would your own team! These five takeaways were only a small taste of the one hour fireside chat and audience Q&A! What would you like to learn from AKJOHNSTON and Disney next?! #USITT #CaliforniaStateUniversityFullerton #ThemedEntertainment #AKJOHNSTONGroup #Experiential

? Feel the SYNERGY ? Synergy Kombucha by GT Living Foods trusted us to create an intimate summer music concert that speaks to their music campaign, ?? connecting the bridge across each individual’s moods, music and new and iconic flavors ?? - all in Beverly Hills, California! The kombucha was flowing with photo opportunities, custom bracelet making, live music, a soundgarden, astrologer and lounges throughout the venue, as guests and attendees got their groove on with Synergy music partners ?? Among the interactive touchpoints in each corner, guests got to sip on sweet, fizzy kombucha, while discovering new tunes, and finding their flavor aura with a personality quiz and a personalized Synergy Kombucha album cover in the photo booth! ?? Comment your favorite Synergy Kombucha flavor below! ?? #SynergyKombucha #FeelTheSynergy #EventMarketing #ExperientialMarketing #LosAngeles

?? Beetlejuice..Beetlejuice..Beetlejuice! ?? We teamed up with Fever to create the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: The Afterlife Experience, transforming the Hollywood Ovation into an immersive world, and assisting the Recently Deceased into the Afterlife. ?? With fan-favorite characters like the shrunken heads ??, Miss Argentina, and of course Beetleguese himself, visitors turned Recently Deceased got to take home their Afterlife Passports , but first, the undead got to explore the Afterlife Train Station while grooving to 80’s hits, summoning spirits with the Afterlife’s trained Horrorscopist ??, and grabbing a bite in the Afterlife Diner! Did you get to visit the Afterlife yet? #Beetlejuice #Beetlejuice #Fever #EventMarketing #ExperientialMarketing

Chaos loves company ?? Lionsgate tapped our talented in-house production, fabrication, operations and creative team worked to curate the Borderlands Fan Event and Movie Premiere! ?? With photo moments, touchpoints, mini games and bar service, we pulled out all the stops, where guests got to pose with cosplayers from the film and custom-built crescent bar that served up deliciously themed concoctions ?? while immersing themselves in Pandora ? Included throughout were photo walls and Borderlands-themed mini games like the Piss Tank ?? and High Striker ??! Did you get to see the movie yet? ??? #Borderlands #BorderlandsPremiere #TCLChineseTheatre #LionsGate #EventMarketing