EXHIBITOR Magazine Announces Expo 2012 Award Winners

8/6/2012 - For more than 25 years, EXHIBITOR has brought you the world's most prestigious exhibit-design competition, honoring the crème de la crème of trade show exhibits. And in 2010, EXHIBITOR honored some of the most impressive temporary experiential structures the world has ever seen with its Expo 2010 Awards. Expanding on the success of that program, EXHIBITOR launched its Expo 2012 Awards three months ago, and is finally ready to announce the winners and honorable mentions in the competition's nine categories.

The purpose of the competition was to honor the most impressive work from the 2012 World's Expo in Yeosu, South Korea, and to spotlight some of the incredible pavilions there, all brimming with inspiration for exhibit and event professionals.

The competition netted entries from dozens of country, corporate, and theme pavilions, ranging from Turkey and Thailand to Switzerland and Singapore. Reflecting the Expo's theme of "The Living Ocean and Coast," many of the pavilions focused on environmental issues such as marine biodiversity, climate change, and environmental sustainability.

While a star-studded panel of multidisciplinary design, marketing, and communications experts judged seven categories (visit http://www.exhibitoronline.com/topics/expo2012/judges.asp for more on our judging panel), the People's Choice Award winner was determined by popular vote on EXHIBITOR's Expo 2012 microsite, and the editor of EXHIBITOR magazine determined the winner of our Editor's Choice Award.

"The Expo 2012 Award winners and honorable mentions represent some of the world's best examples of how experiential design, technology, presentation, and storytelling come together to effectively communicate compelling messages," said Travis Stanton, editor of EXHIBITOR magazine. "These examples will hopefully inform and inspire today's exhibit and event professionals - along with the next generation of face-to-face marketers. Because whether you're creating an immense international pavilion or a small 10-by-10-foot exhibit, it's often about making an impression, and the work on display in Yeosu does that in truly monumental and memorable ways."

So join us in congratulating EXHIBITOR Magazine's Expo 2012 Award winners (listed below). After all, according to our judges, our readers, and, well, ourselves, they are among the best the world (well, the World's Expo, at least) has to offer.

For more information on the winners of EXHIBITOR Magazine's Expo 2012 Awards, watch for the December 2012 issue of EXHIBITOR magazine. And for additional Expo 2012 coverage, visit www.ExhibitorOnline.com/Expo2012.

BEST PAVILION
Winner: Germany Pavilion
Client: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
Design: Arge Expo 2012
Fabrication: Holtmann GmbH + Co. KG

Honorable Mention: Switzerland Pavilion
Client: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Design: Steiner Sarnen AG fur Kommunikation, Switzerland; Tamschick Media+Space GmbH Berlin
Fabrication: Nussli AG


BEST EXTERIOR DESIGN
Winner: GS Caltex Pavilion
Client: GS Caltex Corp.
Design: Atelier Bruckner GmbH
Fabrication: S.H.G enc; HP&P Hankuk Polymates & Putrision Co. Ltd.

Honorable Mention: Theme Pavilion
Client: Organizing Committee, Expo 2012
Design: Soma ZT GmbH
Fabrication: Hyundai Construction


BEST EXHIBIT/SMALL PAVILION
Winner: Philippines Pavilion
Client: Philippine Organizing Committee
Design: U26 Design Studio
Fabrication: Pico North Asia Ltd.

Honorable Mention: Lithuania Pavilion
Client: Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania
Design: Klasikinis Portikaas Ltd.
Fabrication: Pico North Asia Ltd.


BEST ACTIVITY/INTERACTIVE
Winner: Singapore Pavilion - "Water Harvesting"
Client: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Republic of Singapore
Design/Fabrication: Pico Art International Pte. Ltd.

Honorable Mention: Germany Pavilion - "Interactive Beach Chairs"
Client: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
Design: Arge Expo 2012
Fabrication: Holtmann GmbH + Co. KG


BEST PRESENTATION
Winner: Australia Pavilion - "Ocean"
Client: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Design/Fabrication: Think OTS

Honorable Mention: Lotte Pavilion - "360? Rider Theater"
Client: Lotte Co. Ltd.
Design/Fabrication: Daehong Communications


BEST INTERPRETATION OF THEME
Winner: Switzerland Pavilion - "The Source. It's in Your Hands."
Client: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Design: Steiner Sarnen AG fur Kommunikation, Switzerland; Tamschick Media+Space GmbH Berlin
Fabrication: Nussli AG

Honorable Mention: Germany Pavilion - "Seavolution"
Client: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
Design: Arge Expo 2012
Fabrication: Holtmann GmbH + Co. KG


ELEMENTS & DETAILS
Winner: Netherlands Pavilion - "Audiovisual Map"
Client: Ministry of Economic Affairs
Design: Totems Communication B.V.; Gielissen Interiors & Exhibitions
Fabrication: KBS

Honorable Mention: Belgium Pavilion - "Culture Carousel"
Client: Belgium
Design: Totems Communication B.V.
Fabrication: Gielissen Interiors & Exhibitions


EDITOR'S CHOICE
Winner: Oman Pavilion
Client: Oman Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Design/Fabrication: Cityneon Holdings Ltd.

Honorable Mention: Thailand Pavilion
Client: Department Marine and Coastal Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Design: D103 International Ltd.
Fabrication: Design Prox


PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Winner: Russia Pavilion
Client: Russia
Design: Center of Effective Technology and Information Systems Co. (CETIS)
Fabrication: General de Producciones y Diseno S.A.

Honorable Mention: USA Pavilion
Client: U.S. Department of State
Design: The Hettema Group
Fabrication: Sigong Tech Co. Ltd.


Photos of the award winners are published online at www.exhibitoronline.com/topics/expo2012/award-winners.asp.


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