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Winners of fourth World Exhibition Stand Awards announced

EW shines a spotlight on the winners of 2022 ’ s World Exhibition Stand Awards
eventy-two winners of

S the World Exhibition Stand Awards have been announced , hailing from global creative experiential agencies . The winners have created designs for live stands , and for digital experiences of major brands - including Android , Dell , Accenture , Qualcomm , and Phillips .

James Simpkins , global chief growth officer of 2Heads , one of the award winners , says : “ Being a World Exhibition Stand Award winner is a great achievement which everyone connected to 2Heads are very proud of .”
The judges remarked that competition was very high this year , with an increased level of scoring in comparison to years preceding 2022 . On this year ’ s line-up , one judge commented : “ An unprecedented year for high quality entries . The 2022 World Exhibition Stand Awards have been a joy to judge .”
The featured brands have been investing in the events that they are attending post-pandemic .
A client of Platinum award winner Enigma Creative Solutions , Accenture Consumer Industries ( who themselves won a Diamond award ) explains that they were , “ extremely impressed with the level of strategic planning and onsite delivery provided by Enigma in the lead up to , and at , MWC Barcelona this year .”
The mission The aim of the 2022 awards was to recognise the greatest achievements in exhibition design and build , and to celebrate the year ’ s most impressive digital event projects .
The winners list includes a range of agencies , such as ASTOUND Group , Creaplan N . V , RTH Plc , Trade Group , Murayama Inc , OP3 Global , Pinaps Global , OrangeDoor , UNLTD _ XYZ .
Entries for the 2022 awards serviced some of the biggest live events and groups across the world , including the Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ), ICE London , Formula
Clockwise : Accenture at MWC Barcelona ; 2Heads for Bombardier at NBAA ; Enigma for Digitain at ICE London
1 Abu Dhabi , and Defence and Security Equipment International ( DSEI ). They also included household brand names , including Philips , Netjets , Accenture , Android , NASA , Hisense , Bombardier , and Zurich Insurance Group .
Lisa Farnfield , the award ’ s campaign manager , said : “ Each year the quality of the entries seems to get better and better , and 2022 ’ s winners have been particularly excellent . The industry really bounced back post-pandemic and brands are back investing in face-to-face events .”
Farnfield added that the World Exhibition Stand Awards 2023 will be opening to entries at the end of 2022 . She recommends that agencies document their creativity and prepare pictures and videos of their work ahead of the awards .
To view 2022 ’ s winning entries and order the illustrated Winners Book , visit worldexhibitionstandawards . com
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