Archive for July, 2011

Arizona Solar Tower Puts Empire State Building In The Shade

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

arizona solar towerEver been to the top of the Empire State Building? It’s pretty impressive.

Now imagine being on top of something twice as tall and you get some idea of just how big Arizona’s new solar tower is going to be. It also looks good – especially as power plants go – and is destined to become a tourist attraction.

Australian company EnviroMission, and partners, is planning to erect a solar tower that will reach a staggering 2.625 feet into the skies.

It is expected to cost $750 million to construct and will generate enough juice for around 150,000 homes. That’s 200-megawatts (MW) and it will last for 80 years.

What’s just as impressive is that this project has been cleared and is at the site engineering and land acquisition stage.

Check out the video for the project below.

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Catalyst Exhibits Strikes Design Gold – Again

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

carestream 1

It’s been an excellent run for Catalyst Exhibits in recent weeks, having scooped the design award for Best Trade Show Exhibit over 2,500sq feet at the 2011 B2 Awards, hosted and judged by the Business Marketing Association.

This week, Catalyst is proud to announce that it has won Gold for the Best Trade Show Environment (Over 50′x50′) in the 6th Annual Event Design Awards 2011, hosted by Event Design magazine.

The futuristic Carestream Health stand [see photo above] was created for the RSNA 2010 show in Chicago, the world’s premier scientific and educational forum in radiology.

The stand had to support and drive the company’s dramatic shift into digital imaging, while supporting…

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Catalyst Exhibits Wins Prestigious B2 Award

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

zimmer b2 awards winning stand

Leading design specialists, Catalyst Exhibits, has scooped a prestigious design award at the 2011 B2 Awards, hosted and judged by the Business Marketing Association. Catalyst’s stunning exhibit stand for Zimmer at the AAOS 2010 Show in San Diego won the Best Trade Show Exhibit over 2,500sq feet.

The B2 Awards are an international business-to-business marketing and communications contest that recognizes excellence among top agencies and corporate marketers.

“Zimmer had an important story to tell to an audience of orthopedic surgeons not known for being easily impressed,” Catalyst explains. “They turned to Catalyst Exhibits to develop the strategy. The sense of theater began before participants entered the viewing space. Massive, sweeping interconnecting paths converged above and below, bathed in white and blue light. Circular stations led participants from one interactive, touch screen technology station to the next.”

“The showpiece element was a two-storey theatre where Zimmer experts would present innovations including Zimmer’s Trabecular Metal Technology that uniquely simulates bone, and, a new highly cross-linked polyethylene, a significant advancement in wear reduction. The main blue path drew attendees through to the theater, a sound a light show in a multi-level, high-definition (HD) area backed by a two-storey high screen, viewable from hundreds of feet away.”

Catalyst would like to thank its top team of designers – led by Mark Lynch – who worked on this project, and all of our projects, for all of their hard work.

Visit Catalyst here.