Gold Event and Happening Design · 2020
Game Fuel PRO-AM Consumer Experience Experiential
by PepsiCo Design and Innovation
- A' Design Award 2020 Gold Winner in Event and Happening Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: PepsiCo Design and Innovation
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 104,125
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About Game Fuel PRO-AM Consumer Experience Experiential
Game Fuel PRO-AM was a live gaming event created for a beverage brand and broadcast to viewers at home. The event paired professional gamers with celebrities to present a new two-versus-two game mode and to introduce a new drink can. The studio set was lit in red and blue, the core product colours, to create a dramatic effect and to separate the two teams. Bold typography and strong colour gave the space a modern interpretation of gaming. The set was designed to read clearly on screen during the broadcast.
Working within the contemporary tradition of experiential brand environments, this installation exemplifies the sophisticated intersection of spatial design, lighting technology, and audience engagement strategies that characterize leading examples of consumer experience architecture. The designers demonstrate exceptional command of chromatic drama, deploying saturated red-orange neon framing that functions simultaneously as structural armature and luminous wayfinding element, guiding visitors toward and through the activation space with unmistakable visual authority. The elevated glass pavilion element introduces vertical hierarchy and aspirational symbolism, its interior visibility suggesting transparency and reward while vertical LED elements create upward-directing visual momentum. Technical accomplishment manifests in the precise integration of multiple lighting systems including self-illuminated structural tubing, synchronized screen displays, floor-level LED boundaries, and ambient environmental washes that together orchestrate a cohesive atmospheric experience. The installation appears to draw upon theatrical staging conventions, contemporary museum exhibition design, and retail environment strategies while adapting these influences toward the specific requirements of event-based consumer engagement. Thematically, the work explores notions of threshold, transformation, and immersive escapism, inviting participants to cross from ordinary venue space into an activated zone of heightened sensory experience. The complementary color relationship between warm red structural elements and cool cyan environmental lighting creates visual tension and energy appropriate to gaming culture associations with alertness and focused attention. One might observe how the geometric precision and technological materiality communicate values of performance, precision, and contemporary relevance. What experiences of threshold-crossing and environmental transformation does this luminous architecture invite viewers to imagine or remember from their own encounters with immersive designed spaces?
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- Unique Properties
- The design team conceptualized and worked on the build out for this live event. As a starting point, inspiration was drawn from the major leagues such as Call of Duty World League. It was important that the set translate well on screen to viewers at home. Red and blue, the core GAME FUEL product colors, were used to light the studio in a dramatic way, as well as differentiate the teams. The design of the space focused on a modern interpretation of gaming, leaning into bold typography and color.
- Inspiration
- The Mtn Dew AMP Game Fuel Celebrity PRO-AM was a pre-release exhibition pairing gaming professionals with celebrities to highlight the new 2v2 game mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and give consumers a sneak peek at the new MTN DEW AMP GAME FUEL can. The activation, hosted as a P.R. event for the brand’s Call of Duty partnership, was broadcast live through Twitch to reach consumers directly.
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