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What we do

For over 30 years, kubik has developed environments and experiential marketing for leading brands around the world.

Why we do it

To create the most extraordinary experiences in the world.

DESIGN

Our designers excel at creating experiential spaces – right from the conceptual stage to full computer generated environments. We’re always watching trends and staying current on new technologies and materials, to bring you the most extraordinary environmental experiences.

Our creative staff includes Industrial designers whose job it is to transform your marketing campaign into a three-dimensional face-to-face experience. Good design gets noticed, saves money and translates into stronger leads for our clients.

ENGINEERING

From small exhibit kiosks to multi-million dollar museums, everything we design and build at kubik is engineered and drafted through our detailing department. Our CAD detailers work closely with our production team, designers and project managers to ensure the product you see on paper is what you get on the show floor. Our production experts are skilled at devising the most efficient use of materials and construction methods to ensure a smooth transition to our manufacturing facilities.

GRAPHIC DESIGN & PRODUCTION

At kubik we have demonstrated proficiency in understanding and interpreting our clients’ brands. Our graphic artists can step in at any point in the process. Whether our clients need us to work with their existing agency, modify artwork, or do it all from scratch, we have full in-house capabilities to design and produce all graphics for our tradeshow exhibits, events, interiors and museums.

INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Our interactive design offering includes strategy, content development, user experience design, graphic design, programming, implementation and installation, client training, and onsite technical support.

When working with our clients to develop interactive solutions for their environments, our goal is to understand the objective, the end user and the results our client is looking for.

MANUFACTURING

We strive to maintain state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and employ master craftsmen. Our finishing regarded as a cut above, and our repertoire of materials and processes is expansive. From wood, laminate and paint, to aluminum, fabric and fiberglass, we draw on a variety of methods including a complete program of environmentally friendly options. Our years of skill and experience can transform any conceivable idea into reality.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The role of kubik’s Project Manager is imperative to the successful execution of every project. Budget development, quality assurance and production status updates, are just some of the responsibilities our PM team is tasked with.

Paramount to all of this is open, timely, effective communication with our client, throughout every phase of the project, ensuring that their needs are always met, and exceeding expectations.

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTSuccessful Account Management requires that every project step and every detail, every decision must be conceived with care, executed with efficiency, and communicated with swift precision. Our approach and the tools we use allow comprehensive tracking, reporting and control of all success factors.

Account Managers focus on the event execution and managing the interplay between the different event disciplines. The AM is adept at cultivating a creative team atmosphere and will be successful in building synergy between their client and the kubik Account Team. The AM will lead the Account Team by establishing and continually improving standards to ensure a high quality and consistent customer experience.

INSTALLATION & DISMANTLE SERVICES

Our lead installers are trained to manage large crews under difficult deadlines and have worked on six continents. We provide all site equipment and schedules down to the last detail. We have access to worldwide resources for subcontracting labor and show services. kubik job sites are easy to distinguish… always organized, efficient and on schedule.

WAREHOUSING

kubik offers over 200,000 square feet of climate controlled warehouse space complete with full on-site logistics management across the globe. Our warehouses in Toronto, New Jersey, Maryland, Edmonton, Las Vegas and Amsterdam are positioned to service your needs wherever you are. We only partner with logistic companies that provide direct shipments, handle tight turnarounds and enable up-to-the-minute tracking.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

kubik hosts our Inventory Management System (IMS) on ExhibitForce. This comprehensive project management tool is designed with the Exhibit Industry in mind. ExhibitForce offers a tool that answers the daily challenges of tracking and managing work flow without forcing a whole new set of rules on any existing work flow.

This powerful web-based exhibit and event application offers centralized management of assets and streamlined work processes coupled with interaction anytime, anywhere, all in a secure environment.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

This is something we take very seriously. It’s in our DNA to do whatever we can: to give back to our community, to create less waste and to use less energy.

We choose recycled, recyclable and low VOC materials whenever possible and we employ processes that eliminate waste by turning fabrication waste into reusable materials.

• Our sawdust and wood scraps are ground and recycled into medium-density fiber board—then used again in our shop. This is a continuous process we like to call “tree farm-to-table saw.”

• Extra paint is run through specialized machines that separates the pigment from the thinner, leaving just a hockey-puck of solid pigment. The thinner is reused in the paint shop again…and again…and again.

• Waste aluminum and other metals are re-milled and reused.

• Scrap and used carpet becomes padding inside crates.

• We recycle paper, glass and plastic.

TRADE SHOW EXHIBITS

CADILLACInternational Auto Show

NISSAN

International Auto Show

Ford | Lincoln

International Auto Show

HYUNDAI

International Auto Show

AOL | engadget

CES, Las Vegas

L’Oréal Paris

Visual Sonics

ADP

NADA Trade show

TROJAN UV

Novo Nordisk

Bayer Crop Science

Saint Gobain

Embraer Executive Jets

Geneva, Switzerland

TEVAOncology

EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS

BendixKingby Honeywell

Osh Kosh Airshow

PUMAAmerica’s Cup

San Francisco, CA

Embraer

Osh Kosh Air Show

CFL 100th Anniversary Grey Cup Train tour

Nation wide tour

NikeWorld Cup Parks

AMSTEL

The Giant Living Room

PHILIPS

Global Product LaunchAmsterdam

HEINEKEN | UEFA

Champions League Trophy Tour

ING Bank

The Amsterdam Marathon

BombardierAir Show

Paris, France

MUSEUMS

SCIENCE CENTERS

IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS

Newseum

Washington, DC

Natural History Museum of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Harley DavidsonMuseum

Milwaukee, WI

Harley-Davidson Vaughan L. Beals Tour Center

York, PA

Dead Sea Scrolls

Traveling Exhibition

Arctic Studies Center, The Anchorage Museum of History and Art

Anchorage, AK

The Walmart Museum

Bentonville, AK

Museum of Scienceand Industry YOU! The Experience

Chicago, IL

William J. ClintonPresidential Library

Little Rock, AK

Nature Research Center

Raleigh, NC

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

Cincinnati, OH

Science North:Northern Ecosystems Exhibit Area

Sudbury, ON

Mobius Science Center

Spokane, WA

Thomson GalleriesArt Gallery of Ontario

Toronto, ON

NASCAR Hall of Fame

Charlotte, NC

Science Learning Center:Bishop Museum

Honolulu, HI

E.ON VisitorCenter

Amsterdam

RETAIL AND INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTS

Heineken International Headquarters

Amsterdam

Nike Town

Boston, London, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Berlin, Paris, Laval and New York

CAMPER

North AmericanRetail Program

Nokia

Flagship Retail Campaign

JohnsonControls

Customer BriefingCenter

LG

Experiential Zone

Schneider Electric

Eco Lounge

Target

Holiday Road Trip

EXHIBIT AND EXPERIENTIAL EVENT AWARDS

EVENT DESIGN AWARD - “Best Outdoor Environment”The Puma Boat Yard @ 2013 America’s CupEvent Design Magazine; 2013 Event Design AwardsDesign/Fabricator: kubik inc./kubik bv

SILVER - “Best Trade Show Environment (Under 50’ X 50’)”Saint GobainEvent Design Magazine; 2013 Event Design AwardsFabricator: kubik inc.

GOLD - “Best Consumer Event Exhibit/Environment”Camper, Volvo Ocean Race VillageEvent Design Magazine; 2012 Event Design AwardsDesign: Shigeru Ban Architects Fabricator: kubik inc./kubik bv

EVENT DESIGN AWARD - “Best Temporary Pop-Up Store”Puma, Volvo Ocean Race VillageEvent Design Magazine; 2012 Event Design AwardsDesign/Fabricator: kubik inc./kubik bv

SILVER - “Best Trade Show Environment (Over 50’X50’)”General Motors: Cadillac: Art+ScienceEvent Design Magazine; 2012 Event Design AwardsDesign: MacLaren Momentum Fabricator: kubik inc.

Best Road Show/MultivenuePUMA Volvo Ocean Race2012 EXHIBITOR Corporate Event Awards, Exhibitor MagazineDesign/Fabrication: kubik inc./kubik bv

Bronze “Island Exhibit”Brookfield Asset Management2011 EXHIBITOR Exhibit Design Awards - Exhibitor MagazineDesigner: Journey Communications Fabricator: kubik inc.

Best Integrated Programkubik booth at the EXHIBITOR2009 Show, Exhibitor Magazine; 2009 Sizzle AwardDesign/Fabrication: kubik inc.

Silver “Best Activation of an Entertainment Sponsorship”Infiniti Cirque du Soleil ActivationEvent Design Magazine; 2008 EX Awards Design/Fabrication: kubik inc.

Gold “Best B-to-B Hospitality Event Element”Infiniti Cirque du Soleil Activation, Event Design Magazine; 2008 EX Awards Design/Fabrication: kubik inc.

MERIT AWARDNatural History Museum of Utah2013 SEGD AWARDSDesign: Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Ennead, GSBS, Infinite Scale Design Group, Poulin + Morris, Design WorkshopFabricator: kubik Maltbie and Big-D Construction (Contractor)

MERIT AWARDMobius Science Center2013 SEGD AWARDSDesigner: Renate Fabricator: kubik Maltbie

SILVER - “Best Museum Environment”The Nature Research CenterEvent Design Magazine; 2012 Event Design AwardsDesign: Andrew Merriell & AssociatesFabricator: kubik Maltbie, Electrosonic, Batwin+Robin, Sosolimited, Hypersonic

EVENT DESIGN AWARD - Best All-Modular ExhibitDead Sea ScrollsEvent Design Magazine; 2012 Event Design AwardsDesigner: Ralph Appelbaum Associates Fabricator: kubik Maltbie

2012 First Lady Maureen McDonnell’sOpportunity Hall of Fame AwardHeartwood: Gateway to Southwest Virginia Visitor CenterDesigner: 1717 Design Group Fabricator: kubik Maltbie

2011 Creativity International AwardPompeii the Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of VesuviusTravelling Museum ExhibitionDesigner: Ralph Appelbaum and Associates Fabricator: kubik Maltbie

HONOR AWARD – Society for Environmental Graphic DesignNewseum2009 SEGD AWARDSDesigner: Ralph Appelbaum and Associates Fabricator: kubik inc.

MERIT AWARD - Office/Workspace, Mixed-Use CentersE.ON Visitor Center, Datteln, Germany2009 SEGD AWARDSDesign/Fabrication: kubik inc./kubik bv

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MUSEUMNewseum2009, 15th Annual THEA AwardDesigner: Ralph Appelbaum and Associates Fabricator: kubik inc.

GOLD Best Museum EnvironmentNewseum, Event Design Magazine; 2008 Event Design AwardsDesigner: Ralph Appelbaum and Associates Fabricator: kubik inc.

MUSEUM, SCIENCE CENTRES AND INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT AWARDS

CREATING THE MOST EXTRAORDINARYEXPERIENCES IN THE WORLD