Trade Show Exhibitions

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Stand Out with Riaans Set Design & Building

Riaan has an artistic eye coupled with a practical brain, plus the Incredible ability to work fast under stress and time pressure. With 20 years’ experience in TV shows, film and theatre, he’s worked with Italian Directors on TV commercials shot in Cape Town to Party-Planners needing set-builds for Bar Mitzvah’s in Atlanta, Riaan has excellent research skills and knowledge. Plus, lots of patience!

Building Booths for Trade Shows, Atlanta

Walk into any convention center in the world and you will find Trade Show Booths that knock your socks off! The talent and creativity in this industry are phenomenal, so how does your company harness the skills needed to shine on the trade show floor?

Building unforgettable brand experiences and relationships on the trade show floor, Riaans Designs is passionate about each custom-designed booth created. Collaborating with their clients to reflect their ideal brand image, Riaan and his team personally meet with you to configure the best options to make your display stand-out.

Your SET BUILDER in Atlanta

We create made-to-order sets and props for the TV and film industries. Riaan has built and worked on client events like Delta’s annual staff Christmas party and AT&T’s tent at Augusta Golf Tournament. He’s designed champagne cork-style chairs for a private client at 200 Peachtree events and crafted a Cupcake Wine booth for the 2020 Coachella music festival. Other clients include Google, Home Depot, Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz.

We fit with SMALL & LARGE PRODUCTIONS

Headed up by creative designer Riaan Garforth-Venter, our team create impressive sets for small and large productions. Building full-scale scenery as backdrops, or fabrications from wood, steel, foam or plastic, we are reliable and come in on Budget!

The Creative Builder

Riaan Garforth-Venter is a master woodworker and metalworker, completing projects for privately commissioned clients. He’s multi-skilled, and for 30-years he’s been making customers happy by bringing creative flare and practical thinking to your project.

Links for Partners We Work With

YouTube Videos

DIY With Riaan TV – South Africa’s BEST loved handyman! On air for 14 years,  Riaan teaches audiences how to bring his signature style into their home.

Riaan expands on the benefits of laying a bamboo flooring in your home as he builds South Africa’s first sustainable living, off-grid home, documented in a 30-part TV series ‘LOVE & MORTAR’ for The Home Channel.

Riaan shows us how to revamp a bedroom with wallpaper and fabulous box-lighting from Eurolux.

Learn about LED bulbs and their huge savings for the planet and our pockets.

Nu-Glaze replaces messy window putty and Riaan uses it on these steel windows.

In this video clip, Riaan and Max Thongani show us how to install mosaic tiles in our kitchen.

South Africa’s DIY expert, Riaan Venter, and professional dance partner Hayley win Dancing With the Stars’ 8th episode. The tension is SO great, the paint is peeling off the walls!

Wanting to build a picnic table? Look no further. Riaan gives us the low down.

Riaans Designs Builds EMBED’s Trade Show Exhibit, USA

The new trend in event marketing is converting old shipping containers to match your vision for trade shows. Who better to craft this cutting-edge display-booth than the creative minds at Riaans Designs?

EMBED, with offices in Asia, are the world leaders of cashless business management solutions for the gaming industry, mobile wallet, card readers, game cards, and more. Innovative technology demands an innovative platform of sale, and EMBED contracted Riaan to construct a memorable exhibition experience.

The brief was to build a container booth that would outshine the many stands at the Gaming Trade Show in Orlando Florida in 2019. The EMBED Booth went on to win “Best Booth Design” at the New Orleans Gaming & Entertainment Trade Show in 2020.

Using the highest print quality and wrap graphics, the build team could feature EMBED’s customized branding. The AV capabilities afforded the opportunity of installing screens for interactive client opportunities and social media experiences, allowing customers to linger longer at the EMBED booth.

The stylishly red-painted and wrapped EMBED booth’s dimensions are 20x40 feet, double-deck, three-sided with a front open wall, and a set of movable and lockable stairs to walk clients up to the cocktail hour top-deck. All furniture and tall-boy tables can be included.

Riaans Designs will handle your logistics of sourcing the container, flatbed transportation to the exhibition state in the USA, and storage between events. Send us an email when you are ready to convert a shipping container into your next trade show exhibit!

Mobile Escape Room for Science High Schoolers

Designing from their fully equipped woodwork and metalwork warehouse in Atlanta’s trendy downtown Beltline, Riaan services clients with his bright ideas, building unusual and unique concepts that few others are prepared to tackle.

This is why Riaan accepted the challenge of building the CISCO-sponsored mobile escape room. It’s modeled as a spaceship for high school science and math education. A massive truck that drives to each school with the interior furbished from scratch, including the captain’s flight deck with all the tech of interactive flat screens, flashing LED walls of light and stairs with special storage draws tucked underneath.

“Tell us about your next trade show event,” smiles Riaan. “And let’s create an eye-catching, practical solution for your brand’s needs.”