Dream House, Dream Vacation, Dream Education

This week we have completed a new float.  This is the float for The Bank of American Fork.  We have our talented art sculptor paul who we have thank for his incredible construction skills and artistic talent.  Everybody plays a huge role in building these floats but Paul seems to slip under the radar and doesn't always receive the credit that he deserves.  So for this we thank you Paul.  Our other sculptor Barbie and our painter Annette also deserve a great thanks for their work on the Bank of American Fork's famous pig Seymour.  Seymour is thinking about his dream vacation, dream education, and dream house.  We are excited to return this float to Bank of American Fork and start on a new float for someone else.  This is going to be our ongoing schedule for the next couple of months.  Onward and upward as we "press forward" to the big Days of '47 Parade in July. 

Chop Shop

I recently decided to nickname our warehouse "The Chop Shop".  I've seen our crew disassemble and recreate some pretty amazing floats.  It's brilliant what these guys...and girls can do.  They literally chop up, strip, cut, glue, glitter, paint, and sculpt.  You name it and they can do it.  We are very lucky to have these people on our crew.  We have added a few new employees to our team named Fran, Trent, and Amy.  We are so happy to have the extra help as we move right into our busy season.  I've included a before and after picture of a float from Springville.  And our train float for Bank of American Fork is coming together perfectly.  Many of the stake floats are under way and looking really good.  We would just like to remind you that we are here to help you with any of your questions and we love teaching you how to paint, glitter, sculpt etc...  So don't hesitate to call us.  Our next float seminar date will be May 19th, 2011 and we hope to see everyone there, until then happy float building.

Leapin' Leaners & Low Tops 2011

Every year in March Innovative Design Concepts throws an event called Leapin' Leaners & Low Tops.  This is an event to raise money for charity and is sponsored by O.C. Tanner.  We love this event because it is on such a large scale that the final product is spectacular.  Any person that is in the event industry knows just how difficult it can be to put a large event together and have everything fall into place.  When the event comes together and everything falls into place this takes a lot of planning and the reward is a happy client.  This year everything ran smooth and the event was amazing.  We hung extra large balloons and streamers from the rafters.  Our floral department put together some amazing arrangements.  And our setup crew was outstanding right down to the smallest details.  The event raised a bunch of money and was a huge success.  We at IDC are pleased that we had the opportunity to be a part of it, and are eagerly looking forward to next March.

Under The Sea

As many of you may already know, one of our main focuses are themed interior environments.  These are such fun jobs because all of our designers come together to make these themed environments happen.  They also give us an opportunity to travel all over the country to different offices and waiting rooms to install them.  We love this because we get to show off our work not only in Utah.  Our most recent themed environment was installed in Houston, Texas for a pediatric dental office.  We start with our sculptor who carves out the characters.  After this step we have our talented artists paint the characters.  The next step is the travel and installation.  Our artistic director David and his son Paul install everything and transform an ordinary office space into a fantasy themed environment ready for adventure.  It is this type of team work that allows us to pull off these themed environments, and is a huge part of our company.  "Changing one office at a time."  This should be our new company slogan.

Aliens Have Landed

Well at least that's what the Utah Dental Association (UDA) must have thought.  As you may already know the UDA holds an annual dental convention each year.  This is the perfect opportunity for Innovative Design Concepts of Utah to showcase our work.  Wow!  We sure were the talk of the convention.  Everybody had to get a picture by our booth, and find out just exactly what we were up to as well as why we were there.  Our themed environments are a huge part of our company and these environments are a great way to revolutionize your office space into a fun atmosphere for everyone.  Not only do we do space themes but we can create anything that our clients can dream up.  You should have seen the gears turning when we told them we can create most anything.  Most of the dentists and hygenists came up with some pretty fun ideas.  We as designers love this process, because it's a chance for us to get to know our clients while creating an environment that will completely change what they used to think an office should be like.  Thanks to our wonderful team we received great exposure and let people know that we are here to change spaces into Wow! environments.

Apology

I must apologize because in earlier posts I listed all of our employees.  But now it has been brought to my attention that I accidentally left one out. (I have no idea how I could leave out one of our most important team players).  This person is Alecia or as we like to call her around the office.  Queen accountant.  Enjoy.

Feb. 27th - March 5th

Cans, cans and more cans.  Once again it is time for the Associated Foods event.  We decided to create a soup can inspired event.  We made fresh floral arrangment centerpieces for the tables.  The stage setup was created using giant soup cans with the logos of the different grocery stores on them along with motivational words such as; Success, Tradition, and The Power of Possibility.  With our talented warehouse crew these cans really made a big impact on the employees of Associated Foods.  Other than the Associated Foods event we have still be gearing up for parade float season.  I decided that it would be a good idea to do some before and after pictures.  So there is a picture of Springville City float before picture.  We did remove quite a bit from the float when the picture was taken, but it will be fun to see the finished product and exactly what the designers at IDC can do. Keep watching for after pics as we finish more and more floats.