ON MARCH 16, 2010, YOU WILL CHOOSE AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODULAR

Be our guest, and join our audience and distinguished panel of judgtes to select the winners of the 2010 Mod Awards. This year, winners will be selected in each of eight portable modular categories including:

• Best 10x10 Design
• Best 10x20 Design
• Best 20x20+ Exhibit
• Best Extrusion-based Design

• Best Fabric-anchored Design
• Best Panel-anchored Design
• Best Green Exhibit

The Editors of Event Design Magazine will pre-select two finalists in each category. The category winner will be selected live at MOD ‘10 by our audience along with the winner of the prestigious Best of MOD award.

Best 20x20+ Exhibit
Project: Jeddah Motor Show
Client: Toyota/Drive Communications
Design/Fabrication: Inter-Global Exhibitions

Best 10x20 Design
Project: Modular Exhibit
Client: iStockphoto
Design/Fabrication: The Portables

Best Fabric-anchored Design
Project: Trade Show Exhibit
Client: Trojan UV Technologies
Design/Fabrication: Eventscape

Best Green Exhibit
Project: Greenbuild International
Client: Alcoa
Design/Fabrication: EEI Global

Best 10x10 Design
Project: New Modular Exhibit
Client: Starbucks Coffee Co.
Design/Fabrication: The Portables

Best Extrusion-based Design
Project: Art of Can
Client: Red Bull
Design/Fabrication: 2020 Exhibits

Best Panel-anchored Design
Project: Trade Show Kit
Client: Polartec
Design/Fabrication: Hill & Partners

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Attendees themselves to choose winners at ‘09 in Las Vegas on March 24

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – March 24, 2009 – MOD ’09, The Portable Modular Event, and The 2009 MOD Awards, hosted by well-known Hollywood celeb Leeza Gibbons announced the winners of the 2009 MOD Awards at the Four Seasons in Las Vegas.

The Mod Awards, dedicated to recognizing and honoring best-in-class portable modular exhibit design, presented trade show and event professionals with the very best in modular design. Reconfigurable, recyclable and economical, modular exhibits are becoming hotter than ever as exhibit and event companies are increasingly looking to improve their clients’ bottom line along with the environment.

Co-produced by Abex and Event Design Magazine, and sponsored by Octanorm USA , Tradeshow Week, and Exhibit City News, to name a few, MOD ’09 has brought exhibit and event industry leaders together to see and learn about the trends driving portable modular and celebrate the best of modular design at CloseUp, the After Party.

This year’s number of entries received was the program’s largest ever, and the judges proclaimed that the designs were “the best they’ve seen” since the MOD Awards debuted in 2007. The winners were selected by the audience of over 200 exhibit and event professionals along with an all-star cast of judges (famed designers Mitchell Mauk of Mauk Design and Armen Gharabegian of Ethos Design and Lounge 22 along with globally respected exhibit house chief Derek Gentile of EEI Global), utilizing Padgett Instant Audience Response Systems technology.

From L to R: This year our MOD Awards judges will be Dan Hanover of Event Design, Derek Gentile of EEI Global, Armen Gharabegian of Ethos Design & Lounge 22 and Mitchell Mauk of Mauk Design.