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Stage One Provide Super-Sized Christmas Cheer in Qatar
Stage One were recently involved in creating a little Christmas spirit in the state of Qatar, when they were asked by marketing and events agency WRG to provide some super-sized Christmas decorations. Destined for the newly developed area of Porto Arabia, the first phase of a dynamic upmarket shopping, dining and residential district of Doha, the developers of the area were aiming to provide some festive cheer for Porto Arabia's international clientele.
Stage One were asked to construct: a giant 16m-diameter wreath, which weighed in at 2 tonnes and was attached to one of Porto Arabia's entrances: 30 scenically wrapped gift boxes, which were placed in various locations around the development and varied in size up to the largest at 4m x 4m; and two enormous scenic Christmas trees, one at 6m high, the other at 12m high.
"Sourcing then constructing the amount of items required in a relatively short timescale was a key challenge and we really needed to push our extensive in-house resources to the maximum to ensure that we were able to meet the dates for shipping," said Steve Dolan, account director, Stage One. "All of the hard work was worth it though, as the completed decorations looked absolutely superb."
The giant wreath was constructed from interconnecting steel frame pieces, decorated with 29 individual 60-inch wreaths and a steel framed ribbon, and at its highest was positioned 25 metres above the ground. The gift boxes were made from over 400 individual sections that were assembled on site and finished with applied digitally reproduced Christmas paper and fabric ribbons. And finally, the company erected a12m high Christmas tree on the sea front and built, assembled and decorated a steel-framed 6m tree, which was positioned in a shopping centre.
16th December 2009
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