ES Group has won the Gala Award for “Best Achievement in Logistics” for Chanel Mobile Art. 

The awards were handed out at The Special Event Show in New Orleans on Friday 15th January, and Richard Foulkes from Imagination kindly collected the award on our behalf.  Richard is president elect for the UK ISES Chapter.

The Gala Awards have been given by Special Events Magazine, one of the premier industry publications, since 1986. They recognize the finest work in special events worldwide.

Members of the Special Events Magazine Advisory Board, made up of leaders in the event profession, spent three days in October at the magazine’s offices in Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles), California, to select the 101 finalists. Nominated entries went through three rounds of judging.

Chanel Mobile Art is a structure designed to be demountable and tour internationally.  The value engineering process from the onset of the project heavily considered the logistics of moving all elements, via sea freight, from venue to venue.  The pavilion was designed for a 3 city tour that visited Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York over a 12 month period. 

Our Gala Award entry focused on its installation in Central Park, New York and the build and logistical challenges that were faced and overcome to enable the event to be successfully delivered.