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Behind the experience.

The stories behind our stores, launches and live experiences. What we built, how it worked and what to take into your next brief.

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Visitors step into Mexico Transferred in Boyle Heights. Photography: Amboi Creative.
September 2026 · Immersive experiences

Total Wireless

Mexico Transferred. A little closer to home.

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
A free-coffee invitation at 15 East 40th Street, Midtown Manhattan.
September 2026 · In progress · Brand activations

FreeBean

Good coffee. On the house.

Midtown, New York · 15 East 40th Street
The built Lost Americana Motel sampling environment at MGK Day 2026 in Cleveland.
2026 · Brand activations

Dossier × MGK

Check in to Lost Americana.

MGK Day · Cleveland, Ohio
The completed Adidas Y-3 flagship in West Hollywood. Interior design concept by VAUST.
2026 · Permanent retail

Adidas Y-3

A flagship that moves with the brand.

West Hollywood, CA
The completed ElevenLabs store during New York Tech Week. Photography: Erica Westley.
2026 · Immersive experiences

ElevenLabs

Voice AI. Real life.

New York, NY
Visitors gathered outside the Madrid storefront.
2026 · Immersive experiences

ElevenLabs

AI meets race week.

Madrid, Spain
Airtable
2026 · Brand activations

Airtable

A slice of New York.

New York, NY
CHAGEE's South Coast Plaza teahouse during opening week.
2026 · Brand activations

CHAGEE

An opening people can take part in.

South Coast Plaza · Costa Mesa, California
Fleetguard
2026 · Brand activations

Fleetguard

A truck-stop moment made personal.

Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Inside the completed Lotto clubhouse · frame from the campaign film
2026 · Pop-up retail

Lotto

A clubhouse for football culture.

American Dream · East Rutherford, NJ
Guests inside the Bal Harbour Shops ACCESS courtyard in Destin.
2023–2025 · Mobile & touring

Bal Harbour Shops

A luxury destination on the road.

Across the United States
The completed Adidas Y-3 flagship at 25 Howard Street in SoHo.
2025 · Permanent retail

Adidas Y-3

A retail presence with room to evolve.

SoHo, New York
Visitors outside Jaded London’s Melrose Avenue pop-up in Los Angeles. Photo: Jaded London.
2024–2025 · Pop-up retail

Jaded London

Fashion with a following.

New York · Los Angeles · Miami
CHAGEE
2025 · Mobile & touring

CHAGEE

A first taste, then a next step.

Los Angeles, CA
MGK at the Dossier Lost Americana afterparty at The Mulberry in New York.
2025 · Brand activations

Dossier × MGK

Lost Americana after dark.

The Mulberry · New York, NY
Brooklyn Industries
2025 · Permanent retail

Brooklyn Industries

A renewed identity. A new flagship.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Industries at The Mills at Jersey Gardens · photography courtesy of Brooklyn Industries.
2025 · Permanent retail

Brooklyn Industries

A renewed brand, across retail formats.

Jersey Gardens, New Jersey
Current Backyard
2025 · Brand activations

Current Backyard

A new outlet for outdoor cooking.

Los Angeles · Williamsburg · Prospect Park
The creative community gathers at Brooklyn Art Cave for Listen to Your Mother.
2025 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

An Earth Month idea, interpreted by artists.

Brooklyn, NY
Momcozy’s NYFW lounge at 42 Grand Street, September 2024.
2024 · Brand activations

Momcozy

Making room for motherhood at Fashion Week.

SoHo, New York, NY
Café Frenchie’s branded truck and serving window in Flatiron Plaza.
2024 · Mobile & touring

Royal Canin

A café for dogs and their people.

Flatiron Plaza, New York, NY
Dossier’s June 2024 pop-up at 262 Elizabeth Street, New York.
2024 · Pop-up retail

Dossier

Scent becomes experience.

New York, NY
Rabble’s branded setting at Smorgasburg Miami’s Earth Day weekend · original 2024 recap frame.
2024 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

A brand belief, made participatory.

Smorgasburg Miami · Wynwood Walls
A home-field celebration at Hughson High School · California, 2024
2024 · Mobile & touring

T-Mobile

Friday Night 5G Lights

16 high schools · Across the United States
Rabble’s branded bar within the mural-filled setting.
2024 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

A place at the art gathering.

Miami, FL
Custom-painted footwear beside Rabble and Secret Walls marks.
2024 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

Where wine meets live-art culture.

United States
Street Art After Dark · November 2024 event photography.
2024 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

Wine meets the art after dark.

Miami, FL
Smorgasburg · Beyond Earth Day · November 2024 event photography.
2024 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

A regular place at the market.

Miami, FL
The completed AliHouse entrance during the Los Angeles summer tour, 2023.
2023 · Mobile & touring

AliExpress

From marketplace to meeting place.

The Grove · Santa Monica Pier · Glendale Galleria
Rabble’s branded bar within the Interscope House gathering.
2023 · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

Rosé, art and a place in the conversation.

Coachella Valley, CA
Atlanta Hip-Hop 50
2023 · Immersive experiences

Atlanta Hip-Hop 50

A city tells its own story.

Underground Atlanta, GA
The sequined AliExpress arrival wall at the New York Singles’ Day experience.
2023 · Market launches

AliExpress

Singles’ Day, brought to life.

SoHo, New York
ATEEZ × hello82
2022 · Mobile & touring

ATEEZ × hello82

The tour before the concert.

United States & Canada
A fan with the Basketbawl edition in front of the Kraft truck, New Orleans · original agency film.
2022 · Mobile & touring

Kraft Mac & Cheese

Comfort, when the game doesn’t go your way.

New Orleans, LA
Swimsuits For All
2022 · Pop-up retail

Swimsuits For All

From online fit to in-person confidence.

Santa Monica, CA
Fiorucci Foods
2022 · Immersive experiences

Fiorucci Foods

An Italian escape, close to home.

Long Beach, CA
Sameday Testing · Branded clinic reception.
2020–2022 · Healthcare environments

Sameday Health

From urgent need to considered spaces.

Multi-market U.S. rollout
Fragrance discovery within the Brasserie Hennes holiday market · December 7, 2022.
2022 · Pop-up retail

H&M

A neighborhood market. A complete retail operation.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The Wireless Discount Information Center · Radia LLC
2022 · Brand activations

T-Mobile

Making wireless savings a conversation.

Arrowhead Towne Center · Glendale, AZ
A guest takes a swing at Whack an ISP on Santa Monica Pier. Courtesy of T-Mobile.
2022 · Brand activations

T-Mobile

Whack an ISP

Santa Monica Pier, CA
Guests inside the Panorama projection environment.
2022 · Immersive experiences

Hayley Kiyoko

Step inside Panorama.

Los Angeles, CA
A bull-shaped vehicle on a yellow basketball court at Oliver Tree’s Cowboy Tears activation.
2022 · Immersive experiences

Oliver Tree

Welcome to the Meme Museum.

Los Angeles, CA
Nuna
2022 · Brand activations

Nuna

A stroller test drive, inside the store.

New York, NY
Stoli
2022 · Brand activations

Stoli

A restaurant transformed for a cause.

New York, NY
Chicago’s lakefront, with a scoop of 5G · Christian J. Surtz / SurtzMedia for T-Mobile
2021 · Mobile & touring

T-Mobile

What if 5G Were Ice Cream?

North Avenue Beach · Chicago, IL
A Brooklyn pop-up gave fans another way into the Cube V3 residency.
2020 · Artist & fan experiences

deadmau5

The Cube V3 universe lands in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, NY
A full concert stage surrounded by the drive-in audience’s vehicles.
2020 · Live entertainment

Global Soundemic

A new way to come together.

Ventura County Fairgrounds · Ventura, CA
A Sunset Strip fan clubhouse turned the Cube V3 tour into a daytime destination.
2019 · Artist & fan experiences

deadmau5

Cube V3. A world beyond the stage.

West Hollywood, CA
A Denver fan destination brought the Red Rocks weekend into the city.
2019 · Artist & fan experiences

deadmau5

Day of the deadmau5.

Denver, CO
Why Don’t We performing inside the tour pop-up · Film still.
2019 · Artist campaigns

Why Don’t We

A closer connection on tour.

Washington, D.C. · New York · Chicago · Atlanta · San Francisco · Los Angeles
The Konus × Rowdy pop-up’s street-facing identity on Hollywood Boulevard · June 2019.
2019 · Pop-up retail

Konus × Rowdy

Fashion meets its crowd in Hollywood.

Hollywood, Los Angeles
Guests sharing the I Wish environment, July 19, 2019 · Jonathan Schwartz.
2019 · Immersive experiences

Hayley Kiyoko

I Wish Immersive Experience.

ROW DTLA · Los Angeles, CA
A wide view of the photographic gallery and exhibition displays.
2019 · Immersive experiences

Nas

Queensbridge to Manhattan.

New York, NY
Fans outside the Seattle No.6 pop-up, July 2019 · Quinton Peters.
2019 · Artist campaigns

Ed Sheeran

A release shared across cities.

Across the United States
The completed Kamikoto kiosk at Roosevelt Field.
2019 · Pop-up retail

Kamikoto

Craft you can see up close.

Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY
The Let Love collection presented inside the Chicago pop-up.
2019 · Pop-up retail

Common

Let Love come home.

Chicago, IL
The Millidelphia storefront at 2005 Market Street · Film still.
2018 · Artist campaigns

Meek Mill × PUMA

Philadelphia becomes Millidelphia.

Philadelphia, PA
IL MAKIAGE’s SoHo pop-up during the summer 2018 launch event.
2018 · Brand activations

IL MAKIAGE

A beauty relaunch, made personal.

SoHo, New York, NY
The Bodega Boys’ Mister Nutcracker merchandise truck on the street · New York, 2018.
2018 · Mobile & touring

Desus & Mero

The Bodega Boys take the shop to the street.

New York, NY
The finished Smashing Pumpkins Merch Vault at the future Double Door site · Chicago, December 1, 2018. Delivered for Warner Music Group.
2018 · Pop-up retail

The Smashing Pumpkins

Unlocking the Merch Vault.

Former Wilson Avenue Theater · Chicago, IL
The Serpents & Ateliers collection in the original showroom event film · New York, 2018.
2018 · Artist campaigns

ZHU

A collection with its own after-dark world.

New York, NY
Guests at the illuminated SEEDO product setting during Interscope’s BET Awards pre-party · June 2018.
2018 · Brand activations

SEEDO

The product enters the party.

Los Angeles, CA
The #REFORM launch room at the Atlanta History Center, before the discussion · October 2018.
2018 · Brand activations

PUMA

#REFORM: a platform takes the stage.

Atlanta History Center · Atlanta, GA
PUMA × Roland
2018 · Brand activations

PUMA × Roland

A sneaker with its own soundtrack.

New York, NY
Fans exploring the FIENDSHOP retail environment.
2018 · Artist campaigns

Bas

FIENDSHOP. Coast to coast.

New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA
Gorillaz
2018 · Festivals & cultural moments

Gorillaz

The G-Store enters Demon Dayz.

Los Angeles, CA
A$AP Ferg in the Traplord Home setting · Harlem, June 2017. The Pop Up Team’s earlier work through Fancy.com.
2017 · Pop-up retail

A$AP Ferg

Welcome to Traplord Home.

Harlem, New York
The Nobody Safe Los Angeles pop-up and McLaren display · 2017. The Pop Up Team’s earlier work through Fancy.com.
2017 · Pop-up retail

Future

Nobody Safe. Impossible to miss.

Melrose, Los Angeles
Visitors inside the Almost Human Los Angeles pop-up. The Pop Up Team’s earlier work through Fancy.com.
2017 · Pop-up retail

Steve Angello

Almost Human: an artist’s world in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, CA
Visitors inside the FutureHive Fairfax boutique · September 2016. The Pop Up Team’s earlier work through Fancy.com.
2016 · Pop-up retail

Future

FutureHive finds a home on Fairfax.

Fairfax, Los Angeles
Visitors inside the Wild Youth art and fashion experience during New York Fashion Week · The Pop Up Team’s earlier work through Fancy.com.
2016 · Immersive experiences

Steve Angello

Wild Youth: music becomes a gallery.

New York, NY
The anniversary pop-up joins merchandise and exhibition in one retail space.
2016 · Pop-up retail

JAY-Z

Inside Reasonable Doubt.

SoHo, New York
Future
2016 · Pop-up retail

Future

The FutureHive opens its doors.

SoHo, New York
Inside Fancy Run Up 2016 · frame from the original event recap.
2016 · Pop-up retail

Fancy

An online world, brought to life.

Fancy Run Up
Cardi B performing at SummerSlam · event context photograph supplied by POPUP. The ticket activation is shown below.
Project archive · Artist campaigns

Cardi B

An unexpected notice. An album to remember.

WWE SummerSlam
Backyard Accents towels, cushions and pool-float covers in the original campaign photography.
Project archive · Content production

Loop-Loc

A collection with a life around it.

Los Angeles, CA
CandyKing’s first U.S. flagship at 306 Bleecker Street in New York’s West Village.
Project archive · Permanent retail

CandyKing

Swedish candy. A New York address.

New York, NY
The completed AliHouse entrance during the Los Angeles summer tour, 2023.
Project archive · Market launches

AliExpress

Commerce meets culture.

United States
The two custom-wrapped McLarens together during the London takeover.
Project archive · Artist campaigns

deadmau5

The London takeover.

London, UK
The mobile album experience surrounded by fans in Times Square.
Project archive · Artist campaigns

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

New York became the listening room.

Times Square, New York
Allegro Cellars
Project archive · Brand activations

Allegro Cellars

A tasting program with cultural context.

Miami, Los Angeles & New York
The Equals double-decker brings Ed Sheeran’s album identity onto New York’s streets.
Project archive · Mobile & touring

Ed Sheeran

Equals, through Ed’s New York.

New York, NY
Desus & Mero
Project archive · Mobile & touring

Desus & Mero

The bodega comes to your block.

Five boroughs, New York
Burna Boy
Project archive · Mobile & touring

Burna Boy

A South Beach arrival.

Miami, FL
Guests discover Rabble at the tasting station.
Project archive · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

Earth Month, across the country.

Boston · New York · Austin · Denver · Southern California · Miami
Guests gathered outside the Museum of Graffiti for Rabble’s Earth Day event.
Project archive · Brand activations

Rabble Wine

Wine discovery. Cultural connection.

Across the United States
Mint Mobile
Project archive · Brand activations

Mint Mobile

A place to let phone-plan frustration out.

Los Angeles, CA

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