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Brisbane

Events & Brand Activations Brisbane. Design, Build and Install

Custom fabrication and premium hire pieces for brand activations, events and pop-ups, guided by a process that keeps you informed, in control and confident at every stage.

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Ready to Build in Brisbane.

Brisbane is one of Australia's most active markets for experiential brand marketing, and one of the most competitive. Retail precincts like Queen Street Mall, Westfield Chermside, and South Bank draw enormous foot traffic, and brands working in these environments need builds that perform under pressure.

Traction Studio is Sydney-based with extensive Brisbane experience. Your activation is fabricated in our 1200sqm workshop, quality-checked in person, then delivered and installed by the same team that built it. We travel to Brisbane to deliver the same precision and craft you'd expect from a local team.

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Brisbane Activation Services

Wow your customers with something they haven’t seen before. Provide them with an engaging and interactive activation in a prestige environment.

Create something people can only experience here, in this moment. Fully custom pop up shops built from scratch to reflect your brand and fit any space.

Pop Ups

From large scale outdoor structures to fully immersive indoor environments, custom event structures that make your brand impossible to ignore and impossible to forget.

Custom Structures

In a room full of competing stands, yours needs to be the one people stop at. This doesn't happen by luck, it's by design. Custom expo stands, built to own the room.

Expo Stands

The most powerful brand moment is when someone experiences your product for the first time. Custom sampling stations and bar carts built to create that moment.

Sampling Stations & Bar Carts

Modular structures give you speed. We give them personality. Shipping containers, Space Cubes, Growblox transformed to look completely on-brand.

Modular Structure Fitouts

Set building for television, theatre, film and live events. For when the deadline just can't move.

Staging

Global Brands. Brisbane Projects.

Our carefully crafted, step-by-step process (with detailed timelines, designs broken down into bite-sized pieces, to make decision making simple and easy) is designed to bring you inside the process you're usually shut out of… so instead of getting "she'll be right", you get clarity, order and reassurance… every step of the way.

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Services

Sydney Workshop, Brisbane Delivery

Fabricated in our Sydney workshop and delivered to Brisbane with full installation support.

Pre-Planned Site Coordination

We coordinate site access, logistics and installation timing to ensure smooth delivery to your Brisbane venue.

Installed by the Team Who Built It

The same team that fabricates your build in our workshop travels to Brisbane to install it, ensuring nothing gets lost in translation.

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OUR COMPLETED BUILDS

Concierge Agency

For Birkenstock's 250th anniversary, Concierge Agency and Traction Studio built a three-day Sydney pop-up rated best in class and showcased to global markets.

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Custom gallery build celebrating 250 years of Birkenstock at a Sydney pop-up event

35 Degrees North

One day, one live broadcast, one chance to bring two merged global beverage brands to life — and a build the client refused to dismantle.

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Custom stage and product displays built for a global beverage merger launch event in Sydney

Today the Brave

When Woodford Reserve's Melbourne Fashion Festival activation needed to be more premium on the same budget, Today the Brave's Imelda Hodson called Traction Studio.

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Woodford Reserve brand activation bar build at the Melbourne Fashion Festival

Just some of our work in Brisbane

HCF Pop-Up Kiosk
Location:
Wollongong Central, Wollongong
Client:
HCF
Brand:
HCF

Located at Sunshine Plaza, this HCF activation required a flexible solution that could be deployed quickly while providing a professional customer-facing presence.

Traction Studio provided a hire-based solution that simplified logistics while allowing the HCF team to activate efficiently across different sites. The project focused on flexibility, speed of deployment and reducing the complexity often associated with permanent activation infrastructure.

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"Traction Studio provided a simple and practical solution that worked extremely well for our Brisbane activations.

The hire items represented great value for money, particularly given the short notice and responsive service provided throughout the project. I also appreciated the flexibility of the rental model compared to investing in a permanent kiosk solution.

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The entire process was straightforward from start to finish. Communication was clear, timelines were met and the team was easy to work with throughout. We look forward to partnering with them again in the future."

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Ebru Aydin
Property Administrator and Minor Projects
Wotif Great Summer Escape
Location:
Martin Place, Sydney & Queensbridge Square, Southbank, Melbourne
Client:
Funkified Events and Productions
Brand:
Wotif

Located in King George Square, Brisbane, the Wotif Great Summer Escape transformed a public space into an immersive holiday-themed escape room experience inspired by destinations around Australia.

Working with Funkified Events and Productions, Traction Studio fabricated and installed the activation, helping transform approved creative concepts into an engaging visitor experience. As part of a national campaign, the project required close collaboration between agency, client and production teams to ensure every detail aligned with the original concept.

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"It's so easy working with Traction Studio because I can send a render and know the team will build exactly what's been envisioned.

They make my job easier. The client has a vision, we develop the concept, and Traction Studio finds a way to make it happen. No matter how tight the deadline or how complex the build, I know I'll be supported throughout the process.

The team is continuously outstanding. Their responsiveness, ability to solve problems quickly and willingness to go above and beyond is why I keep coming back. I'd recommend them for any experiential or event build."

Tina Gasparini
Senior Activations Producer

They got Traction.
Here's what they said.

"The team were responsive, supportive and went above and beyond to help Guide Dogs bring everything together for our biggest day of the year."
Tori Larosa
Event Manager Brand & Campaigns, Guide Dogs
"Traction are a dream to work with, the team are excellent at what they do and have provided invaluable help in the production of our assets."
Joshua Niewand
Director of Operations
Thank you so much for your patience and persistence with all the MNR elements; and the crew onsite — they were absolutely amazing and a real good bunch of peeps.
Liz Sullivan
Producer
"Bart's estimate was detailed and thoughtful, which gave us real confidence when going back to the client. Outstanding communication throughout."
Camilla Yates
Senior Event & Operations Manager
"It’s always clear that the team cares about our projects and wants them to be a success. That’s evident in the service and customer care we receive every time we work with them."
Matthew Teale
Technical Production Manager
"They are incredibly professional, courteous and very inventive. No task too big or small, great people and very approachable."
Scott Ogier
Director
"The build quality and finishes were excellent, exactly what you need when delivering for a high-profile brand like LEGO. The scale of this project was significant and the team handled every challenge with expertise."
Karina Zheng
Event Producer
"Traction have done an excellent job. Solutions-focused and determined to make it happen – where others said too hard, they found a way."
Matthew Teale
Technical Production Manager
"A great experience from the initial meeting all the way through to build. The finished product looked incredible."
Natalie Russo
Marketing Communications Manager, Blum
"Traction are a delight to work with and always solution driven, they make the impossible possible."
Indi Tharmanayagam
Senior Producer, The World Of
"Great processes and great communication throughout. Everything went exactly to plan."
Jesse Clarke
Innovation & R&D Manager, Pro Clima Australia
Now that I've installed the pop-up and am running my perfume business, I couldn't be happier with the result. Everything was locally made, making communication smooth and tailored to my needs.
Damien Madier
Founder
"Traction delivered an exceptional set piece as the main feature of our school production of The 39 Steps. A standout result."
Benjamin Brockman
Lighting Designer
"From the clear planning process to the 3-day turnaround, the builders were the BEST. In love with what they created in my space."
Cushla Parsemain
Director
"The quality of Traction's products is unparalleled. Meticulous attention to detail and creative flair that elevated the entire project."
Tara Beautyman
Place Activation & Programming Manager, NSW Department of Planning, Housing & Infrastructure
"They went above and beyond to deliver high-quality builds on time and on budget. Highly recommend for any event or custom build."
Bella Green
Brand Experience Director, Hutton House
"Traction delivers premium event builds. Their work is always of a high standard and staff are an absolute pleasure to deal with."
Candice Dobbie
Senior Event Producer, Emotive
"Traction Studio is our go-to production partner. Pete is amazing, Heather provides fantastic support. Hands down one of the best."
Carl Stanley-Jones
Senior Account Director, Curious Nation
"The whole process was seamless, from Bart who quoted the job to Dean who was our project manager. Client feedback was really positive."
Stephanie Andrews
Event Producer
"In 7 years of doing the Sydney Mardi Gras parade, this was our organisation's best ever float. Highly recommend Traction."
Anthony Orman
Manager of Executive Support, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

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