Whew!  It’s been busy lately in GB land.  When we sat down to brainstorm for our presence at this year’s NACA conference, we couldn’t help but notice how nice it is to SIT and relax every once in a while.   While a far cry from the normal up-all-night sweaty dance party that we normally strive for, we decided that comortable seating would be the core of our sleek booth design for NACA 08.

Our first attempt at cool seating was the inflatable couch.  We ordered a prototype and took it for a test drive.  …Yikes.  If you ever have the opportunity to take a seat on an inflatable couch… well, don’t.  It’s really awkward.  But man, it would have been easy to transport.  Luckily for all you booth visitors, we scrapped the idea and opted for a less inflatable seating solution.

Springer and BobbyD test-drive an inflatable couch

After some 3D modeling and a trip to IKEA, we rounded up some truss and a couple of plasma screens and headed to Hartford to build the hottest booth in the history of the universe.

On Thursday night, the booth was up and running, complete with little bamboo sticks and shiny knick knacks that really took things to the next level.  While it would have been nice to relax in shiny comfort, the weekend was just getting started.

With a GB contingent holding down the NACA booth and chatting with college reps about the future of dance party awesomeness, another one descended on Providence College to prep for Friday night’s show.  On Saturday morning we’d reconvene in Hartford for the final marketplace sessions, and to squeeze our beautiful booth back into a truck — after some un-bolting and industrial Saran wrapping of course.

Onward!