Event producer Joey Wijnen started his company JOW Event Design & Production two years ago and has been using Vivien to successfully win new business and design a range of increasingly ambitious events and product launches, including major new building unveilings and a large-scale All American Christmas Dinner.
"As soon as I decided to invest in Vivien, I started to get more and more projects," says Wijnen. "We design and produce events in Holland, mostly business to business but also in the private sector.
"Our clients, such as caterers and event agencies hire us to design and produce complete events. The quality of work we are able to deliver using Vivien wins us lots of new business.
"For example, we have recently completed a project which involved the unveiling of a new building, using a 20m curtain drop system. Without even having to visit the location, Vivien allowed me to design the entire event and provide the client beforehand with beautiful 3D visuals, as well as detailed floorplans and plots for AV equipment, lighting, seating arrangements and more."
Another successful event JOW helped to design and produce was an all American Christmas dinner for 120 guests at the Monumental Church building in Roermond, Netherlands.
"Once we had our first draft in Vivien, we discovered that the maximum capacity of the venue was 80 dinner guests," Wijnen explains. "We tried different seating arrangements until we had figured out a solution to fit in the full number. Visualising the event in Vivien allowed us to notice this three weeks ahead of the event date instead of when the tables and chairs were already delivered.
"For this particular project we used all the latest features in Vivien 2015 to their full potential. It allowed us to create incredibly useful spreadsheets from loading lists to detailed seating charts."
"Of course, it almost goes without saying that the 3D visuals are a great feature of Vivien," adds Wijnen.
"The success of the latest projects that Joey Wijnen and his team have been able to put together using all the latest features we've packed into Vivien 2015 speak volumes for the value and utility our virtual event design software offers event professionals," said Igor Silva, marketing director at CAST Group.
(Jim Evans)
