Hi Tony (and Everyone),
Thanks for the feedback.
We have honestly been working hard to incorporate as many of the
groups requests from the latest re-design. Unfortunately, it's
turned out to be quite challenging from a budget perspective. Below are a
few more details from our end on that front, as well as replies to Tony's comments to the list.
1.)
The pod design. There are a few issues involved. The original designs
all had a sharing aspect to them (back-to-back, shared counters, etc.)
This helped to keep the costs within our budget. Because the group would
like to separate each pod out and change the dimensions -- there is a
lot more customization involved. And unfortunately, that comes with a
larger price tag. We were told that the original pod design with the adjustments would no longer fit our budget. Instead, our contractor came up with a new design that
tried to pull in as many of the needed features as possible -- and
still make it fit within our budget.
What we can try is to delete/alter the items you requested and see if the
contractor can come up with something on the backside of the pods that
is more to the groups liking (i.e. more open; closer to the original pod backing). Unfortunately, we can't make any promises, but I'll certainly give it a try.
As a reminder -- alterations and deletions from Tony included:
- Remove all seating
- Decreasing the size of the monitors from 32" to 24"
- And removing the OASIS counter entirely
3.)
Pod placement. The current placement of the pods (U-shape instead of
closed loop) was our effort to try and fit as many requested components
into the space as possible. The recommendation I noted in my email was to
shift the presentation/tower to the front of the U and delete the OASIS
counter entirely. This option would not obstruct any vision between
pods, and would allow the group to keep the monitor and booth branding
up front.
We'll have the contractor close the loop and arrange it
per the diagram.
4.)
Towers with monitors. Unfortunately, due to space and budget
constraints we were not able to add an additional tower/monitor to the
booth. A few options were noted in my email to the group which included:
- Removing the presentation component entirely (keeping just the tower).
- Or alternating the slide shows on the one monitor.
We
do have some flexibility on moving the tower around the booth. BTW:
Moving the tower to the center was at the suggestion of the contractor.
They're worried this new layout will be very tight and felt this would
help (as the center is dead space).
I hope this clarifies some of the issues noted in Tony's message. I have a few action items to take back to the contractor -- and will supply the group with revised layout as soon as possible.