Dreamforce Opening Keynote • Salesforce Events
Each year, Salesforce Co-CEO Marc Benioff kicks off the beginning of the Dreamforce conference with the Opening Keynote. This presentation continues to grow and evolve in terms of innovation and scale setting the bar higher each year it is held. The Keynote Room usually consists of a main presenter screen. confidence monitors, and a stage. It was decided that some new elements would be added to create a more immersive experience, including eight four-sided LED columns and a LED presenter stage.
I was tasked with concepting and designing environmental visuals that would populate Hall F in Moscone Center during the show. These visuals would live on the new stage and column setups. It was an exciting and thoughtful design challenge since each of the columns had four sides measuring 20ft tall and 8ft wide. It was an expansive digital canvas that was used for vivid, visual storytelling.
Role
Concepting + Creative Direction + Presentation Design + Agency Management
Concepting + Creative Direction + Presentation Design + Agency Management
Concepting the experience through visual exploration
The following images show various, early explorations of how to design for the space while having the most visual impact. It was important that I also consider how to keep the audience from being overwhelmed by the high perceptual load with so many visuals present in the room. We needed a balanced experience to ensure the audience could truly take in the information and understand the messaging from our speakers.
Introducing column layouts
Working files were produced in a four-up view of each side to better understand how elements of each design would interact across the four panels. Many considerations were made to produce the best solution for audience members seated closer to the columns as well as those who were farther away in the room.
Four-up view of a column video wrap
Column layout being tested on all screens
Final experience and show designs
