Happy Holidays from Coyote Concepts, Inc.! We've created more holiday display concepts than we care to count, but here's a look at a handful of favorites we've done over the years. Who doesn't like Santa Claus selling beer?

All creative professionals have to do a lot of fairly pedestrian work to pay the bills, so when this project came along, we were delighted for the chance to push the creative envelope. Because Etnies is a youth-oriented brand, it welcomes the use of interesting angles, energetic color schemes and gritty materials. Interpreting their identity into structural forms and choosing finishes which could be easily sourced and manufactured is no small feat, but we relished the challenge.

Curves are eye-catching in any form. We felt they fit the Kim Crawford brand quite well when we designed a floor display to showcase their highly rated wines. This design works as a single unit or in pairs to double the capacity.

How do you make your little energy drink bottle stand out against all the visual noise at the register? We addressed the challenge by first considering novel ways to support and showcase the bottles, then interpreted the graphic identity (in this case, gears) into three dimension

I've always been a big fan of the Art Nouveau movement, so when I got an opportunity to design some displays for Domaine Ste Michelle sparkling wines some years ago, I was thrilled. These concepts were especially challenging because the lines and shapes which define Art Nouveau have to look as if they were sculpted by hand, but engineering sculptured forms would have been prohibitively expensive.

I love sketches because they are not only a very efficient first step in the design process, they also immediately provide a window into how a designer thinks and solves problems. The below images represent a few examples of our rough ideation sketching over the years. By providing rough thumbnails like these, we are able to quickly establish intent and save our clients significant time and money in the ideation process.

Upscale finishes and expandability characterize these champagne display concepts we created for the Moet and Chandon brand a few years back.

Pepperwood Grove needed ideas for a cost-effective, impactful floor display to drive sales of their boxed wine. This relatively new style of wine packaging provided an opportunity for us to explore some interesting structural solutions. The renderings below represent a handful of the ideas we proposed.

The client needed ideas for a floor display that would merchandise a prominent brand of whiskey. We were asked to provide ideas which would provide strong visual cues reflecting the brand identity, which is at once bohemian, modern, vintage, industrial, rustic, and upscale. Once the concepts below were considered, a winning idea was chosen, prototyped, approved, and can now be seen in stores worldwid

Fun project from way back in 2007. We had to design a countertop 1.5L bottle glorifier in the Art Deco style for Automoto wines. This was the result. The 3D model is available at Turbosquid.com. Just search "Automoto"

A few years ago, I was asked to design a display system for a major retailer which would provide a high-impact, flexible solution for a range of smart home control products. We provided a number of concepts, and eventually one direction was chosen, fabricated, and test marketed. Here are some examples of the work we did.

We designed this event bar so that it would fold up small for easy transport. It features large lockable casters that accommodate almost any terrain, and areas underneath each wing for rolling barrel coolers.

We designed this event bar for Penfold's Wine such that it would be easy to ship and set up in different locations. It features plenty of storage behind, magnets that easily secure the sections together, wheels so it can be moved easily, and a removable clear top so that the promotional graphics can be switched out as desired. The pieces can also be used individually in smaller spaces.

This table was produced by IDW as a promotional furniture piece for various venues. A range of finishes and materials set off the brand and impart a high-end look and feel, and ease of assembly was addressed for easy shipping and setup.

We designed this wire display with a slim profile to fit into narrow spaces in convenience stores.

This animation shows a variety of concepts we created for a floor display which would feature a variety of both cold and ambient energy drinks. A production version was eventually built based upon one of these designs.

For today's blog post I pulled up a tea accessories display I created for a large client back in 2006. This one was fun because, as is often the case with POP design, I had the chance to play furniture designer.