This simulated space colony portal will be at the Destination ImagiNation Global Finals event in Knoxville, TN. The event is an international competition focusing on creativity and critical thinking.

Breaking news! Erector Sets delivers a studio production set for the independent American news network, NewsMax. An LED backlit bezel amplifies an already massive 80” screen while custom graphics complete this Brendan Kilroy design.

The PHS Gardener’s Studio at the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show functioned as an event space for guests to learn about hostas, green roofs, and organic gardening. Long-time partner of Erector Sets, Gary Radin, drafted the 3000 sq ft concept and we brought it to life. The multifaceted space featured a stage area, event seating, storage rooms, and even VIP parking.

The Trail of the Lorax is coming to the Philadelphia Zoo on March 31st. This funky furniture set encourages kids to unlock the secrets  of endangered species through exploration. The sliding doors will reveal a glimpse into another world. Color selections like Golden Rod, Humorous Green, and  Vivacious Pink piqued the interest of adults and will certainly engage the younger audience as well.

Taking this year’s PHS Award of Distinction at the Philadelphia International Flower Show, this interactive exhibit crafted by Erector Sets allowed guests to create their own floral compositions. Each wheel drove an independent panel on a linear track within the 720 sq ft exhibit. The design was inspired by the joy of arranging flowers.

This Hackensack University Medical Center commerical features props made my Erector Sets.

Erector Sets Inc. gets called on from other exhibit companies to collaborate on some interesting museum projects. We were excited when USA Inc. hired us to work on “The Science of Spying”. This exhibit was a traveling show in conjunction with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the Science Museum of London. We built interactive walls and display cabinets with an added challenge in mind, that the pieces had to be reassembled in each new city.  Erector Sets was able to utilize our tight tolerances, attention to detail and the plans were all in metric!

USA Inc. utilized our services again when it came time to build exhibits for Louisiana’s Sci-Port Science Center. The museum is an interactive children’s museum, so you know the exhibits need to be built like tanks. One of the projects we built was the “Tool Cart” which housed safety glasses and hardhats for the kids.

Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum was opened at its new location this month. In-Depth Inc. hired Erector Sets to help with the fabrication of some of the new exhibits. We built a variety of projects from handicap-friendly ramps, kindergarten learning rooms to railway station facades.

Did you miss the construction of Jenny Sabin's Greenhouse?

Watch the video to see an interesting public art project designed by Jenny Sabin that we were involved in.

This month we are featuring some of the work we have done for our valued clients at Traffic.com. Following the successful completion of their Philadelphia based UPN57 set, we were called on again to design and fabricate the set of their new Chicago Operations Center at WMAQ TV.

The new Traffic.com studio is truly state of the art. It is equipped to provide traffic radio broadcasts to Traffic.com’s Chicago radio clients over high fidelity analog circuits as well as having digital recording abilities for their FTP clients.

Our designer Steve Davis was challenged to create a set that was not only functional, but would also serve to visually impress potential clients visiting the studio. We were extremely pleased with the end result, but more importantly, so were our clients. In a recent e-mail, Traffic.com’s Media Engineer, Jim Quinn said, “Look what you guys have created! How cool did this come out?” Customer satisfaction is our highest priority at Erector Sets.

When our partners at In-depth Inc. got the blueprints for The Infantry Museum in Georgia, they called us in to collaborate. The job entailed everything from a WWI full-size trench to a walk-thru Vietnam jungle experience. The main exhibit chronicled all the wars that the US Infantry has been involved in from the Revolutionary War to the Iraq War. To keep everybody on their toes, main gallery was designed to ramp from the first floor up to the second on a three-degree rake that spanned longer than a football field. This added a nice element of difficulty to the already structurally challenged bombed-out French farmhouse (lower pictures). Erector Sets made the rock and ground forms as well the architectural structures (buildings and bridges). Then we handed the pieces off to In-depth for the scenic work. Their skilled craftsmen brought the exhibits to life with amazing realistic-ness and accuracy.

We’re pleased to announce the addition of twenty year industry veteran Len Laurito to our staff of talented design professionals and craftsmen. Experienced as a project manager and account director with a background in exhibit carpentry and installation, Len brings ground-up exhibit knowledge to account teams, and client sensitivity to production teams. Time Warner, NBC, Pitney Bowes, and Hewlett-Packard are representative of Len's former clients. Previously a Vice President at Jack Morton Worldwide. Len will be working closely with Erector Sets President Brendan Kilroy and Project Manager Yuri Petrina, expanding Erector Sets’ breadth of service.

Within his first month, Len has helped deliver a broadcast project designed by Park Place Studio for Pharm to Market, a residential stairway installation, and a commercial shoot for Expo Dry Erase Markers.

We’ve produced effective and affordable facelift projects for clients including the CW Philly / CBS 3,  Rohm & Haas and Living Faith Christian Center.  Techniques include:

• interchangeable applied  panels combined with modular set pieces, providing multiple looks
• graphics, laminates and faux paint finishes applied over existing surfaces
• fast fabrication and installation that reduces or eliminates down-time

Couple our techniques with our position as an agile firm whose scalable levels of service meet your needs and budgets. We think you’ll agree that Erector Sets is the high value, highly valuable  partner of choice.

For the third year in a row Erector Sets is honored to participate in the great tradition of the Philadelphia Flower Show. The 2008 Flower Show gave us an excellent opportunity to showcase our tradeshow skills. Occupying over 3,000 square feet of floor space and standing almost twenty feet tall, the exhibit we built for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society may be our largest scale project to date. The “Village” was architectural in scale and contained graphic content that chronicled the Horticultural Society’s history and  involvement with the Philadelphia community.

Think of Erector Sets for all of your tradeshow needs from design to construction and installation.

The summer is over and we are looking back at some of the fun jobs that we have worked on. The marketing group at THP Properties is known for their outlandish Superbowl commercials (locally aired). The concept was simple; the contestant that could jump over the house would win it. So who do you call when you need a 30 foot tall skateboard launch ramp custom built for your new campaign? Erector Sets, of course.

Grasshopper is a hip clothing boutique located in Philadelphia. They are dedicated to featuring the work of up-and-coming local designers. When the folks at Grasshopper needed changing rooms built for their new space they contacted us for something special and unique. The dressing rooms were created in a playful 70’s chic motif that looks totally far-out!

Our friends at Kitchen Sink Productions pulled us in to help out on this crazy project. This enormous ten foot mouth constructed out of carved foam, fiberglass and wood was used in an anti-chewing tobacco PSA. We just cut the curved wooden forms and left Kitchen Sink to do their fiberglass magic. The results were stunning!

Erector Sets Inc. is proud to announce the addition of award winning craftsman Yuri Petrina to our group of talented artisans. Yuri will be heading up our custom cabinetry and fine woodworking projects.

This magnificent kitchen was featured in the book “Dream Homes – Greater Philadelphia”. It was designed by local architects Laura Blau and Paul Thompson at BluPath Design.

Also featured is the first project that Yuri completed with Erector Sets. The millwork was installed in the historic Ayers building located on Philadelphia’s Washington Square Park. Designed by our friends at Qb3 Architects, this 35 foot long combination of fixed panels and storage space is made up of sequenced matched, figured red gum veneer.

In conjunction with Qb3, this bright, clean, streamlined kitchen is the center piece of this dramatic loft space. A project like this has no margin for error and Erector Sets’ attention to detail really shines through.

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We have done numerous projects for Scripps networks in the past including sets for the well known Home and Garden Television, the DIY Network and the Shop at Home Network.

Here at Erector Sets, we were excited to hear about Scripps newest venture, Great American Country. Great American Country is a Nashville based country music cable television network and is the exclusive home of The Grand Ole Opry. Working closely with our good friend, designer Gary Radin, we were asked to fabricate three new sets for shows that will be airing on GAC this month. The sets we created utilize some of the more stereotypical, rustic qualities that we associate with country music, like ax-hewn timbers, field stone walls and distressed paint, but with a close eye on the use of texture, lighting and color the sets come off as sophisticated and contemporary. These sets are a fresh take on an American classic.

Erector Sets has designed and fabricated a growing kit of parts for IRS Corporate Television during 2010. The interchangeable, complimentary components provide varied looks for numerous IRS productions. Live and recorded training broadcasts help save the IRS and taxpayers a sizeable portion of the travel cost associated with critical ongoing training. IRS Corporate Television in Lanham, MD generates content for internal and external audiences that is delivered via live broadcasts, webcasts, training DVD's and YouTube videos.

Conversation, carousels and cows. What connection can they possibly have? They’re all TV commercial projects on the board at Erector Sets. 

GMR Design needed Bayer Healthcare’s set to evoke serenity and a measured  approach to considering important health issues. TruMark Financial wanted an extravagant carousel bed to demonstrate contrast between themselves and the excesses of other financial entities.  A cow with attitude? Ok, this one might defy explanation, but when your livestock needs some cool shades with bling, you’ll know who to call.

We were hired by BigSmack.tv to work on this commercial for National Geographic.

The world's best illusionists master and manipulate the brain's ability to pay attention. Our brains are hardwired to make sense of what we see...

In researching the illusions we found that some were based on an amazing mathematician, Kokichi Sugihara. His work is really interesting - check it out.

We’re excited about the approaching RTNDA @ NAB show in Las Vegas April 12-14. Please stop by our booth, say hello and  view the exciting work Erector Sets has produced since our last RTNDA. Our 2009 -2010 portfolio includes work for new clients like the IRS, Sourpuss Clothing, Free People Clothing, and Park Place Studio’s Altitude Sports design. Of course, we’re pleased to have provided continued service for our long time clients like PNC Bank, The Redskins Broadcast Network, Mid Atlantic Sports Network, and The Philadelphia Flower Show.

Looking to change up your space? You need confidence that your design & fabrication partner knows their business as well as yours. Updating a studio is a major financial investment, and possibly a gamble that your audience will follow where you lead. If you’re coming to Las Vegas for RTNDA, come meet the team that will turn that gamble into a sure bet – Erector Sets.