Create impactful outdoor brand activations with fully branded, weather‑resistant custom shipping containers designed for pop‑up events and experiential campaigns.
Hire shipping containers to create a unique, flexible, outdoor brand space or pop-up event. Branded inside and out with bespoke interiors, LED lighting and paint finishes, shipping containers provide a visually impactful weather resistant hub for brands who want to get outside and get noticed.
The first promotional shipping container we created was for PureGym. They tasked us with creating an experiential event that could be transported around the country. The idea was to create brand exposure and generate sign-ups for PureGym’s new nationwide gyms. It had to be self-contained, unique, visually impactful and push the hashtag #BringYourIncredible. Since then we’ve designed and built some impressive containers and branded installations.
There are many positive reasons to hire a shipping container for experiential, sampling and marketing campaigns. For one thing they’re so much more durable and weather resistant than the usual pop-up gazebo. And although they look (suitably) expensive they’re not as costly as you might think. They’re fully brand-able and customisable inside and out. Plus they’re relatively easy to transport and totally secure if you need to keep valuable event equipment unattended on-site. But most of all they just look impressive and cool. We can fit them out with lighting, power, flooring, walls… you name it. If it’ll fit inside we can install it. The double-decker shipping container we created for Yorkshire Water is a great example of what can be achieved with a some creativity.
A shipping container is an ideal way to create a brand event space. Especially where other alternatives (like traditional 3m x 3m pop-up gazebos) just wouldn’t cut it. Weather resistant and with a great visual presence we’ve specced containers of different shapes and sizes to suit different brand strategies. From 10ft cube containers, 20ft long boxes with top floor balconies to massive 40ft long units. If you’ve got an idea for a pop-up brand experience that needs one of these awesome bits of kit, call us. Some ideas for uses are:
Although shipping containers come in different sizes we will manage delivery, installation, set up and removal from site. Whether it’s a festival, city centre or outside a train station. Our heavy-duty transport partners can arrange the appropriate vehicle (check out the photo of one of the cranes we used above). So that we can get your bespoke shipping container safely to and from the event we look after:
There are all kinds of event spaces for experiential, sampling and product launches across the country. From Leeds to London, Edinburgh to Glasgow, Manchester to Liverpool, Birmingham to Cardiff. If there’s an event space available for hire it’s likely we’ve been there and done it or we can book it. Depending on the type of activity or campaign we’ll book and manage the space for our clients, saving valuable planning time. We know the best locations and which are best for particular types of demographic. And which ones have good footfall and are best value for money. Our experience working with event spaces is invaluable. Types of event space sites for brand campaigns include:
If you’ve got a plan for a brand experience that needs a shipping container we can develop it and make it a reality. Contact us through the form below, email or call us on 0113 243 8194.
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We worked with iMP on stands for two different events and were thrilled with the quality of the items we received. The team executed our brief to a fantastic standard, working to a tight turnaround to deliver all materials required for both events, and were extremely supportive and quick to respond to any questions we had throughout the process. Thank you iMP for your work on this project to ensure we had incredible activations at both of our events!
Brand Manager, BOL Foods
David and team at iMP are the real deal - kind, personable, dependable, professional, and offer a craftsmanship that rivals any agency I've encountered in my career. We will absolutely be using iMP again for any future UK activations (if they will have us) and highly recommend for any companies seeking an incredible experience - ESPECIALLY if you're a US-based team like us, and need an expert on location.
Brand Director, Life360
We worked with iMP for our event stand and staffing of the Ideal Home Show. David and the team were fantastic, our stand was incredible and we had so many compliments on it. The staff were great, they are really high energy and engaged our consumers at the stand. I would highly recommend if you are looking to run any sampling or experiential events for your brand.
Brand Manager, Snuggledown
Hiring iMP for an event I was leading on for a new client was a great decision. They turned around a high quality sampling event and promo vehicle with a very short turnaround time, and their staff on the day were incredibly enthusiastic and professional. They made the process easy and the client very happy, we'll definitely be working with them again.
Brand Director, Lee Kum Kee
We partnered with iMP Sampling & Experiential for a summer campaign with one of our clients, and we couldn't be happier with the results. They executed a total of 42 in-store events nationwide, and their team's expertise in sampling and experiential marketing truly shone through. The staff were great at engaging with customers and helping us to achieve our goal of increasing footfall and participation at each event.
Account Director, CreativeRace
Had a wonderful experience working with David and the whole iMP team for an event this summer! David went above and beyond to help wherever possible and the branded ice cream van turned out beautifully. Hope to work with iMP again soon!
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