When it came time to design a headquarters for Shinesty’s growing employee base, founder and CEO Chris White reached out to local creative agency Maximalist. The aptly named firm, helmed by experiential designer Abigail Plantier, blends storytelling, insatiable curiosity, and bespoke aesthetics to amplify a client’s vision. For Shinesty, this meant transforming a traditional office into a destination, full of groovy art, functional spaces, and quirky objects to serve as living inspiration for employees working on new campaigns and product lines.
All too often the restrooms in bars and restaurants miss out on an opportunity to surprise and delight guests, says Abigail Plonkey, the chief experience curator at local creative agency Maximalist – Experience Design.
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With COVID-19 cases on the rise and winter right around the corner, fueling up with whole, nutritious foods — along with adequate sleep, exercise and stress management — is one of the best ways to support your immune system today.
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To encourage creativity during self-quarantine and raise money for the hospitality industry employee relief fund Another Round Another Rally, a team of creatives started We Create Anyway. Submit your quarantined creative offerings—A song! A painting! A baked good!—for the chance to win cash and prizes.
Launched at the start of widespread social distancing measures, the We Create Anyway contest aims to evoke courage through creativity, even in the face of uncertainty. A call for submissions seeks diverse entries from all over—with no real guidelines for what’s eligible so long as it’s an original creation.
Sat down (and by sat down I mean had a zoom call) with Abigail Plonkey, Founder and Chief Experience Curator at Maximalist and the Mastermind behind Thrice Pop Up, to gain and share insight into the creative process through her eyes.
If Her Name Was Charley—better known as Charley Co.—has anything to do with it, the age of dull Office Space–esque workplaces (greige, sterile, and filled with cubicles) is nearing an end. The women-only coworking space kick-started by Denver entrepreneur Bryn Carter is the exact opposite of meh, with saturated colors and sculptural shapes at every turn.
Chef or Death - Abigail Plonkey is Founder and Chief Experience Curator at Maximalist, where she leads all aspects of the agency, including creative direction, strategy, and experiential design.
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Nashville's Henley restaurant is designed by Denver-based design studio Oz Architecture. Complete with powder blue-paneled walls and a 19-seat bar, this space is perfect for an after-work unwinding.
Food and Wine, By Noah Kaufman
If you want a seat at James Beard Award winner RJ Cooper's newest restaurant, you'll have to hunt it down.
Abigail Plonkey shared her expertise in real estate branding and marketing with an audience of residential developers, land planners and representatives from both boutique and master-planned communities.
Hospitality Design, By Will Speros
Henley, a new modern American brasserie, will open in Nashville in late spring with James Beard Award-winning chef RJ Cooper at the helm.
Abbey began by dispelling a few myths. “People immediately think that branding means a logo,” she says. “When in reality, it’s so much more than that.”
This presentation and discussion will delve into the oftentimes confusing and opaque waters of social media for design-focused firms.
The event will include a Q&A panel with real estate developers, branding and experiential designers and home stagers!
Colorado’s largest conference of the year for interior designers and other related professionals and resource firms with more than 300 attendees anticipated.
Ladies, Wine & Design was started by Jessica Walsh as an initiative to foster female creativity.
Abigail speaking to the vision of the RiNo neighborhood.
Join us for an inside look into the experience design of OZ Architecture client, Punch Bowl Social. Founded in Denver, Punch Bowl Social now has locations in Austin, Detroit and Portland.
Join us for an inside look into the experience design of OZ Architecture client, Punch Bowl Social. Founded in Denver, Punch Bowl Social now has locations in Austin, Detroit and Portland.
“Imagine badass Korean food paired with blow-your mind cocktails in a deconstructed barbie-art installation,” according to the website. Denver chef Bill Espiricueta, who just opened Smōk restaurant at The Source Hotel, is cooking “Korean grilled Barbie legs” (which are frog legs) among other themed specials. Bartender Shawn Campbell will pair cocktails like the Malibu Ken made with bourbon, lemon juice, and pear brandy.
“If you decide you’re building this entire space around the pizza oven, everything else has to be carefully designed,” says Abigail Plonkey…
…Odd concept, but cool creation that blended Barbie-themed decor and drinks with Korean barbecue.
Last weekend, the vacant restaurant space formerly occupied by Milk and Honey, which closed in March, was transformed into Korean BarbieQ, a Barbie-themed sensory experience blended with Korean barbecue and cocktails.
Negroni fountain. Kendra Anderson, the glamorous owner of Bar Helix in RiNo, knows how to throw one hell of a party.
Korean barbecue is stale and dated; enter Korean Barbie Q. How can we explain the emergence of the restaurant, bar and art show mashup that relies heavily on the idea of dismembered doll parts?
I’ve always wanted to do a pop-up. I believe that when you put your idea or thought out to a world that it will happen,” stated Plonkey…
