The AOFTHEI Story
The Chosen Partner of Iconic Brands and Organizations for Creative Content, Supporting the Corporate Meetings, Events, and Hospitality Industry
Duane Tornquist, former Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Sales for one of North America’s fastest growing event technology companies in the meetings, events, convention and hospitality industries found himself at a crossroads when the company he helped build and grow for close to two decades was acquired without notice.
June of 2016 Duane embarked on the next chapter of his career and launched Artists of the Industry (AOFTHEI). His vision was to create a different kind of creative agency to serve the corporate meetings and events, hospitality and convention industries.
This chapter now has its own story to tell. This story is about prudence; how to use the knowledge, experience, ideas, relationships, and skills in this world of corporate creative communications to help customers and partners excel and achieve greater successes within their industries. We are Artists of the Industries. Join us in our journey on a pursuit at the highest level of creative technology and immersive interactive discovery as we continue “helping people get there, wherever there is”.
AOFTHEI became a collaborative creative team with Duane as the Chief Creative Director, and Executive Producer. Relationships with freelancers and contractors from various creative and interactive fields of entertainment, digital design, game development, film, music, copywriting, and live event production worked hand in hand with the small in house AOFTHEI leadership group headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
AOFTHEI Creative Studios – from concept to stage, screen and beyond, AOFTHEI Studios works side by side with our clients to build brand messaging and activations designed to immerse, captivate, and remain memorable in the minds of live in person and virtual audiences around the world.
Product launches, global internal and external communication meetings and conferences , award banquets, trade shows, or world wide web activations and campaigns, AOFTHEI Studios has the team and the creative imagination to help your vision come to life with a true human emotional connection in today’s digital age of communication.
Our Executive Producers and Creative Directors partner with meeting planners, corporate marketing departments and c-suite executive teams to strategize, concept, build, and execute a vision with impact and lasting impressions. From a boardroom setting, to a ballroom and or stadium venue, intimate or large scale epic presentations no matter the size of the audience or where they are in the world, AOFTHEI is your go to partner.
With AOFTHEI Studios every detail is covered with your event theme, stage design, custom animation, film and video direction and production, original music composition, immersive 360 sound design, storytelling, script and copy-writing, stage management, show direction, speaker coaching, choreographing, run of show, event branded virtual and hybrid video television broadcast quality and ultra high definition streaming, and every detail of a live and hybrid event and ongoing digital communication strategy and activation.
AOFTHEI Interactive Studios, creating and developing custom apps and virtual and augmented reality experiences are passions for our team. Site visit and venue selection, meeting planner support including custom built event specific apps for any venue, meeting, event, and conference space, anywhere in the world. Our game and app developers use their skills in unconventional and imaginative ways to create meeting planner and venue tools that are not only fun and interesting to use, but help create and drive ROI, meeting attendance, networking, productivity, and social interactive experiences.
“Have you ever experienced a 360 VR meeting? In your office, thousands of miles away from the live event, there you are in the action, watching the presentations, hearing and seeing the CEO address the company, and participating in the live Q&A. Take a look around, see others in the seats around you, colleagues, friends, and associates. Network with everyone through chats, and video. Yes, this is possible and available as a stand alone solution or as an added pug-in to our full service meeting and event apps.” – Duane Tornquist, Chief Creative Officer, and Executive Producer at AOFTHEI Studios
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AOFTHEI Studios is Based in Charlotte North Carolina, USA
Viral storytelling in true cinematic fashion is now a part of any and all corporate communications strategy. Content must be visually captivating, tell a story, capture and retain the viewer, and sound amazingly crystal clear with just the right message nested in the perfect emotional appointed and composed sound design. We write, produce, direct, edit, compose, sound design and distribute your story, vision and message to the world.
Our music and sound design studios play a leading role in our production work. Theme music, media composing, film scoring, and immersive sound design is always top of mind when creating branded motion graphics, show openers, narrative storytelling, advertising commercials, independent film releases, and live event productions in a ballroom or venue.
With our studio’s newest addition, Dolby Atmos, the complete immersive 360 sound experience now helps pull the viewer directly into the story or action like never before experienced.
Our in-house music composers, songwriters, sound designers, mixers, and editors are here to make you sound incredible while helping lift the emotional connection of your story and message.
Meeting and event production is where we began our journey. With years of experience and attention to detail with our eyes firmly focused on the future of event technology, new communication tools, and immersive, emerging, and engaging creative ideas and design, AOFTHEI Studios has become the chosen partners of some of the world’s most iconic brands and organizations around the globe for all of their meeting, event, trade show, presentation, corporate communications and activation needs.
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