Midwest House

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Midwest House is a global showcase of top Midwestern talent, creativity, and innovation that takes place annually at SXSW. Serving as a venue for to network, discover, and disrupt the “flyover country” stereotype, Midwest House takes over a bar for five days on one of the busiest streets during SXSW, surrounded by brand activations, like HBO, Amazon Prime, Peacock, and more. LWG worked to elevate the Midwest House brand to be able to compete with these big-ass brands – on a little-ass budget. We designed the activation from top-to-bottom, both in the physical space and online. And in 2023, Midwest House was rated as one of the “Top Venues to Visit” at SXSW. How ‘bout that for flyover country?

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Midwest Drive: Video Series in Partnership with Rivian

To prove that the Midwest is not just flyover country, we partnered with our sponsor, Rivian, and filmmaker Spencer Elliot-Hair to highlight discussions with innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial Midwest House partners to learn more about how the Midwestern mindset has helped shape their lives, career, and impact. See the series on Youtube.

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– Jamie, Operations Manager

Credits

Client: Midwest House

‍Operations: Jamie Kirby

‍Spatial Design: Peter Jacob

‍Merch: The Oddest Co.

‍Event Production: Amy Nieuwsma

‍Video, Photo: Handcar

‍Event Signage: Fastsigns

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