This month’s stories include the arrival of facial recognition for event check-in, experiential design trends from CES and a brilliantly futuristic stage design.

Most Interesting:

Experiential design trends from CES (5min explore)
Coming at the start of the year CES sets the style for the months ahead. Look forward to a year of fun, colourful live experiences!

Just Plain Interesting:

When Festivals Go Wrong (2min watch)
The stuff of nightmares for anyone in the event world. The Fyre Festival fiasco is laid bare in a great Netflix documentary.

Nike’s Flexible Screens (2min explore)
This brilliant concept started as an employee training idea but was then picked for in-store activation.

Facial Recognition Event Check-in (2min explore)
Claims to be 50% faster than traditional event check-in.

Alexa Interrupts Presenter (1min explore)
We’ve used Alexa within main-stage presentations, thankfully this has never happened.

The Future of Conference Branding (2min explore)
This event about the future of architecture took its inspiration from 3D software: a wireframe style stage and a nice interactive AR idea.

Pour yourself a drink – using only your mind (2min explore)
The brilliantly named Thirsty Thoughts offers a captivating way to focus minds at events.

A podcast to know about:

Shiny New Object
A compelling way to learn about new marketing technologies. Find it where you go for your podcasts.

Something to go to:

The Story
Taking place on the 22nd Feb this event boasts an incredible lineup, from V&A curators to Aardman creative directors – brilliant stimulus for anyone charged with telling stories or designing narratives.

If there’s something interesting that you think that we should include, please do email us thatsinteresting@liveunion.co.uk.