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Experiential installations

Build the moment people came to experience

Lighting and décor installations for activations, events, public spaces, and seasonal environments that need to make an immediate impression.

Start the project conversation

Tell us about the experience you want to create

Share the venue, audience, creative direction, working budget and key dates in your project details. HLI can review the fit and follow up on the design and installation scope.

If a venue, agency or production team is involved, include the load-in, opening and strike windows they need the installation to meet.

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Jewel-toned ornaments and greenery in a custom commercial holiday installation

Creative vision, expertly delivered

A Bold Idea Needs a Flawless Real-World Plan

HLI turns the creative ambition into a complete installation plan for the venue, audience, schedule, lighting, décor, on-site support, and final strike.

  • Creative development aligned with the audience and environment
  • Lighting and décor planned as one cohesive visual system
  • Coordination around venues, production teams, and event schedules
  • Installation, on-site adjustments, and removal
  • Scalable execution for temporary and recurring experiences

How Our Process Works

Bringing Your Holiday Lighting Vision to Life

From the first inquiry to final removal, every step is handled by one accountable team.

  1. Inquiry

    Tell us about the property, your goals, timeline, and working budget so we can prepare for a useful first conversation.

  2. Design & Pricing

    We shape the display around the architecture and site conditions, then provide a clear proposal for the full seasonal service.

  3. Installation

    Our trained team supplies and installs the lighting and décor with careful placement, commercial-grade materials, and automatic timers.

  4. Maintenance

    In-season service is included. If an element needs attention, we return to keep the installation looking its best.

  5. Removal & Storage

    After the season, we remove the installation, organize the materials, and prepare the program for an easier return next year.

Capabilities

Built around the property, not a package template

Move through the details that shape each design. Every element is selected for the architecture, operating needs, and experience the property should create.

Holiday activation with illuminated snowflakes in front of the Capitol Records building
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Brand activations

Photo-ready environments and visual moments that connect seasonal atmosphere with a campaign or brand story.

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Public experiences

Immersive installations for plazas, community events, municipalities, and destinations with large audiences.

Surfboard displays framed by illuminated holiday greenery inside an event venue
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Event environments

Lighting, décor, and focal installations shaped around guest movement, event programming, and venue constraints.

Restaurant plaza transformed with red, white, and blue seasonal lighting
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Seasonal pop-ups

Temporary environments designed to open strongly, operate reliably, and come down on a precise schedule.

Installation crew building a snow-filled holiday production environment in Hollywood
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Production support

Installation execution that collaborates with creative directors, agencies, producers, and on-site operations.

Mission Inn facade and balconies transformed with custom holiday lighting and décor
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Custom concepts

A flexible path for unconventional spaces, large-format ideas, and projects that do not fit a standard service category.

A useful first conversation

A clear brief makes the next step easier

Start with the goal and the constraints you already know. HLI can help identify the design, site and production details needed for a complete proposal.

  • Venue address, audience and the experience the installation should create
  • Approximate footprint, visual references and brand requirements
  • Working budget and the elements most important to the concept
  • Load-in, opening, operating and strike dates, with venue and production contacts

Plan your activation or event installation

Which experiential projects does HLI help with

HLI develops lighting and décor installations for brand activations, public experiences, event environments, seasonal pop-ups and production teams. The work can connect a campaign, venue or creative concept with a coordinated physical environment. Share the audience, location and intended experience so HLI can review the fit and define the installation scope.

Do we need a finished creative concept before contacting HLI

No. Start with the experience you want guests to have, the venue, audience, important dates and a working budget. References and brand standards help explain the direction, but the first conversation can identify open design and installation questions. HLI's service includes creative development aligned with the environment as well as installation planning.

Can HLI work with our agency, producer or venue team

Yes. HLI's production-support service collaborates with creative directors, agencies, producers and on-site operations. Identify the people responsible for creative approval, venue access, production scheduling and final acceptance. One clear coordination path helps the installation plan account for the wider event or campaign.

What determines the price of a custom experiential installation

Experiential installations receive a custom scope and proposal. The creative concept, display footprint, lighting and décor, site conditions, access, operating requirements, installation schedule, on-site support and final strike all matter. Explain the working budget and the elements that are essential to the experience so HLI can discuss priorities before the scope expands.

How should we plan an opening, activation or strike date

Share the required ready-for-guests date alongside load-in, venue access, rehearsals, photography, operating hours and the deadline for removal. Include the people who control those windows. HLI reviews the installation and strike plan with the project team; availability and the final schedule are confirmed directly rather than reserved by submitting an inquiry.

What should we send with the first project request

Send the venue address, audience, experience goal, approximate footprint, visual references, working budget and key dates. Add known access or operating restrictions and identify the agency, producer or venue contact involved. Use the project-details field for the most useful summary; HLI can identify any additional drawings, photos or site information needed during the follow-up conversation.

Make this season unforgettable

Tell us about your property and what you want to create. We’ll help shape the right installation.