EXHIBITOR MAGAZINE'S WORLD EXPO AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION FOR EXHIBIT OR DISPLAY: NETHERLANDS

DESIGN: Tellart, RAU Architects

FABRICATION: Tellart

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS: Tellart, RAU Architects, DGMR, Asanuma

A thousand invisible threads tie us to other human beings, but rarely do we truly notice how our fates are knitted together. Taking place inside the Netherlands pavilion's central sphere, the film "A New Dawn" used sweeping 360-degree visuals inside the dome to critique humanity's abuse of its diminishing resources. Submerging viewers in stark, almost dystopian scenarios of environmental stress, the AI-generated movie also spotlighted Dutch innovations — such as hydropower harvesting and water-based energy storage — that offered solutions. More important than the right technology, it implied, was the right mindset, of finding common ground that will determine whether we flourish or fail. The interactive Energy Orbs guests carried throughout the pavilion flared at the film's climax with a violet light, physically connecting participants in a way that needed no words to symbolize that together we have the power to create a sustainable future.

By Exhibitor magazine: Linda Armstrong, Sean Carlson, Danelle Dodds, Emily Olson, Nancy Olson, and Charles Pappas