Made Up Studio · Experiential production · Auckland, New Zealand Multiple gold award winners · NZ Sign Awards 2025 & 2026

Experiential displays.

Oversized props, custom builds, brand activations, pop-ups and event builds for agencies, brands and businesses. Designed, fabricated and installed from our Auckland workshop, anywhere in New Zealand.

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Gold Medal Winner, NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2026
Oversized ear prop in a jewellery shop window display built by Made Up
Oversized earWindow display
Duck Island and Whittaker's shopfront with a giant gumball machine and oversized lolly props
Duck Island × Whittaker’sShopfront activation
Westfield Destination: Style airport departures set with luggage props at New Zealand Fashion Week
Westfield Destination: StyleBrand activation
The War of the Rohirrim premiere sign and sculpted rock at Hobbiton
The War of the RohirrimPremiere sign & rock prop
Wicked cinema activation with iridescent bubbles, oversized lettering and yellow brick road
Wicked cinema launchBrand activation
Westfield Fashion Fit Stop entrance at New Zealand Fashion Week
Westfield Fashion Fit StopBrand activation
Westfield Fashion Fit Stop mirror wall for New Zealand Fashion Week, built by Made Up
Westfield Fashion Fit Stop mirror wallExperiential display
Westfield Style Circuit prize wheel built from a car wheel and tyre at New Zealand Fashion Week
Westfield Style CircuitEvent build
adidas branded buzz wire game, custom built by Made Up in Auckland
adidas buzz wire gameCustom build
BePure branded buzz wire game with a wire B logo, custom built by Made Up
BePure buzz wire gameCustom build
Copper-clad staircase entrance fit-out for Sala in Grey Lynn, Auckland
Sala, Grey LynnCopper staircase fit-out
adidas rugby goalpost display on a turf plinth in store
adidas NZ Rugby goalpostExperiential display
Illuminated giant Garage Project beer can held by an oversized wooden hand
Garage Project can & handIlluminated prop
Giant Vichy Liftactiv serum bottle prop
Vichy serum bottleOversized prop
Giant Maybelline Sky High mascara tube with mirrored props
Maybelline Sky HighOversized props
Oversized KFC box prop
KFC boxOversized prop
Pacific Air Hub exhibition stand with black panels, green trim and a hanging ring
Pacific Air HubExhibition stand
Giant BePure branded connect four game
BePure giant connect fourCustom build

( Studio )

Immersive displays people stop for, from giant props and pop-up shops to window displays, event builds and brand activations. Bespoke fabrication and production in Auckland, from first sketch to final install, with the same finish on every job.

( Awards )

Multiple gold
award winners.

NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2025 & 2026. Proud member of the NZ Sign & Display Association.

Gold Medal Winner, NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2026 Multi Medal Winner, NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2026 Gold Medal Winner, NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2025 Multi Medal Winner, NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2025 Member of the NZ Sign and Display Association

( Everyday builds & signage )

The everyday stuff,
done properly.

Not every job is a giant prop. Plenty of weeks it’s shop fit-outs, counters, plinths, scale models and gold award‑winning shop signage, all built and installed to the same standard.

Long copper coloured reception counter built by Made Up in Auckland
Counters & bars
3D printed scale model of a KFC restaurant
Scale models & prototypes
Gucci retail fit-out feature wall with mirror-polished lettering
Shop & retail fit-outs
Zenith illuminated sign above three display windows
ZenithIlluminated fascia
New Zealand Sotheby's International Realty raised lettering on a feature wall
Sotheby’s International RealtyRaised lettering
Water Boy illuminated sign with downlights
Water BoyIlluminated sign
Brushed stainless steel A-frame sign for Node
NodeStainless A-frame
Folded blue A-frame sign for Bayleys
BayleysFolded A-frame
Red translucent acrylic A-frame for Always Pilates
Always PilatesAcrylic A-frame

3D & illuminated lettering

Built-up, mirror-polished, brushed metal and lit letters.

Shopfront & fascia signage

Illuminated fascias, lightboxes and blade signs.

Window graphics

Decals, frosting and full window takeovers.

Wall & counter wraps

Printed and installed feature walls, counters and fixtures.

Wayfinding & office signage

Reception walls, pylons and building signage.

A-frames, event & vehicle graphics

Custom A-frames, event signage and vehicle branding.

( Services )

What we make.

Experiential displays and custom builds, start to finish, for agencies, brands and businesses. Engineering, fabrication, finishing and install, from a simple counter to something never built in Auckland before.

( 01 )

Tell us what you need.

A render, a sketch, a reference photo, or just “we need a new bar.” Big or small, it starts the same way.

( 02 )

We work out how.

Materials, structure, logistics and budget. You get a straight answer, and often a smarter way to the same result.

( 03 )

We build it and install it.

Fabricated, finished and installed on time, anywhere in New Zealand.

( Workshop )

Behind the build.

Designed, 3D printed, fabricated and finished in our Auckland workshop, so we control the quality from the first cut to the final install.

Spraying rows of lolly props in the workshop, shot on film
Spraying the lolly props
Workshop benches covered in painted props, shot on film
On the bench
Overhead view of the workshop mid-build, shot on film
Mid-build, from above
Frosted booth frame and plinth in the open workshop
Frames and plinths in progress
Raw MDF plinth and curved seat on the workbench
Raw MDF, before finishing
Oversized wooden hand prop in the workshop
Carving the giant hand

( Contact )

Got something
to build?

kelly@madeupstudio.co.nz 022 308 2667 @madeupstudio.nz

Send us a brief.

A sketch, a render or a few lines is plenty. We’ll come back to you within one business day.

© 2026 Made Up Studio. Multiple gold award winners, NZ Sign Awards of Excellence 2025 & 2026.