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XO Blue branded surfboard beside a chrome pedestal at the Soho House Malibu launch, with the ocean behind
Work / XO Blue
Case study · Brand activation

XO Blue Fragrance Launch

A full indoor and outdoor launch environment for Khloé Kardashian's XO Blue fragrance, designed, engineered, and installed on the Malibu coast at Soho House.

Client
Khloé Kardashian
Discipline
Brand activation
Venue
Soho House, Malibu
Footprint
2,800 sq ft
Award to ship
3 weeks
Install crew
8 on site
The brief

A rough concept,made real.

The agency came to us with a rough concept and a venue on the Malibu coast. We scouted Soho House, worked out how every piece would be built and installed, and turned the idea into a full set of technical drawings.

That covered the whole launch: custom dimensional letters, pedestals, walls, DJ booths, and a set of sculptural umbrellas, across both the indoor room and the outdoor space, all inside a three-week window from award to ship.

XO Blue branded surfboard beside a chrome pedestal at the Soho House Malibu launch, with the ocean behind
The challenge

Sculpture that hadto beat the wind.

Half the event was outdoors on the Malibu coast, so wind was a real problem. The sculptural umbrellas had to look solid and polished, but stay light and safe when the wind came off the water.

We carved them from foam to keep the weight down, mounted them on custom steel stands finished in chrome silver, and brought in an engineer to stamp the drawings for wind loading. They read as solid sculpture and held their ground on the coast.

Oversized XO BLUE dimensional lettering in front of carved blue and white striped umbrella sculptures on the deck
From concept to construction

Every piece,drawn to build.

Before anything was cut, every element was engineered into a full set of shop drawings.

Shop drawing of the XO Blue dimensional lettering and umbrella sculpturesXO Blue lettering & umbrellas
Shop drawing of the sculptural umbrellas showing wind-load detailUmbrellas, wind-load detail
Shop drawing of the XO Blue perfume bar, elevation and cross sectionPerfume bar
Shop drawing of the XO Blue perfume bar in plan viewPerfume bar, plan
Shop drawing of the round cocktail table built for the XO Blue launchRound cocktail table
Shop drawing of the custom shot glass trayShot glass tray
Shop drawing of the custom shot glass tray, detail viewShot glass tray, detail
Shop drawing of the XO Blue signageXO Blue signage
On the coast

The finishedlaunch.

Khloé Kardashian standing beside an XO Blue branded surfboard on the Malibu deck
Oversized XO BLUE dimensional lettering in front of carved blue and white striped umbrella sculptures on the deck
XO Blue branded surfboard beside a chrome pedestal at the Soho House Malibu launch, with the ocean behind
By the numbers

The scaleof the build.

2,800sq ft
Footprint, indoor and outdoor
3wks
From award to ship
8
Crew on site for install
5
Custom structure types built
Capabilities used

What it tookto build it.

Every discipline below is in our building. That is why one team could carry this end to end.

Project spec sheet

The fullbreakdown.

Client
Khloé Kardashian
Project
XO Blue fragrance launch
Discipline
Brand activation, indoor and outdoor launch environment
Venue
Soho House, Malibu, CA
Year
2026
Footprint
2,800 sq ft
Scope
Custom dimensional letters, pedestals, walls, DJ booths, sculptural umbrellas
Materials
Foam, wood, plexi, aluminum, steel
Capabilities
Design, CNC & laser, metal fabrication, carpentry, scenic & sculpting
Engineering
Steel stands in chrome silver finish; drawings stamped for wind loading
Award to ship
3 weeks
Install crew
8 on site

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