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Celebrating 25 epic years with Rocket Creative
Rocket Creative Design & Display has recently marked a momentous occasion - its 25th Anniversary. 13 Apr 2023 Read more

Rocket Creative rolls out with new eco-ply display hardware
In line with their evolutionary culture, the trend-setting Rocket Creative team are delighted to share their latest product development news. Following a strategic directive to bring their CNC and CO2 laser cutting in-house, these on-demand resources have allowed the team to design and prototype several innovative design projects. 28 Oct 2020 Read more

The path to re-establishing contact
Every brand now lives online, but all the digital campaigns, social media postings, and virtual interactions fall short of the emotive and physical engagement of a tactile brand experience. 20 Aug 2020 Read more

Big news! | Rocket Creative is now Level 2 B-BBEE certified
Rocket Creative is incredibly pleased to announce that, after much planning and perseverance, they have received their Level 2 B-BBEE certification. 30 Jul 2020 Read more

Rocket Creative launches informative new website platform
Rocket Creative Design & Display is thrilled to share their next significant evolution with the industry 16 Mar 2020 Read more

Predator Gaming rocks the rAge Expo with Rocket Creative
Every now and again, the Rocket Creative crew gets the opportunity to work on a project that is ultra-innovative and spectacularly trendsetting. This was the case when they were commissioned to originate an exhibition stand for Acer's Predator Gaming brand at the 2019 rAge Festival. The annual show, South Africa's biggest video games, computer, and technology exhibition, traditionally brings out all the tech-focused brands. 17 Oct 2019 Read more

Rocket Creative celebrates 20 years of innovation, simplified
Rocket Creative are immensely proud to share that March 2018 signifies the 20 Year Anniversary of their innovative and trendsetting design and display business. 13 Mar 2018 Read more

In-store retail engagement - a simple yet significant medium
Despite the burgeoning global trend towards digital marketing, in-store face-to-face engagement with the consumer still forms a crucial role in both introducing new products, as well as directly influencing the shopper's purchasing decision at the final point-of-purchase. 22 Jun 2017 Read more

Innovation, simplified - Rocket Creative's web relaunch
An ever-expanding product range exhibits that a business is flourishing. However, it also presents a significant challenge as to how a business conveys its product information. 15 Mar 2017 Read more

An industry original: MOBI-Floor Branding Kits from Rocket Creative Design & Display
An ingenious new branding product, the MOBI-Floor Branding Kit, has been developed and released to the market by the ever-inventive Rocket Creative Design & Display. 30 Sep 2016 Read more

Rocket Creative launches retail focussed ChargerLITE product merchandising solution
Rocket Creative Design & Display successfully prototyped and recently launched their innovative new ChargerLITE product merchandising unit. 3 Jun 2016 Read more

Demo Plinth displays - simple, yet sophisticated
Display solutions need not be ultracomplex nor expensive to deliver the necessary functionality and aesthetics required by brands to promote within retail. 16 Mar 2016 Read more

It's all downhill from here - year-end 2015
The 2015 year has been a bit of a blur (an epic blur) for the Rocket Creative crew, and the final 'silly season' push is just as manic as it always seems to catch some clients unawares despite all best intentions to schedule as much as possible. 1 Dec 2015 Read more

Spoilt for (FSU) choice with Rocket Creative Design & Display
South Africa's retail display industry encompasses an enormous scope of elements, product variations and applications with all major brands fiercely competing for the hotly contested retail space to grow their sales revenues. 28 Sep 2015 Read more

Rocket Creative (re)launches into 2015
Evolving and learning something new every day has become synonymous with Rocket Creative's approach as a business. 20 Apr 2015 Read more

Rocket Creative Design & Display - The Creative Executioner
In order to achieve any type of success and recognition within the display industry there are a host of factors which come into play. 22 Aug 2014 Read more

New GAMMA Merchandising FSU launched by Rocket Creative
The Rocket Creative crew has been on a design and development offensive of late. One of their most recent releases is that of an innovative, ultra-lightweight and portable free-standing product merchandising unit named the GAMMA FSU (free standing unit). 31 Jul 2014 Read more

Rocket Creative rocks yet again at Markex 2014
The Rocket Creative team recently performed their yearly marketing pilgrimage to exhibit their product and service offerings at the Johannesburg Markex Show, held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 10-12 June. 25 Jun 2014 Read more

Trendsetting Rocket Creative launches retail-focussed VS (Visual Suspension) graphic display system
The Rocket Creative team endeavours to live by the ethos, 'Simple Yet Sophisticated'. Granted, simple to the Rocket Creative team is clearly not simple to all, but that is because the team are experts in their field of being ultra creative and original, solution focussed and results orientated. 17 Mar 2014 Read more

Rocket Creative - making your brand stand out!
One of the most oft-used items of branding equipment that any company owns is a graphic standee of some sort or another. Widely used are the common roll-ups and X-banners that dominate the bottom-end sector of the market however these have their limitations both structurally as well as aesthetically. 18 Feb 2014 Read more

Annual price decrease announcement from Rocket Creative!
Yes, indeed, you read it correctly - this is a price decrease announcement from Rocket Creative to launch into 2014! 21 Jan 2014 Read more

Rocket Creative boosts Philips in-store retail visibility
The Rocket Creative team was recently entrusted by Philips Consumer Lifestyle South Africa to uplift the company's in-store product exposure and enhance their brand presence via aesthetically fresh FSU's. 2 Dec 2013 Read more

Keeping it simple yet significant with Rocket Creative
Great innovations evolve from evaluating products that already exist in the market, thinking about how they can be improved, and finding a unique approach by asking: what do our premium clients need and want? It's really that simple. 21 Oct 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative launches funky new JelliBean Promo & Activation Table
The Rocket Creative team has been having some fun originating their brand new activation specific promo and eventing table, the aptly named JelliBean. This funky design has been in the conceptual pipeline for quite some time and with all R&D complete the unit is now available to the market. 3 Sep 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative launches an I C O N
Rocket Creative Design & Display, one of southern Africa's leading independent visual communications companies has a hard earned reputation of innovation and progressive design. Continuing with that ethos the company is delighted to introduce their new I C O N curved fabric standee to the market. The innovative standees will become part of the company's already extensive catalogue of display, branding and activation products and is very proudly designed and manufactured in South Africa. 27 Aug 2013 Read more

Change is good - Rocket Creative relocates!
As the saying goes, nothing in life is constant except change and the Rocket Creative team have just made a significant operational change and relocated to an upgraded office park environment in Eastgate Ext 6, Sandton. 9 Jul 2013 Read more

Style Tech displays boost Peugeot
Recently the Style Tech brand was pleased to have been selected to supply their popular curved aesthetic ST 13 large format graphic standee to promote the French automobile company, Peugeot. 6 May 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative launches new MaxiLITE Elliptical Display Plinth
Rocket Creative is proud to release a new addition to expand their elliptical display plinth range to compliment the current sizes already available. The new unit entitled the MaxiLITE Elliptical Plinth is now the largest size on offer as standard and measures 800mm (w) x 500mm (d) x 900mm (h). 16 Apr 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative offers innovative solutions for every display application
In an ultra-competitive economy and with business always under pressure, and fresh challenges, the Rocket Creative team continues to question what they can do to stay out front of the competition. The company is continually asking themselves, "What ways are there to simplify our product or processes, or make them more valuable to our clients?" 4 Apr 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative celebrates 15th anniversary
Rocket Creative is honoured to announce that the month of March celebrates their 15th Anniversary Year. Founded and launched by MD Richard Nilson in February of 1998 from humble beginnings, the company has grown exponentially to become an industry fore-runner in the activation and display equipment industry supplying all major end users and activation and advertising agencies alike. 19 Mar 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative launches new Style Tech Display Solutions website
The Style Tech team has developed and launched a new user-friendly website for their unique display and presentation system at www.styletech.co.za. The fast pace of business and the intense time demands the industry works under motivated the company to opt for a more functional site with fewer design bells and whistles, focussing on the crucial model options, specifications, enquiry systems, etc. 4 Mar 2013 Read more

Market leader or follower?
Who could have said it better and with more authority than the iconic Steve Jobs that "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower". It is on this principle that Rocket Creative is built and the products the company designs and manufactures on a daily basis bears testament to this ethos. 29 Jan 2013 Read more

Rocket Creative proves their worth
Quite possibly the biggest endorsement a company can receive is by the 'company they keep', i.e. the clients they conduct business and associate with. The company that brands entrust their visual communication strategy to need to have complete faith in their suppliers' capabilities, and the one surefire way to illustrate this is to be able to show your depth and breadth of work and market penetration. This illustrates what projects, and for which companies a supplier has successfully completed work for over an ongoing period of time. 7 Nov 2012 Read more

Silly Season 2012 well under way at Rocket Creative!
The traditional manic silly season got off to an early start in 2012 and is in full swing for the Rocket Creative team. The company is privileged to be tasked by many blue chip companies to generate creatively innovatively conceptual solutions and manufacturing some spectacular display and eventing products for their frenzied festive trading season. 17 Oct 2012 Read more

Creative product diversity entrenches Rocket Creative
Creative diversity remains paramount for the Rocket Creative team and this is what has come to define the business within the industry. By constantly evolving and staying on the cusp of the latest international design trends the team continues to interpret briefs and design guidelines in the most cost effective way possible, allowing the maximum ROI for clients available budget. 17 Sep 2012 Read more

Apollo Table marks innovative addition to the Rocket Creative Activation Range
Rocket Creative recently extended their range of standard activation and eventing tables to include their aptly named Apollo Activation Table. Intended for the larger eventing and activation markets the table is designed as a client interaction counter which has a quality aesthetic yet has a modular format for ease of transport, use and rebranding. 3 Sep 2012 Read more

Rocket Creative designs with reverse innovation for entry level display product
Finding ways to engage larger target markets and get a product exposed to a greater audience in a greater amount of locations is the key to generating increased sales in emerging markets. In order to do this it is critical for a successful marketing budget to have very cost-effective advertising mediums. 16 Jul 2012 Read more

Rocket Creative rocks Markex 2012
Markex 2012 once again provided a focussed platform for the Rocket Creative team to showcase some of their latest projects to their core target market. By installing a fully customised stand from the wood floor through to a curved structure with contoured bulkhead and informational product range panels, the company attracted many positive remarks with most visitors commenting on how refreshing it was to see a company displaying such creative and original product, which is exactly the ethos Rocket Creative operates by. 19 Jun 2012 Read more

Rocket Creative delivers uber-chic pop up make up schools for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Bobbi Brown, a premium cosmetics range which forms part of the speciality brands of the Estee Lauder Group, recently tasked the Rocket Creative crew with locally designing, manufacturing and activating their pop up make up school for nationwide activation. 5 Jun 2012 Read more

Innovative design makes for L I T E work
At Rocket Creative innovation is a perpetual mind-set, with the foundation based on creatively originating anything the company feels they have the expertise and capabilities to create. Innovation doesn't happen by coincidence, and the development of a truly innovative product does not happen by chance. It is as a direct result of the innovator being in touch with the market's needs and giving their clients what they need, when they need it, without them knowing it. 28 Mar 2012 Read more

Rocket Creative offers innovative in-store product displays
Rocket Creatives' solution focussed and attention to detailed approach, combined with their depth of experience is paramount when being asked to generate innovative and creative in-store product displays. The designers are able to interpret the critical issues from a brief proactively and propose appropriate solutions that deliver on all requirements, from cost effective simplistic designed units through to the more complex and elaborate brand enhancing FSU's. 15 Mar 2012 Read more

Customised point of sale solutions by Rocket Creative
Rocket Creative was recently afforded the opportunity to tackle a pitch for a customised in-store point of sale display project undertaken by GloCell with the four major mobile networks, namely MTN, Vodacom, Cell C and 8ta. The aim of the project was two-fold; to identify and establish new retail markets whilst promoting and enhancing the GloCell brand and the respective networks in previously untapped sales environments. 5 Mar 2012 Read more

Creative standee solutions offered by Rocket Creative
An impressive In-store brand presence is a critical component that influences consumers on a daily basis as to their product choice at point of purchase. A creative standee solution draws attention to the brand and communicates the products core message, market presence and appeal. 20 Feb 2012 Read more

Trendsetting new Wimpy Sandton City relaunches with innovative Style Tech displays
The new Wimpy restaurant in Sandton City reopened recently boasting a trendy new interior design and a new takeaway format. Wimpy's below-the-line agency, McEwan Advertising, selected and proposed the system after assessing what branding systems were available on the market. 11 Jan 2012 Read more

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics 'pops up' with Rocket Creative
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, a division of the international Estée Lauder Group since 1995, recently tasked the Rocket Creative crew with generating their custom-designed Pop-Up/Temp Store solution. The specialised project involved bringing the latest pop-up store concept to fruition for use in the South African retail market. 7 Nov 2011 Read more

Interactive brand activation solutions offered by Rocket Creative
In addition to the extensive range of standard display and activation solutions offered by Rocket Creative, the company is also continually tasked to originate and fabricate original, trendsetting solutions which provide activation specific functionality. 19 Oct 2011 Read more

Rocket Creative acquires specialist fabrication partner
The diversity of design and production capabilities that Rocket Creative offered to date has enabled us to maintain steady growth and recognition within the industry even during the difficult recession hit years. However the harsh realities of business are that our fabrication is not able to keep adrift with our design complexity as well as our clients' demands for the latest fabrication techniques and material usage. 4 Oct 2011 Read more

Fresh new EDP (Elliptical Display Plinth) range released by Rocket Creative
In order to ensure your product stands out from the crowd every single brand is always on the look out for the latest, most original display, marketing and advertising elements to set their brands apart. In the display industry the project brief companies most often hear from clients is, "We want something new and different." 6 Sep 2011 Read more

Mobilise your brand with Rocket Creative
In the current ultra-competitive marketplace and even with the traditional advertising mediums, i.e. television, radio, newspapers, now being complemented by all digital media opportunities such as the Web, Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc., the statistics remain clear that approximately 70% of all purchasing decisions are still made in-store.
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Rocket Creative sets the trend with Style Tech Display Solutions
Since its launch last year the innovative Style Tech range of aluminium display solutions designed and distributed exclusively by Rocket Creative has been enthusiastically implemented by blue chip clients throughout the advertising and marketing industry whose intention it is to innovatively and aesthetically display their premium brands' identities, products and services. 27 Jul 2011 Read more

Rocket Creative launches pilot MAC Cosmetics Pop-Up Store Concept
The Rocket Creative crew recently had the pleasure of working on a unique, collaborative project with the internationally acclaimed make-up brand Mac Cosmetics, a division of the prestigious Estee Lauder Group in Southern Africa. The specialised project involved bringing the latest in international trends, the Pop-Up Retail Store concept to fruition for use in the South African retail market. 24 Jun 2011 Read more

Rocket Creative at Markex 2011
The 2011 Markex Show once again proved to be a tremendously successful brand building opportunity for Rocket Creative. 14 Jun 2011 Read more

Micro merchandising product launch
Hot on the heels of our recent Micro Demo Trolley product release, Rocket Creative is delighted to introduce to the FMCG industry our newest and smallest modular merchandising solution to date, our Micro POP (point of purchase) stand. 31 May 2011 Read more

Rocket Creative releases new 'Micro Demo Trolley'
Rocket Creative takes pleasure in releasing a new 'Micro Demo Trolley' solution to add to their already extensive in-store / brand activation product range. 25 May 2011 Read more

Style Tech Architectural Display Solutions
Rocket Creative is thrilled to launch their striking new range of turn-key, kit-based display solutions that will be marketed to the industry as Style Tech Architectural Display Solutions, which are poised to revolutionise the presentation and display industry. 1 Sep 2010 Read more

Rocket Creative relaunches
After 12 years in the industry, leading design and display company, Rocket Creative, took the opportunity of the 2010 upswing to launch their new generation corporate identity. The new attention-grabbing logo and colour scheme combines the originality of the existing rocket logo with a new tattoo-style design and brings the company's new CI to the cutting-edge of the industry. 2 Jul 2010 Read more

Simba Hawkers Table Kit
Rocket Creative was pleased to have the opportunity recently to design and manufacture a portable Hawkers Kit for client Simba Chips. Utilising their expertise in portable activation solutions the crew was able to originate, manufacture and supply a ready-to-use kit that fulfilled all requirements. 22 Oct 2009 Read more

Branded modular flooring platforms
Upon being continually challenged for flooring options on activation projects the Rocket Creative crew designed and originated an effective platform solution that fulfilled all of the requirements necessary in an activation floor system. 18 Apr 2009 Read more

Rocket Creative celebrates 10 years of activation activity with Estee Lauder
Rocket Creative recently celebrated the significant milestone of 10 years of design, display and activation activity with the Estee Lauder Group. 4 Feb 2009 Read more

Rocket Creative provides modular merchandising solutions for the export market
By securing large volume-based orders of merchandising stands for international companies Rocket Creative further demonstrated the suitability of their modular merchandising solutions in the global POS merchandising market. 8 Jan 2009 Read more

Rocket Creative secures new launch site!
Rocket Creative is proud to announce our relocation into fantastic new premises in the heart of Strijdom Park, Randburg. 10 Oct 2008 Read more