Verizon 5G Ultra Lab
Verizon was standing on the edge of a technological shift. 5G was not just faster wireless. It was a new creative medium. A new industrial platform. A new way the world would move, build, heal, and connect. The challenge was not the technology. It was helping people feel what it made possible. Verizon needed a way to translate an invisible future into something executives, partners, and industry leaders could step inside. Something that made 5G real.
TELLIT led the strategy, branding, design, and implementation of Verizon’s flagship 5G Lab. A permanent user experience center built to demonstrate how next-generation connectivity would transform every major industry. Healthcare. Manufacturing. Entertainment. Transportation. Education. Each zone was crafted as a living narrative. Not a showroom. Not a museum. An immersive story about what becomes possible when latency disappears. The Lab became a place where abstract capability turned into embodied understanding.
In parallel, Verizon launched a nationwide series of Innovation Sessions with industry leaders and partners. TELLIT designed the full visual and experiential language for these events, including all branding, presentation design, motion systems, and animated storytelling. We created a flexible, cinematic system that could scale across cities while remaining emotionally coherent. Together, the 5G Lab and the Innovation Sessions became Verizon’s public interface to the future. Not marketing. Not spectacle. A place to meet what comes next.
TEAM
Russell Banks
Executive Creative Director
Ted Dahle
Project Manager
Banning Rowles
Design Director
Deanna Goodwin
Design Director
Chris Florin
Production Design
MC-2
Exhibit Fabrication & Installation
Backbone Entertainment
Software Development & Technology Integration
SERVICES PROVIDED
Concept Development
Brand Experience Design
Identity & Visual Systems Design
Messaging & Copy Development
Print Collateral Design
Packaging Design
Product Design
Digital: Strategy, Design & Development
Merchandising, Environmental Graphic Design
Signage Design