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Westfield

Christmas, Westfield
gloriously awkward this year

Custom Retail Activation Shopping Centre Brisbane
// The Event

The family photo, reimagined for all the wrong reasons.

Westfield wanted a Christmas activation that cut through the noise of the retail season. The brief called for something guests would actually seek out — and share. Awkward Family Photos gave them a reason to stop, sit down, and commit to the bit.

// What We Did

A fully dressed set. A photo booth built in. One very committed crowd.

HeyOK designed and installed a custom retro living room environment — shag carpet, striped wallpaper, vintage couch and all — with a photo booth integrated directly into the set. Guests selected props, took their shot, and walked away with a physical print in a branded retro frame. The whole thing ran across Westfield Brisbane and Westfield Carindale.

// The Outcome

1,032 prints. 998 shares. Six days.

The activation ran for six days across two Westfield locations and generated strong throughput without any paid amplification. Physical prints drove social sharing organically, with nearly one share per print produced.

6
Days on floor
1,032
Prints produced
998
Social shares
2
Westfield locations

Every detail sold the bit.

The set wasn't a backdrop — it was a room. Orange shag carpet, wood panelling, landscape paintings, a floor lamp, and a fully decorated Christmas tree. Guests stepped into the scene rather than posing in front of it.

Set design meets photo technology.

Set design meets photo technology.

The photo booth was integrated directly into the custom set, keeping the experience clean and the aesthetic intact. Guests didn't interact with a kiosk — they interacted with the room. Output design matched the era, with a retro gold border, Westfield branding, and a custom hashtag printed on every photo.

Props were curated to match the decade — reindeer headbands, novelty glasses, ugly Christmas sweaters — giving every group something to work with and a reason to share.

Custom Set + Integrated Photo Booth

The output.

Custom retro-framed photo prints with Westfield branding and location-specific hashtags.

Three men in matching ugly Christmas sweaters pose in a retro-styled living room set decorated with a Christmas tree, reindeer headbands, and vintage wallpaper, as part of the Westfield Carindale Awkward Family Photos activation.
Carindale
A woman wearing oversized novelty glasses and a retro t-shirt sits on a striped vintage couch in a 1970s-style set decorated with wood panelling, a floor lamp, and a Christmas tree, framed in a retro gold border with the Westfield Carindale branding and hashtag #AwkwardAtCarindale.
Carindale
Two people wearing matching festive sweaters pose on a retro striped couch in a vintage-styled holiday setting, with a Christmas tree to the left and a hashtag reading #AwkwardAtCarindale printed below.
Carindale
A family of four wearing Santa hats and Christmas sweaters pose on a retro red couch in front of a wooden panel backdrop with a Christmas banner and decorated tree, at Westfield Brisbane's Awkward Family Photos activation.
Brisbane
// On the Ground

On the floor at Westfield.

A festive photo activation set at Westfield Brisbane styled as a retro living room, featuring a floral sofa with red cushions, Christmas trees, tinsel garlands, hanging greeting cards, a Persian rug, and a camera on a tripod in the foreground.
The full set dressed and ready
Three women wearing Christmas jumpers and novelty elf hats with prop glasses sit together on a couch in a festive photo booth set decorated with tinsel, Christmas cards, and a decorated tree.
Sweaters on, camera ready
A person taps a tablet screen displaying a Christmas roast dinner plate with vegetables, positioned on a table surrounded by gold and red tinsel decorations at a Westfield event activation.
Kiosk and sharing station in action

What we delivered.

  • Activation TypeCustom photo booth set integration
  • Set DesignFull retro 1970s living room environment
  • Physical Output1,032 branded retro-framed prints
  • Digital Output998 social shares via instant digital delivery
  • Props & StylingCurated Christmas prop suite — sweaters, headbands, novelty glasses

Event details.

  • ClientWestfield
  • EventAwkward Family Photos
  • ActivationCustom
  • LocationBrisbane & Carindale
  • Duration6 Days

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