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  1. Catering & Design
  2. Event Design & Decor

8 Scroll-Stopping Event Ideas BizBash Double Tapped on Instagram

Here, BizBash is sharing Instagram photos full of steal-worthy event ideas to serve as inspiration for your next gathering.

Shannon Thaler
April 19, 2023

For your daily dose of event inspo from around the globe, follow BizBash on Instagram here.

These creative design, lighting, and catering ideas across live events around the world served up some major eye candy on Instagram. Keep scrolling to see what our editors double tapped...

Birch Event Design
Birch Event Design
Florals and architecture collided courtesy of Birch Event Design at this 800-plus-person wedding at the New York Hilton. Mirrors adorned with white and rosy blooms in linear and circular patterns made for a show-stopping, fashion-forward altar.
Photo: Andre Reichmann Photography
Creative Edge Parties
Creative Edge Parties
New York City’s @creativeedgeparties put a sweet twist on one of America’s favorite foods with its Big Mac-inspired macaron. French fries came in the form of pound cake with a berry ketchup, and guests washed it down with a vanilla milkshake.
Photo: Courtesy of Creative Edge Parties
Megan Wappel
Megan Wappel
A garden-themed baby shower designed to “let the good things grow” boasted a tablescape courtesy of Megan Wappel Designs/a> featuring pink-hued (it’s a girl!) watering cans suspended over mini herb planters. While some planters housed vegetables in their raw form, others boasted veggies in cookie form.
Photo: Ikonica
AKJOHNSTON
AKJOHNSTON
Savage X Fenty tapped LA-based AKJOHNSTON in early 2022 to design and fabricate a custom, heart-shaped vending machine for the launch of its then-new Las Vegas store. The custom machine was part of a week-long activation where some visitors even won a prize worth $10,000.
Photo: Courtesy of AKJOHNSTON
Gab Bois
Gab Bois
Montreal-born and -based multidisciplinary visual artist Gab Bois got the par-tea started on Halloween with a tea set—complete with a teapot, sugar bowl and spoon, and four tea cups—made entirely out of pumpkins.
Photo: Gab Bois
Balloon & Paper
Balloon & Paper
To celebrate Madonna’s birthday, party host and Too Faced Cosmetics co-founder Jerrod Blandino tapped Balloon & Paper for a floating mirrors-inspired display in Beverly Hills. Cue hundreds of silver balloons, which flanked the venue’s walls and ceilings.
Photo: John & Joseph
CountDown Events Planning & Design
CountDown Events Planning & Design
Canada’s CountDown Events Planning & Design hosted a once-in-a-lifetime lunch on a glacier complete with an ice cave walkthrough experience. Five helicopters were employed to bring guests to the mountaintop venue, where blue-hued lighting made for an awe-inspiring photo.
Photo: CountDown Events Planning & Design
Binary Style
Binary Style
Singapore’s Binary Style helmed a commissioned, immersive exhibit titled Terrarium at 2022’s Singapore Night Festival. Terrarium invited guests into a magical garden landscape outfitted with a floral arrangement made out of paper, which was enhanced with projection mapping of Binary Style’s signature plant-inspired designs.
Photo: Courtesy of Binary Style
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