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FOOD AND DRINK IDEAS Mobile Mexican Menus From Border Grill's New Taco Truck Where to Find Vegan Baked Goods for Meetings The Fun (Really), Hip (Seriously), Budget-Minded (We Promise) Corporate Summer Picnic Ococoa Offers Customizable Chocolates in Unexpected Flavors Platine Makes Miniature Desserts Two Boots Delivers Nontraditional Pizza Flavors Cute, Budget-Friendly Desserts   ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT Photosphere Captures 30 Guests in Panoramic Photo Booth Michael Smith Creates Integrated Sound Programs for Events Bollywood-Inspired Dances, to Watch or Learn Felice Keller Makes Music to Match Corporate Messages A Daring, Airborne Entertaining Option Beer Crafting Classes Make for an Affordable Outing New Agency Staffs Event DJs With Varied Styles Trapeze School Offers High-Flying Teambuilding   DECOR AND RENTAL IDEAS Boutique Florist Creates Hawaii-Inspired Designs No-Fuss Plants for Gifts or Decor Eco-Conscious Arrangements Without Flowers Fete Accompli Unveils a Fancy Furniture Line Handcrafted Japanese Pastries, Made to Order Where to Find Stylish Bars Production Firm Launches Eco-Friendly Offshoot   GIFT IDEAS No-Fuss Plants for Gifts or Decor Custom Packaged Sweet Snacks A Sweet New Gift Source Personalized, Sweet-Smelling Gifts Note Sets With Personal Touches Eco-Friendly Bags for Gifts   EVENT SERVICES A Simplified Personalized Greeting Card Service Hubbard Street Dancers Available for Events Where to Find, and Sell, Used Event Items A New Site for Online Invites An Eco-Friendly Car Service     Influences Archive 09.22.09 6:00 AM New Louis Vuitton Book Focuses on Integrating the Brand and Art Jun Aoki & Associates' terrazzo façade of the Louis Vuitton Ginza boutique in Tokyo is embedded with translucent marble squares. Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion, and Architecture documents the iconic French luxury brand’s collaborations with leading international artists, architects, designers, and photographers. The 400-page anthology (with 400 color illustrations), out today from Rizzoli New York, includes an A-to-Z list of those who have worked with the company over the years—Vanessa Beecroft, Frank Gehry, David LaChapelle, Takashi Murakami, Stephen Sprouse, and Zaha Hadid, among others—on advertising, fashions, boutique designs, and commissioned art projects. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Louis Vuitton 08.10.09 7:00 AM Exploring the Latest in Green Design Ellen Lupton in the "Design for a Living World" exhibition galleries Photo: John Madere FROM NEW YORK The exhibit “Design for a Living World” at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York focuses on the work of 10 top designers (including Yves Behar, Maya Lin, Isaac Mizrahi, and Hella Jongerius), who were commissioned to create products made from sustainable materials from various regions. Even the show's installation makes use of green practices. We talked with co-curator Ellen Lupton about what eco-friendly design really means. The exhibit is on view at the museum through January 4, 2010, and then it travels to additional U.S. locations. What are some common misconceptions about green design? Green design has become a huge term that encompasses nearly anything—from herbal shampoo in a green plastic bottle to genuine innovations in solar energy. Designers, marketers, manufacturers, and inventors are looking at sustainability from every possible angle. Some of it's legitimate, and some of it's just green-washing. Almost all of it involves compromise, and I believe that the future of sustainability will necessitate give and take. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Going Green, Ellen Lupton, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Isaac Mizrahi, Maya Lin 07.27.09 6:00 AM Reality vs. TV: The Events of Gossip Girl The runway for the Eleanor Waldorf fashion show Photo: Warner Bros. Television Entertainment/Giovanni Rufino For fans of Gossip Girl, what the show’s characters are wearing and where they’re going can be as important as whom they’re sleeping with or scheming against. That focus on the visual creates the challenge and the charm of the job for Loren Weeks, production designer for the CW’s ratings-challenged but much-obsessed-over chronicle of pretty private-school kids on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. It seems like every other episode has a reference to “the social event of the season,” so some of the show’s most lavish and labor-intensive sets are for events: school dances that likely don’t look anything like your prom or uptown benefits that could pass for the real thing. “They’re important to the show because we’re portraying a group of people who live in high society, in which there are lots of events,” Weeks says. These gatherings also spark pivotal scenes, when characters fight, kiss, or get caught doing one or the other. “Everyone needs a reason to get dressed up and come to one place,” says art director Malchus Janocko. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS The CW, Gossip Girl, Warner Brothers 07.22.09 6:00 AM Installation From Ball-Nogues Studio Hits MOCA Pacific Design Center "Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio" at MOCA Pacific Design Center, 2009 Rendering: Courtesy of Ball-Nogues Studio For a bit of color and design inspiration, head to MOCA Pacific Design Center, where the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles will present "Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio," which opens on Sunday and remains on view through November 15. The Los Angeles-based design and fabrication firm headed by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues created the site-specific piece using 17 miles of colored string that spans the gallery with curving lines. Through the installation, Ball and Nogues explore the intersection between digital technology and hand-made work—an exploratory walk may spark any number of other event-applicable ideas.   —Alesandra Dubin RELATED TOPICS MOCA 06.15.09 3:12 PM A Look at Viral Marketing and Media Culture From the Creator of Flash Mobs Bill Wasik's book These days information comes at us from all directions, and constantly—what's new seems old quickly. In And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture, out this week from Viking Press, Bill Wasik, senior editor at Harper's Magazine, takes a look at the very young history of new media culture and its effects on society and marketing. As one of his case studies, the author explains how he originated the 2003 flash mob phenomenon, discussing how he sent a mass email directing a large group to form, spawning a fad and copycat mobs. Wasik also digs into examples of how companies and organizations go viral in the quest for buzz, from Ford's appropriation of the flash mob for a concert to promote a new vehicle to consumer-involved campaigns from companies like Diesel, Nike, and Procter & Gamble.   —Mark Mavrigian 05.18.09 6:00 AM 10 Insightful and Inspiring New Art and Design Books New Treehouses of the World, from Abrams Photo: Pete Nelson/Courtesy of Abrams MORE >> 04.01.09 7:00 AM Inaugural Annenberg Exhibit Explores Multifaceted Views of Los Angeles Hermosa Beach Pier, on view at the Annenberg Space Photo: Lawrence Ho/Los Angeles Times 2005 Last week, the Annenberg Foundation opened its new 10,000-square-foot photo gallery, the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City. And on Friday, the inaugural exhibit, “L8s Ang3les," officially opened to the public. A great majority of the images in the show depict Los Angeles in multiple perspectives—from glamorous Hollywood scenes to more authentic views of city life. The exhibit consists of shots from eight L.A.-based photographers—the iconic and influential John Baldessari, Catherine Opie, Greg Gorman, Douglas Kirkland, Tim Street-Porter, Julius Shulman, Lauren Greenfield, and Carolyn Cole—who work in fine art, architecture, documentary, fashion, photojournalism, and celebrity portraiture. Standouts include Shulman's selection of works depicting modernist residences and Opie's images that show a grittier view of the city. The exhibit also includes work from three Los Angeles Times staff photographers. The show runs through June 20.   —Alesandra Dubin RELATED TOPICS Annenberg Foundation, Annenberg Space for Photography 03.03.09 6:00 AM Talking to Doug Jaeger, the Adventurous Marketer Who Ticked Off MoMA Last Week Doug Jaeger Photo: Gary Sloan Last week Doug Jaeger teamed up with New York graffiti artist Poster Boy to reimagine a Museum of Modern Art marketing campaign he had helped conceptualize—but the ordeal didn't sit well with MoMA. Before all this, and Jaeger lost his position with the museum, we interviewed him for our next magazine issue. Here's what he had to say. As founder, C.E.O., and creative director of New York-based branding and marketing firm TheHappyCorp and its offshoot LVHRD (pronounced “live hard”), Doug Jaeger generates unique ideas for events that explore new ways for people to interact and think creatively. Funded by a mix of sponsorship and ticket sales, his events include competitions that pit people from fields like fashion and architecture against each other and “cell phone lockdowns,” where guests either surrender their phones for the evening or rely solely on text messages to communicate. In March, an “un-conference” called WRK/PLY will explore the intersection of work and recreation. Jaeger is also the recently installed president of the Art Directors Club, and works with the Museum of Modern Art’s marketing advisory committee to help attract young, creative audiences to the museum. You seem to do these events just for fun. What do guests take away from your events? What we’re trying to do is inspire people by getting them connected to others in different fields. We’re trying to cultivate a cross-pollination between various disciplines in a way where one of those professions is showcased. The formula overall that we used to get where we are was to create competitions for people who were innovative in their fields, that got people who are the best at what they do to socialize; and from there, we built our audience. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Museum of Modern Art 02.11.09 12:35 PM MOCA's Dan Graham Show Explores Architecture, Mass Media Dan Graham, Skateboard Pavilion, 1989, architectural model Photo: Steven White Starting Sunday, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles will display "Dan Graham: Beyond," a comprehensive survey of the American artist's pioneering multimedia work. Graham has explored minimalism, conceptual art, performance and video art, even rock music. Most notably, he delves into architectural experiments, playing off the relationship that people have with spaces in today's world. The show presents Graham's work through photographs, film and video, architectural models, indoor and outdoor pavilions, conceptual projects for magazines, drawings and prints, and writings. The exhibit runs through May 25.   —Alesandra Dubin 01.28.09 7:00 AM F.I.D.M. Debuts Oscar-Nominated Costume Designs Costumes from Elizabeth: The Golden Age at F.I.D.M.'s exhibit Photo: Courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Today, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising's F.I.D.M. Museum & Galleries downtown will open its 17th annual exhibition showcasing Oscar-nominated and -winning designers' work. This year's exhibit brings more than 125 costumes from 25 movies, including costumes from films nominated for the Academy Awards' best costume design category. Some of the movies featured include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Australia. Also on view are pieces from last year's costume category winner, Elizabeth: The Golden Age. The show runs until March 29 and is free for individuals; groups pay $10 per person.   —Alesandra Dubin RELATED TOPICS FIDM, Oscars, Award Season MORE NEWS Search for Suppliers Activities/Experiences Catering/Food Services Decor/Design/Flowers Entertainment Event Planning & Marketing/Meeting Planning/PR Event Production/Audiovisual Services Gifts/Premiums/Awards Industry Resources Invitations/Name Tags Photography/Videography Planning Tools/Software Rentals/Props Security/Fire Services/Insurance Signage/Banners/Printing Special Effects Staffing Trade Show Services Transportation/Parking Services Search for Venues By Type All Types Activity Venues Ballrooms (All Venues) Banquet Halls Bars/Clubs/Lounges Boats/Yachts Casinos Conference Centers, Convention Centers & Auditoriums Entertainment Venues/Performance Spaces Golf Courses/Clubs Hotels Independent Event Spaces Lofts/Photo Studios/Raw Spaces Mansions/Houses Movie Studios/Sound Stages Museums/Cultural Spaces Outdoor Spaces Private Clubs Quick Trips Religious Spaces Resorts Restaurants Retail Venues Spas/Relaxation Places Stadiums/Arenas Terraces/Roofs/Gardens (All Venues) By Neighborhood/Location All Neighborhoods Beach Areas (including LAX) Downtown/Eastside San Fernando Valley Southern California/Environs Westside Mid-City/Mid-Wilshire Orange County Other Areas Show Only New Venues Search Our Venue Directory RECENTLY VIEWED Stories Guastavino’s Reopens as Event Space TIFF Parties: Goats, Celebrity Singers Appear on the Circuit Victoria's Secret Stages Sorority-Style Keg Party Chicago Planner Navigates Washington's Maze of Permits to Stage Giveaway Event in Union Station Gen Art Film Festival Kicks Off at New Event Space Suppliers Value Produce LA Umbra American Casino Entertainment Inc. 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