| EVENT REPORT 01.23.07 12:00 AM |
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| Editor's Anniversary Puts Book Covers on Tabletops |
| Dust jackets served as centerpieces and visual tributes at a dinner honoring Random House executive Bob Loomis. |
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| Literary types including Maya Angelou and New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus gathered for a black-tie dinner at the New York Public Library’s Trustees Room to celebrate executive vice president and executive editor Bob Loomis’s 50th anniversary at Random House. |
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 | | Custom-made centerpieces, made of book jackets inside a plexiglass ring, topped each table. |
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 | | Planners used gold touches such as napkin rings, linens, and candleholders to symbolize Loomis's 50th anniversary. |
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 | | Beside each guest's plate was a brochure titled "The Company He's Kept" with an alphabetical listing of authors Loomis has worked with. |
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In a nod to the numerous authors Loomis has worked with throughout his career, Allyson Forbes and Annette Melvin of the publisher's design department fashioned tall hexagonal rings out of plexiglass that displayed covers of books he has edited (such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Sophie’s Choice). Floral designer Jodi Zimmerman arranged leafy plants such as bromeliads and ferns inside the rings, which topped the center of each table. “No two centerpieces were alike,” said Carol Schneider, vice president and executive director of publicity and public relations for Random House. “There were so many book covers to choose from that we couldn’t even use them all.” Schneider oversaw the overall design and production of the event, working with Amira Gertz, catering and event sales manager for Sebastian’s Catering & Special Events, which provided the evening’s menu, including beef with wild mushroom risotto and molten chocolate cakes with espresso anglaise.
—Lisa Cericola
Posted 01.23.07
Photos: Doug Schneider Photography
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