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Trends & Ideas FOOD IDEAS Edible Gifts at All Price Points Around the World on a Budget: A Spanish Menu Cutting the Hors D'oeuvres? Try These Inventive Bar Snacks Around the World on a Budget: A French Provençal Menu A Mobile Cupcakery Fancy Entrées, Cheap Desserts: Mix-and-Match Menus A Field Guide to Event-Friendly Food Trucks   DECOR AND RENTAL IDEAS Set Designer Brings Whimsical D.I.Y. Approach to Event Decor For Rent: A Sleek, Modern Take on Buffets New Drapes for Dramatic Staging Options Sitting Pretty: 10 Stylish Dining Chairs Scrimping on Flowers? Choose Fancy Dishes Ring Leaders: 5 Ways to Finish Off a Place Setting   GET INSPIRED New Louis Vuitton Book Focuses on Integrating the Brand and Art Exploring the Latest in Green Design Reality vs. TV: The Events of Gossip Girl 6 Inspiring, Steal-Able Ideas From Art Events The Shepard Fairey Effect on Marketing and Event Design Faythe Levine Examines the Indie Art and Craft Phenomenon   BUSINESS ENTERTAINING Group Sales for Next Year's King Tut Show Now Available Daytime History Tours, Nightlife Excursions After Dark Crafts That Come to the Office Tours Keep It Local With Treks to Hudson Valley Wineries How Do You Welcome Out-of-Towners?   GIFT IDEAS Design-Conscious Desktop Gifts Municipal Art Society Launches Book of Self-Guided City Walks A Gift-Worthy New York Photo Book A Deluxe Dining Guide Guests Will Keep A Long-Lasting Alternative to Cut Flowers A New Source for Homemade Goodies and Gift Baskets     ASK BIZBASH    11.16.09 9:00 AM How Do You Make Staffers Feel Appreciated—at Little or No Cost? Leo Burnett's employee art gallery Photo: Courtesy of Leo Burnett In a year of cutbacks and salary freezes, perhaps now more than ever, hard-working employees need to feel valued, even in small ways. Jennifer Savica, TD Bank’s vice president of event management, rewards her staff with little perks throughout the year, like taking everyone out for ice cream in the summer, treating people to their favorite drinks at Starbucks on a cold day, and occasionally allowing casual Fridays. “I try to show appreciation for my team every day by creating a true democracy—asking their opinions, including them in many of the department decisions, and empowering them to do their job,” she says. Boston Beer Company has a gift policy that prevents employees from keeping items valued over $10 given to them by clients and event sponsors. “If someone gets something over that amount, we raffle it off to the office as a thank you,” says Kristen Smith, the company’s travel and event planner. Past items have included tickets to charity events the company has sponsored, movie screenings, and Red Sox tickets. “It’s nice to raffle these things off and make them available to anyone—and at no cost to the company,” says Smith. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Leo Burnett, Publix, TD Bank, Boston Beer Company, Warner Brothers THE SCOUT    11.11.09 9:00 AM 4 Made-in-New York Sweets for Gift Bags Chandelier cookies by Sugarbuilt Photo: Courtesy of Sugarbuilt These locally made desserts come packaged for swag bags and can be delivered to events. 1. Through Sugarbuilt, Amelia Coulter creates artful, intricately iced sugar cookies, often based on decorative art motifs or architecture like the Brooklyn Bridge. Cookie flavors include lavender, chocolate-red chile, bizcochito (anise and cinnamon), and ginger-lemon. Cookies range from $3 to $20 apiece and a minimum of two dozen is required. Custom designed cookies are also available for a $100 fee plus the cost of the cookies. MORE >> THE SCOUT    11.09.09 2:33 PM 8 Tabletop Looks From ISES's Design Competition Designs from the ISES tabletop competition Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash On Friday evening, eight designers participated in the metro New York chapter of the International Special Events Society's 2009 tabletop design competition, held at La.Venue as part of the three-day "Cook. Eat. Drink. Live." expo. Members of the events industry including internal planners and owners of design and planning firms (as well as this editor) gathered to judge the tables, which were created with rental items from Broadway Party Rentals. Because the designers did not have to follow a theme, the looks ran the gamut from a sparkly winter-inspired setting by Marc Wilson Design to a table draped with woven palm fronds by Flora New York. Neuman's was awarded two round-trip airline tickets from Delta Airlines for the winning entry, a cornucopia-style design with a bounty of fresh produce, mossy accents, and an earthy color scheme. Blade Floral and Event Designs took home the second place award, and Floral Icon Events won third place. Here's a closer look at all of the participants. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS International Special Events Society TREND SPOTTED    11.09.09 9:00 AM A New Spin: 5 Cool DJ Booths A DJ station from the Bacardi B-Live music tour Photo: Rob Loud Photography MORE >> RELATED TOPICS DJ Booths, Bacardi, Target, Black Eyed Peas, Red Bull, Funny People, Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts + Creativity, Armani FRESH FACE    11.04.09 9:00 AM New Caterers Offer Sustainable Food, Hands-On Service Michael Steifman and Kaegan Welch Photo: Vincent Dilio for BizBash Throughout their careers, Michael Steifman and Kaegan Welch experienced different sides of the catering business. After graduating from the French Culinary Institute, Steifman was the kitchen, operations, and beverage manager for Olivier Cheng Catering and Events. Meanwhile Welch, who also trained at F.C.I., worked as a chef for his own private dining company and at restaurants in Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and New York, including Bouchon Bakery, before joining Olivier Cheng, too. In spite of their different skill sets, the men shared a distaste for the amount of waste generated at events. Looking for a way to be socially responsible and gain more creative and personal freedom, the two formed full-service catering company Stuart & Welch in January. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Max Mara, Stella McCartney, Bank of Montreal, Practical Law Company THE SCOUT    11.02.09 9:00 AM 50 Budget-Friendly Ideas for Holiday Parties: Food, Gifts, Decor, and More MoMA's pop-up centerpiece Photo: Courtesy of MoMA Design Store 1-3. Skip cupcakes for a fresh, high-quality sheet cake. Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago makes spice cake with apples, brown sugar frosting, and streusel; a half-sheet for $130 feeds 45. Mäni’s Bakery in Los Angeles makes an organic carrot-raisin cake, which costs $160 for a half-sheet and serves 65. Miami’s Yummy Cakes and More can make its chocolate explosion cake, with a half-sheet (enough for 65 guests) starting at $65. 4. A low-tech, high-impact way to serve shots is to create your own ice shooters with Pure Modern's Cool Shooter shot mold, available for $12.95 each. 5-6. Forgo the frat-party look and stash cold drinks in a stylish ice tub, like one from Broadway Party Rentals in New York, which rents for $30 and up. Or, to dress up a plain bin and keep things cool, Classic Party Rentals provides the 6 Velon chilling wrap (prices vary). MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Corporate Holiday Parties, iStar Financial, Paul Wilmot Communications, The Economist THE SCOUT    10.26.09 9:00 AM Cort's New Line of Glowing LED Furniture Cort's Luna Lighting collection Photo: Courtesy of Cort Event Furnishings Cort Event Furnishings recently launched a new line of LED furniture called the Luna Lighting collection. Rental items include bars, bar-height tables, and pedestals that are lit from within by battery-operated LEDs that last up to eight hours. The lights come in eight colors (red, white, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, and purple), and can be programmed to illuminate the pieces in a solid hue, or fade or flash from color to color. Brushed stainless steel tabletops and frames give the collection a polished look and help make the pieces sturdier. The modular design of the collection offers flexibility as well. The bar can be configured in circular, serpentine, or perpendicular shapes. Pedestals can be turned into tables with round or rectangular tabletops, and can also be connected to create glowing columns. The pieces are available throughout the U.S. and the company will deliver to Canada, depending on the size of the order. Prices range from $56 to $600.   —Lisa Cericola THE SCOUT    10.22.09 4:21 PM 6 New Products Spotted at the BizBash New York Expo Cloth Connection's new overlay Photo: BizBash More than 200 exhibitors displayed a range of products and services for events at the BizBash Expo at the Javits Center on Wednesday. Here are some new items that caught our attention on the bustling trade show floor. 1. Cloth Connection just released a line of overlays called the Artistic Braided collection. The sparkly linens are available in an array of colors, including gold, silver, black, copper, red, turquoise, and purple. The linens are available throughout the U.S. and pricing varies, as the overlays are created to order. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Bizbash New York Expo THE SCOUT    10.19.09 9:00 AM New Company Offers Affordable Video for Events or Web Sites Video stills from Your Story Everywhere projects Photo: Your Story Everywhere Recently launched video production company Your Story Everywhere specializes in affordable minute-long films for Web sites, whether viral marketing campaigns or informative documentary-style pieces. The Columbus, Ohio-based company can also handle longer projects like tribute videos or footage for award shows, which are available on DVD. For short films, typically the time from shoot to finished video is approximately 14 days. The company sends clients periodic updates as a film is being edited so they can follow the video's progress and request changes. Unlike other video production companies, prices for projects are deteremined by the length of the video. A fully produced and edited 60-second video is $1,000, a 90-second video is $2,000, and a 120-second piece is $3,000. Longer videos are priced on request. Travel costs and a la carte options like high-definition cameras and motion graphics are additional.   —Lisa Cericola INFLUENCES    10.15.09 3:51 PM National Design Week Explores the Handmade and High Tech Stefan Sagmeister's "Good" is part of the "Design USA" exhibit. Photo: Stefan Sagmeister The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum kicks off National Design Week on Sunday, honoring the innovative work of firms and individuals in fields including architecture, interior design, communication design, fashion, and landscape design. While this year's recipients are celebrated with a gala on October 22, the exhibit "Design USA: Contemporary Innovation" will display the work of more than 75 past award winners, with work from figures such as Tom Ford to products from Tupperware. Exploring the past 10 years of award winners, the show places an emphasis on the renewed interest in craft, new materials, and technological influences on design. The show's exhibition design is a collaboration with 2006 award winner 2x4, it incorporates a prefabricated shelving system as well as digital content, which will be available through free iPod Touch rentals. "Design USA" opens tomorrow and runs through April 4. Free admission to the museum is offered from Sunday through next Saturday, October 24. 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