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Trends & Ideas GET INSPIRED A Look at Viral Marketing and Media Culture From the Creator of Flash Mobs Creating (and Sending) Video Messages With MeTV Maya Lin's Techno-Landscapes Show Opens at the Corcoran The Shepard Fairey Effect on Marketing and Event Design Talking to Doug Jaeger, the Adventurous Marketer Who Ticked Off MoMA Last Week   BUSINESS ENTERTAINING Trapeze School Offers High-Flying Teambuilding A New Option for Group Culinary Outings Making a Corporate Group Into a Rock Band Ideas for Entertaining Summer Associates in Washington Firms Are Scaling Back and Re-Thinking Programming for Summer Associates Importers Debut Provençal Wine Tastings Chef Offers Dessert-Based Teambuilding Challenges Cheap, Kid-Friendly Ideas for Take Your Child to Work Day Where Can You Find Up-and-Coming DJs? Cooking Classes With a Top Chef Alumnus   DECOR AND RENTAL IDEAS For Rent: Where to Find Stylish Sofas A 3-D Way to Launch a Product Colin Cowie Launches a la Carte Floral Service Corcoran Ball Trend: Settings That Mix Textures and Patterns Ring Leaders: 5 Ways to Finish Off a Place Setting Interactive Projections That Double as Decor and Content   GIFT IDEAS Organic, Locally Made Cookies for Gifts or Favors Edible Gifts at All Price Points How Do You Thank Speakers or Presenters? A More Sophisticated Gift for Snackers A New Gift for Out-of-Towners Design-Conscious Desktop Gifts For Useful Gifts, Brides Goes Postal   FOOD IDEAS Low-Cost, Crowd-Pleasing Catering An Outing to the Farmers' Market to Source Cocktail Ingredients Pastry Chef Gears New Bakery Towards Corporate Clients Fancy Entrées, Cheap Desserts: Mix-and-Match Menus A Local Deli With Philly Flavor Cute, Budget-Friendly Desserts A New Source for Homemade Goodies and Gift Baskets An Old World Chocolate-Making Class Cutting the Hors D'oeuvres? Try These Inventive Bar Snacks     THE SCOUT    02.09.10 9:00 AM Bright Spots: 7 Lighting Ideas From Concerts and Art Installations The stage from U2's 360° tour Photo: Stu Fish Following our earlier roundup of lighting ideas, here are seven more from concerts and the art world. MORE >> THE SCOUT    02.08.10 9:00 AM Bright Spots: 8 Lighting Ideas From Dining Rooms, Lounges, and Stages A Van Cleef & Arpels dinner lit by Glow Design Photo: Craig Robillard/Courtesy of Glow Design Group MORE >> THE SCOUT    02.01.10 9:00 AM 5 New Takes on Chocolate Desserts A petit fours trio from Hudson Yards Catering Photo: Marina Senra for BizBash MORE >> THE SCOUT    01.25.10 9:00 AM For Rent: 15 Stylish Bar Stools A selection of bar stools MORE >> THE SCOUT    01.18.10 9:00 AM An Airy Alternative to a Tent The California Canopy Photo: Courtesy of AK Johnston Production Design The new California Canopy offers light, airy shelter for indoor or outdoor events. Created by AK Johnston Production Design, the open-sided structure can be made as small as 10 by 20 feet or as large as 60 by 80 feet. The overhead fabric panels are available in transparent voile or a thicker polyester-cotton blend, which diffuses natural light. For an additional fee, the company can attach lighting and speakers to the structure for surround sound. Pricing starts at $3,900 in the Southern California area, which includes installation; in other areas, prices are about 15 percent higher.   —Lisa Cericola THE SCOUT    01.13.10 9:00 AM 2 New Options for Custom Cakes in Washington A layer cake by Occasions Caterers Photo: Courtesy of Occasions Caterers Looking for cakes for events or office birthdays? Here are high and low options that fit the bill. 1. After a recent kitchen expansion to add more space for its pastry department, Occasions Caterers is now offering custom cakes. The company can create cakes with logos for corporate events or design creative options for birthdays, baby showers, and other celebrations. Pricing starts at $5 per slice for buttercream cakes and $7 a slice for cakes made with fondant. There is a 25-person minimum for orders, which must be placed at least one week in advance. MORE >> TREND SPOTTED    01.11.10 9:00 AM 3 Popular Event Themes—and Ways to Interpret Them Alice in Wonderland, water, and paper are three popular event themes. MORE >> IDEA FILE    01.04.10 10:00 AM Retail Therapy: 6 Recent In-Store Events Photo: BizBash Many stores are ramping up in-store events to boost sales—or at least get people in the doors. Here are five recent promotions. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Puma, LouLou, JCPenney, Macy's Glamorama, Macy's, Gap Inc., American Eagle Outfitters FEATURE    12.30.09 9:00 AM Best of 2009: Cell Phones Uses That Aren't Antisocial At the Independent Film Channel's Spirit Awards party, an LED screen projected messages that guests texted to a number listed on cards topping cocktail tables. Photo: George Pimentel MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Best of 2009, Independent Film Channel, T-Mobile, Google, Goldenvoice FEATURE    12.29.09 9:00 AM Best of 2009: Drink Ideas With a Twist Drinks served at the New York launch for Belvedere's IX vodka included the cigarette-inspired "IX Vice," with nicotine-infused syrup and a toasted marshmallow. 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