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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     Trend Spotted Archive 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 08.18.09 9:00 AM Using Neon and LEDs for an Arty Take on Event Lighting A chandelier-like installation of neon lights Photo: Alison Whittington for BizBash MORE >> 06.18.09 9:00 AM Low-Cost, Crowd-Pleasing Catering Mini corn dogs Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Public Art Fund, Target, White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Upfronts, ISES 03.17.09 10:00 AM The Shepard Fairey Effect on Marketing and Event Design Saks Fifth Avenue's new bags Photo: Courtesy of Studio Number One Looking for a somewhat playful reflection of these tough times, event designers and marketers have incorporated bold graphics inspired by Soviet propaganda and Constructivist art into event decor, invites, and campaigns. With more than a touch of irony, of course. The likely inspiration for the trend is Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Obama "Hope" campaign poster. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Saks Fifth Avenue, Shepard Fairey, Food & Wine Magazine 11.26.08 10:00 AM Disco, Rock, and '80s Pop Influence Entertainment, Menus, and Decor Dancers showed off their moves at a M.A.C. Cosmetics' Gold Fever event in Toronto. Photo: Andreas & Co. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Aussie Hair Cair, Tiffany, Macy's, Cyndi Lauper, MC Hammer, Collaboraction, YouthAIDS, Diffa, Absolut, Diesel 08.04.08 12:56 PM Events Get Tagged With Graffiti A muralist at Angeleno magazine's summer release party. Photo: BizBash Whether it’s as entertainment, decor, an activity, or an art installation, graffiti has added an edgy vibe to several recent events. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Angeleno Magazine, The Dark Knight, Warner Brothers, Kidrobot, Mini Cooper, Nickelodeon, Watermill Center, Sundance Institute, Art Gallery of Ontario 06.30.08 9:00 AM Prom Themes Aren't Just for High Schools Anymore BAM's prom-inspired kickoff for the Sundance series opening. Photo: Alison Whittington for BizBash High school proms are big deals to teens, but grown-ups don't seem to tire of the many balloons, streamers, photo ops, and revelry, as this roundup of recent events shows. MORE >> RELATED TOPICS Brooklyn Academy of Music, Gen Art, Once Upon a Prom, Sundance Institute 03.25.08 5:54 PM 5 Takes on Draped Fabric Studio in a School benefit Photo: Mary Hilliard From free-form draping to structured, tentlike installations, overhead swags of fabric have appeared in a variety of forms at recent events. MORE >> 02.02.08 12:24 PM The Hip-Hop Won't Stop: Super Bowl Parties Present 50 Cent, Snoop, and Luda 50 Cent performed at the 944 Super Village. Photo: Courtesy of 944 Magazine FROM SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. While the NFL plans to offer the masses a dose of Tom Petty at the big game tomorrow, corporate planners are heading in the opposite direction this weekend, giving the packed Arizona parties a whole lot of rap. The 944 Super Village at SouthBridge kicked off the concert-heavy festivities on Thursday night with a 50 Cent performance. The artist rapped on a gigantic stage in an (unheated) tent, with Paris Hilton gyrating alongside him. Pontiac sponsored the evening—and, not surprisingly, its 2008 G8 car (which 50 codesigned) on stage was impossible to miss. In a more exclusive turn, Jenny McCarthy and Holly Robinson Peete hosted the "Best Damn Super Bowl Party Period" on Thursday (a play on Peete's' husband's Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports), with Ludacris entertaining a crowd of 300 at the private Rockridge estate in Phoenix. Next up for the HollyRod Foundation: an invitation-only Chris Rock performance tonight. Diddy also took the stage on Thursday, at Scottsdale nightclub Axis/Radius for Anheuser-Busch's Bud Bowl. 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