![Clear umbrellas and glittering beads hung from the ceiling in the spring area. The sound of falling rain played in the background.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e21790dsc_1085.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Clear umbrellas and glittering beads hung from the ceiling in the spring area. The sound of falling rain played in the background.
Photo: BizBash
![L.A.-based artist Jorge Pardo created a special edition of brightly colored lanterns that hung over the Hammer Museum's Gala in the Garden.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e21502atmosphere_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
L.A.-based artist Jorge Pardo created a special edition of brightly colored lanterns that hung over the Hammer Museum's Gala in the Garden.
Photo: Stefanie Keenan
![On the other side of the lounge, chandeliers served as highboy tables and furniture hung from the ceiling.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e214479013_26_7365.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
On the other side of the lounge, chandeliers served as highboy tables and furniture hung from the ceiling.
Photo: Mark Ballogg for Event Creative
![Hundreds of balloons from Balloon Trix hung from the ceiling during the V.I.P. dinner. The space changed colour with each course, starting with blue, morphing to pink for the main course, changing to orange for dessert, and ending in red.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/dx4.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Hundreds of balloons from Balloon Trix hung from the ceiling during the V.I.P. dinner. The space changed colour with each course, starting with blue, morphing to pink for the main course, changing to orange for dessert, and ending in red.
Photo: George Pimentel
Z100 & Coca-Cola's All Access Lounge
![Z100 & Coca-Cola's All Access Lounge](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/12/img_2086png.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
As a subtle way to add more branding to the Hammerstein Ballroom, presenting sponsor Coca-Cola fashioned a chandelier from its aluminum bottles.
Photo: Jeeyun Lee for BizBash
![Heffernan Morgan Ronsley handled decor. Centerpieces were four-to-eight-feet-tall steel structures with Piet Mondrian-inspired panels in neon pink, amber, and peacock and royal blues.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e21697jbs_columbianball2011_0331.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Heffernan Morgan Ronsley handled decor. Centerpieces were four-to-eight-feet-tall steel structures with Piet Mondrian-inspired panels in neon pink, amber, and peacock and royal blues.
Photo: JB Spector/Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
![The production crew hung foliage-covered chandeliers from the ceiling of the tent and set up white lounges and padded bleachers with blue and white throw pillows for seating.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e20906img_0652.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
The production crew hung foliage-covered chandeliers from the ceiling of the tent and set up white lounges and padded bleachers with blue and white throw pillows for seating.
Photo: Jika González for BizBash
![Todd Events made a wedding held inside a large barn in Aspen seem more intimate with two tall signature bars and scattered seating and food station vignettes. Hanging glass globes appeared to lower the ceilings.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/01/068_bizbash_7png.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Todd Events made a wedding held inside a large barn in Aspen seem more intimate with two tall signature bars and scattered seating and food station vignettes. Hanging glass globes appeared to lower the ceilings.
Photo: Karlisch Wrubel Photography
![Matthew Parker Events crafted lighting fixtures for a speakeasy-themed wedding using hats from a party supply store, decorative ribbon, corded wire, and filament bulbs.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/01/069_bizbash_3png.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Matthew Parker Events crafted lighting fixtures for a speakeasy-themed wedding using hats from a party supply store, decorative ribbon, corded wire, and filament bulbs.
Photo: Yvonne Wong
![For a wedding at the King Plow Event Gallery in Atlanta, Bold American Events & Catering designed an upside-down centerpiece of yellow tulips and glass globes that hung above the head table.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/01/069_bizbash_11png.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
For a wedding at the King Plow Event Gallery in Atlanta, Bold American Events & Catering designed an upside-down centerpiece of yellow tulips and glass globes that hung above the head table.
Photo: Our Labor of Love
'In Style' and Warner Brothers Golden Globes Party
!['In Style' and Warner Brothers Golden Globes Party](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/01/golden_globes_2011_130820bpng.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Designer Thomas Ford was inspired by water and fluidity, constructing a tent over the Beverly Hilton Hotel pool and creating an underwater feel using a palette of teal, navy, silver, and coral. Walls were modeled on the reflective surface of ocean waves at night.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
MSNBC White House Correspondents’ Dinner Party
![MSNBC White House Correspondents’ Dinner Party](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/04/143545337png.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Dramatic chandeliers set the tone at the MSNBC party.
Photo: Michael Loccisano/MSNBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images for MSNBC
![Boston-based Target collaborator Polka Dog Bakery had its doggie wares displayed in a spiral, chandelier-like installation that hung from ceiling-mounted rigging. At the base was a tongue-in-cheek reminder of the shop's key, four-legged customer.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/05/img_6882.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Boston-based Target collaborator Polka Dog Bakery had its doggie wares displayed in a spiral, chandelier-like installation that hung from ceiling-mounted rigging. At the base was a tongue-in-cheek reminder of the shop's key, four-legged customer.
Photo: Anna Sekula/BizBash
![Giant playing cards hung over the tabletops, bent to give a sense of movement. A chessboard motif served as the backdrop for the stage.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/05/img_4278_poirierpng.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Giant playing cards hung over the tabletops, bent to give a sense of movement. A chessboard motif served as the backdrop for the stage.
Photo: Stéphane Poirier
![Pages from the script hung from round chandeliers on the ceiling.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/05/gala2012_05_kylepng.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Pages from the script hung from round chandeliers on the ceiling.
Photo: Kyle Flubacker
![Stickers matching the Mike's Hard Pink Lemonade labels bedecked the pink parasols that hung from the ceiling.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/05/img_9816.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Stickers matching the Mike's Hard Pink Lemonade labels bedecked the pink parasols that hung from the ceiling.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
The Lincoln Park Zoo Ball
![The Lincoln Park Zoo Ball](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/07/img_5114_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago gave its annual summertime ball a "Great Cats-by" theme this year. To channel the interior of a grand East Coast estate described in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, Frost's David Kelly worked with designers from Event Creative to hang a cluster of ornate chandeliers form the top of the dinner tent.
Photo: Alain Milotti