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  1. Catering & Design
  2. Event Design & Decor

Decor Ideas

October 11, 2012
Balloons on the Ceiling
Balloons on the Ceiling
Giant balloons suspended from the ceiling served as the focal point at the DX Gala. What's more is that the color-washed room was updated with a new hue with each course.
Photo: George Pimentel
Bottled Place Cards
Bottled Place Cards
For a beachy vibe, LoLo Event Design created message-in-a-bottle place cards.
Photo: Kjeld Mahoney Photography
Paper Flower Wall
Paper Flower Wall
Luxe Event Rentals & Décor's handmade paper-flower walls, showcased at last year's BizBash New York Expo, can be customized in different colors and function as room dividers, stage backdrops, and back-bar displays.
Photo: Jeeyun Lee/BizBash
Rows of paper rectangles spelled out 'in' words at the Boston Brigham Women's Hospital 'In Party' fund-raiser in September. Upon closer inspection, the centerpieces listed facts about the programs the fund-raiser would benefit.
Rows of paper rectangles spelled out "in" words at the Boston Brigham Women's Hospital "In Party" fund-raiser in September. Upon closer inspection, the centerpieces listed facts about the programs the fund-raiser would benefit.
Photo: Avirian Levy for BizBash
The iPad centerpieces from Keep Interacting can be customized for events.
The iPad centerpieces from Keep Interacting can be customized for events.
Photo: Courtesy of Keep Interacting
For a wedding produced by AaB Creates at the Altman Building in 2012, the table numbers popped out of the pages of open books. The numbers were carved out of the books' pages using an X-Acto knife.
For a wedding produced by AaB Creates at the Altman Building in 2012, the table numbers popped out of the pages of open books. The numbers were carved out of the books' pages using an X-Acto knife.
Photo: Dave Robbins Photography
Festival of Light
Festival of Light

The inaugural Toronto Light Festival brought light installations from artists from across the world to the city from January 27 to March 12. The installation "Run Beyond," by Angelo Bonello of Italy, featured 18 LED characters across two buildings.

Photo: Arjun Yadav
The Infatuation Summer Guide Launch
The Infatuation Summer Guide Launch

The food site the Infatuation hosted its Summer Guide Launch with Stella Artois in June at North Brooklyn Farms. The sunlight coming through the beer bottles with the urban skyline in the background made for a memorable event image.

Photo: JN Silva
Perrier Pop-Up
Perrier Pop-Up

Perrier celebrated its many flavors—including the new strawberry and watermelon varieties—with a weeklong pop-up experience that came to an event space in New York’s SoHo neighborhood from July 12 to 16. The event featured a branded bubble ball pit in the Perrier colors, as well as props that included fruit-theme pool floats such as watermelons, strawberries, and oranges. The event was produced in partnership with experiential marketing agency the Michael Alan Group.

Photo: Jane Kratochvil
Chef’s Tribute to Citymeals
Chef’s Tribute to Citymeals

Chef Joachim Splichal from Los Angeles served up cleverly plated contemporary niçoise salad in a can, which sat atop strips of dirt as a nod to his winery.

Photo: Eric Vitale
La Plage de Lacoste
La Plage de Lacoste

At this year's Miami Open, sportswear brand Lacoste created a French-inspired beach next to the centerpiece Stadium Court called La Plage de Lacoste.

Photo: Max Reed
Rise Lantern Festival
Rise Lantern Festival

The release of thousands of lanterns, which lit up the night sky, served as invitation to other states to come to Las Vegas, according to organizers.

Photo: Courtesy of Rise
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards

In a gag from host Jimmy Kimmel, candy-filled parachutes rained down on the audience at the Oscars in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.

Photo: Image Group LA / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Spotify Emmys Party
Spotify Emmys Party

Music-streaming service Spotify hosted a brunch a week before the Emmys. The event celebrated the Emmys’ newest nomination category of Outstanding Music Supervision, as well as Spotify’s podcast, Showstoppers, on which they interviewed a few of the nominees. The event was held at the new Kimpton Everly hotel in Hollywood, and Tinsel Experiential Design created a installation with a white baby grand piano surrounded with balloons floating in a funnel formation to the ceiling. Balloons used the branded color scheme of the Showstopper podcast.

Photo: Brian Tropiano
Hilton Global Owners Conference
Hilton Global Owners Conference

As part of Hilton’s Global Owners Conference, October 10 to 12 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, dancers entertained guests during “A Taste of Hilton,” a festival-style party on the hotel’s lawn where 22 chefs from 12 Hilton properties across the world prepared some of their local specialties.

Photo: Paul Go Images
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lead singer of Cage the Elephant jumps into the crowd during performance at Lollapalooza.

Photo: Barry Brecheisen
Austin Food and Wine Fest
Austin Food and Wine Fest

Chef Tim Love led two sessions of his sprawling, hands-on grilling demonstrations. Attendees were stationed at 100 grills, cooking meat according to the chef's directions.

Photo: Roger Ho
Grammys Preview
Grammys Preview

At the menu preview for the Grammy Awards’s official after-party, Patina Catering showed off an ambrosia fruit salad with winter citrus, walnuts, pineapple, and marshmallows.

Photo: Daniel Collopy
Sapphire Now
Sapphire Now

Inside the new central theater are eight stations where attendees can watch a four-minute virtual reality video that shows how SAP’s new Leonardo system brings innovation to life.

Photo: Mira Hampel/Eventrix
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The NYC food rescue organization hosted its yearly fundraising event, which featured a vibrant tropical theme inspired by lively cultural celebrations.
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