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.
Photo: Stefanie Keenan
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.
Photo: George Pimentel
Z100 & Coca-Cola's All Access Lounge
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photo: Our Labor of Love
'In Style' and Warner Brothers Golden Globes Party
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
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.
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.
Photo: Stéphane Poirier
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.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
The Lincoln Park Zoo Ball
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
Thrillist’s BBQ and the Blues
Hosted by Rocco DiSpirito, who was celebrating the release of his book Now Eat This! Italian, Thrillist's event on Friday served all types of barbecue complemented by take-home bags of brownies from Fat Witch. To add branding to the Hudson Terrace, the lifestyle Web site placed its logo within the chandelier and on the side of the building.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
Sheraton Wine Tasting by Andrew Stevens and Kim Swift
“We wanted to bring the Reidel brand to life organically with this centerpiece chandelier of 125 champagne flutes, each filled with a tinted resin and a ‘foam’ of micro glass beads.” —Andrew Stevens
Photo: Gregory Holm
Umbrellas made from brightly colored tablecloths and twisted stacks of seat cushions hung from the ceiling.
Photo: Emily Gilbert for BizBash
A pair of chandeliers that each incorporated 75 champagne bottles in four different sizes dangled from 12- by 12-foot wooden arches.
Photo: Claire Barrett Photography
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2016 Costume Institute benefit, a 65-foot double helix—made of roses and lace—rose to the top of the ceiling, anchored in place at a rigged point. The pattern extended to the carpet, a patterned and hand-painted sisal featuring a red-and-pink double helix. It took six months to stencil the carpet.
Photo: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art/BFA.com/Shutterstock
Healthcare Information and Management System Society Conference
Healthcare Information and Management System Society's annual conference took place February 19 to 23 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. I.B.M. used real moss in 18- by 18-inch hanging boxes and draped from trellises to create a unique frame for its large booth. A spokesperson said the design was intended evoke a feeling of life and health. The booth also had large photos of I.B.M. clients and partners displayed atop touch-screen monitors showing videos from those people talking about how they have benefited from I.B.M.’s health technologies. The booth was designed in partnership with agencies George P. Johnson and Ogilvy, with moss provided by Planted Design.
Photo: Kayla Hernandez for BizBash
Asian Art Museum Gala
San Francisco's Asian Art Museum Gala took place March 2. The event, which celebrated the connection between art and technology, featured a 96-foot-long LED tube chandelier designed by Got Light. The multicolor installation was created with more than 200 tubes.
Photo: Irja Elisa for Show Ready
