David Monn decorated the Park Avenue Armory in New York for the 2012 holiday season. Monn used candles housed inside glass fishbowls to line the baseboards inside the ornate space.
Photo: Courtesy of the Park Avenue Armory
The New York Botanical Garden Conservatory Ball
Designed by Bowman Dahl, the early June ball was inspired by the idea of a Renaissance-Italy garden in Padua. The lighting was inspired by an Italian sunset and changed throughout the evening. As guests entered the tent, the lighting was an amber hue; it slowly changed to a midnight blue over the course of the evening. Stephen Starr Events handled production and provided a menu of—naturally—Italian fare.
Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Patrick McMullan Company
Alison Events Planning & Design arranged white dahlias in wooden trays as a display for escort cards at a birthday party.
Photo: Meg Smith Photography
For a wedding at Union Station in Los Angeles, Sterling Engagements displayed escort cards printed to look like train tickets inside vintage suitcases.
Photo: Callaway Gable Photography
A Great Gatsby-themed wedding planned by Swank Productions Inc. featured escort cards arranged inside of a vintage card catalogue.
Photo: Sean T. Smith
Fête printed seating assignments on vinyl and elevated it above a square birch bar.
Photo: Jimmie Fishbein
Lindsay Landman Events placed a display of candles in white shelves behind a clear table holding escort cards.
Photo: Gustavo Campos Photography
A cirque performer helped guests reach escort cards suspended from the ceiling at a wedding designed by Gloria Wong Design and Jubilee Lau Events.
Photo: Michelle Walker Photography
Table 6 Productions avoided the problem of making guests wait for drinks at their table by attaching escort cards to cocktails.
Photo: Travis Broxton for Broxton Photography
Poppies & Posies set up a display of cookbooks wrapped with patterned fabrics that corresponded to the table number displays. Wedding guests found their names on the bookmarks and sat at the table that matched the fabric.
Photo: Robert Sukrachand
Jes Gordon/Proper Fun applied a vinyl appliqué printed with guests’ names and table assignments to an illuminated structure from Taylor Creative Inc.
Photo: Andre Maier Photography
