For its XO Cafe Noir party in 2011, Patrón tapped Abel McCallister Designs to create lamps made from empty liquor bottles and fringed lampshades.
Photo: Angel Tagudin
As part of Brooklyn’s Northside Festival in June, whiskey brand Jameson hosted the Black Barrel Lounge, where guests could enjoy music from indie artists and get the chance to experience a demonstration by Master Cooper (aka barrel maker) Ger Buckley. Accordingly, the space was decorated with chandeliers made from deconstructed flame-charred Jameson Black barrels.
Photo: Courtesy of Jameson
In June, Target celebrated the launch of its fashion and home accessories collection with charity organization Feed by hosting a rustic-Americana-themed dinner party in Brooklyn. The lighting fixtures above the bar in the dinner tent were crafted from Feed U.S.A. for Target plates and cups.
Photo: Nilaya Sabnis
At a private event hosted by Adidas during the N.B.A.'s All-Star Weekend in 2012, Night Vision Entertainment incorporated the footwear brand's Superstar shoes into an overhead display. To hang the installation, producers attached suspension cords to laces that were tied around the bottom of the shoes.
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For Z100's All Access Lounge, a preshow festival for the 2011 Jingle Ball concert, presenting sponsor Coca-Cola incorporated subtle branding into the Hammerstein Ballroom's decor with a hanging installation of Coke cans.
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In June, jewelry company Stella & Dot teamed up with liquor brand Midori to host a happy hour event on the rooftop of the London West Hollywood. Small shelves were built into the press wall in order to display emerald green accessories from the line alongside the green-colored booze.
Photo: Courtesy of Midori
In June, Skyy Vodka hosted Skyy and Sea, the official opening event to New York’s Governors Ball Music Festival, aboard the Hornblower Infinity yacht. The nautical theme was reflected in the event’s step-and-repeat: White shelves held bottles of vodka and branded lifesavers.
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Also at the Skyy and Sea event, guests could spin a prize wheel to win items like a hat, a bikini, or sunglasses. The pointers on the wheel were made from empty Skyy bottles.
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At a Vogue Eyewear party held in Los Angeles in March to fete the brand’s spring summer campaign, shades were frozen inside blocks of ice along with flowers, making for striking arrangements on bar tops.
Photo: Courtesy of Vogue Eyewear
Dubbed the Dramatically Different Party, skincare brand Clinique's June 18 bash at New York’s 620 Loft & Garden celebrated its iconic moisturizer. As guests entered, they encountered a hallway lined with more than 4,000 bottles of the 45-year-old lotion.
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At a Toronto event marking SodaStream’s partnership with Kraft, held in June, a custom step-and-repeat was made out of shelves filled with artfully arranged products and logos.
Photo: Courtesy of the Mint Agency
In honor of Barbie’s 50th anniversary, Mattel created a real-life version of the doll’s Malibu Dream House where repeating rows of the iconic toy formed an eye-catching wall.
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Earlier this year in New Orleans, Jes Gordon designed a Super Bowl party for M&Ms where highboy tables displayed arrangements of roses and eucalyptus nestled in vases filled with the chocolate candies.
Photo: George Long
At an EBay event in 2009, the centerpiece of the room was a giant chandelier that comprised more than 1,200 items found on the online auctioneer’s Web site.
Photo: Courtesy of EBay
During the 2010 Super Bowl, Bridgestone stacked its tires to create highboys at the ESPN the Magazine Next Big Weekend party.
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At the Marfa Film Festival in Texas in 2010, the We Came In Peace-designed Café Bustelo Filling Station was marked by the coffee brand's yellow-and-red aluminum cans. In addition to using the cans as planters for cacti, the designers crafted them into chandeliers and lighting installations.
Photo: Courtesy of We Came in Peace
At Ecolab's client appreciation party at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago in 2010, Kehoe Designs made a registration desk using the cleaning product company's soap dispensers and glass racks from restaurant dishwashers.
Photo: Ryan Sjostrom
Godiva is known for its annual chocolate-themed lounge at InStyle’s Golden Globes after-party, but in 2009 the chocolate brand made a bid for attention on Valentine’s Day with an over-the-top chocolate-covered suite inside New York’s Bryant Park Hotel. Envisioned by interior designer Jonathan Adler and interpreted in chocolate by event producer Larry Abel, the suite featured a lavish display of Godiva products including a mosaic of individual chocolates arranged beneath a glass-topped dining table.
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To celebrate the Shops at Target launch in May 2012, the retail giant hosted a party at the IAC Building in New York, for which designer David Stark suspended products from the various collections as decor. For example, doggie treats from Target collaborator Polka Dog Bakery were hung in a spiraled, chandelier-like installation.
Photo: Anna Sekula/BizBash
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachussetts Bay's "Big Night"
The early February event had both "Big Brothers" and sisters and "Little Brothers" and sisters in attendance, so planners catered to both age groups. Kid-friendly decor included highboys with chalkboard surfaces. Jars of colored chalk let guests—both young and old—doodle as they sampled appetizers and drinks.
Photo: David Fox
The Phillips Collection's Gala
At the 2007 event in Washington, designer David Tutera wrapped napkins in paper filmstrips to create an old Hollywood look.
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Whitney Museum of American Art's Art Party
At the museum's 2012 event, a streamlined, modern bar stood at the center of the room with an arrangement of black-and-white lanterns hanging overhead.
Photo: Carolyn Curtis/BizBash
A video wall spanned an entire corner of the reception space, showing images from various networks' programming. Custom highboy tables were decorated with adjectives such as "style" and "imagination" that the networks used to describe their content.
Photo: Andre Maier
To disguise the concrete barricade, Hermès added mirrors to the entire stretch of a lower beach wall, reflecting the activities and sights on the sand.
Photo: Matthew Carasella
Yellow: Hopefulness, Cheer, Optimism, Energy, Positivity
Billy Butchkavitz’s design inspiration at HBO’s 2009 Golden Globes party in Los Angeles came from the colorful “emotional architecture” style of Luis Barragán and vintage ’60s textiles. Butchkavitz washed restaurant Circa 55 and the adjoining pool area at the Beverly Hilton in a banana yellow animal print.
Photo: Gabor Ekecs
Purple: Royalty, Luxury, Creativity, Spirituality, Wealth
Event planner André Wells designed the 2010 Washington Ballet ball around the gala chair’s favorite color. Nearly every shade of purple was used in event, dubbed the “Purple Rain Ball.”
Photo: Tony Brown/imijphoto.com for BizBash
Black: Authority, Power, Mystery, Drama, Sophistication
Inspired by the “power of the press” shown in season 2 of The Newsroom, designer Billy Butchkavitz used a black-and-white newsprint palette for the show’s 2013 premiere party in Los Angeles.
Photo: Gabor Ekecs
The Joffrey Ballet's 2010 spring gala had a modern look, with abstract fabric sculptures that hovered over the cocktail tables and formed a barrier between the reception area and dinner tables.
Photo: Greg Davis/Powell Photography Inc.
