A Spacey Setting
In September, Paramount Home Media Distribution hosted a party at L.A.’s California Science Center in celebration of the DVD/Blu-ray release of Star Trek Into Darkness. The Production Elements-produced party had the dramatic built-in decor benefit of NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour. And Kinetic Lighting projected a space scene all around it using a combination of digital projectors and moving lights fitted with custom glass gobos.
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The dinner took place at Royale Nightclub, a former opera house. Some 500 guests sat to dinner at long and round tables.
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Tables were decorated with brocade linens, busts, and candelabras.
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Marble statues were cheekily decked with wigs and "Clarks" sashes.
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Golden shoes decorated the space and matched the evening's black-and-gold collateral.
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For an onstage award presentation, Frost created a grunge-inspired backdrop made from crumpled-up screens. Colored lights illuminated the arty fixtures.
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Max Ultimate Catering set the first course on wooden slabs that had the Clarks logo burned into them. The first course was a fire-roasted shrimp stake with heirloom tomatoes, cucumber, watermelon, radish, and asparagus, all drizzled with a wine vinaigrette.
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A chocolate shoe sole decorated the dessert of lemon-blueberry pound cake with white-chocolate glaze. The plate was garnished with "side textures," which included chocolate shavings, toasted coconut, pistachios, and berry compote.
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As guests entered, they tagged a graffiti wall created by Artists for Humanity. The banner now hangs in Clarks's customer service department.
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Musicians from the Boston Arts Academy played Latin jazz "with pockets of funk," said Feigenson.
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