venue decor

January 23, 2015

Svedka Vodka Promotion

At a Svedka vodka promotion in Los Angeles in 2013, guests played "life-size Jenga" using huge game pieces stamped with the name of the vodka brand.

Photo: Michael Simon/StarTraksPhoto.com

The Geodesic Dome was illuminated in the museum's West Portico, doubling as a photo backdrop for guests interested in printed souvenirs at Remix, the samba-themed dessert party.

Photo: World Red Eye

Private Social Event

For a private social event in the Tent at Lincoln Center in New York, projections covered the ceilings and vines curled around oversize centerpieces.

Photo: Arnold Brower

Private Corporate Event

Candles snaked down the staircase at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a private corporate event.

Photo: Courtesy of David Beahm

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

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

The event included multiple activity stations and seating arrangements at the newly opened 1 Hotel South Beach.

Photo: April Belle Photos

Teepee Seating

Be Inspired PR hosts and produces the Tassels and Tastemakers event twice each year for event and wedding industry professionals, plus media, bloggers, and other influencers. The most recent iteration on March 25 brought a Western theme to Carondelet House in Los Angeles. The event offered lounge seating under a lacy canopy.

Photo: Troy Grover

Big Sur Wedding

The Big Sur couple traveled through three draped arches on the way to the ceremony. Each sign bore a third of a romantic quote: "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."

Photo: Courtesy of Sterling Engagements

Wedding Trend: Chinoiserie

The trend of chinoiserie is resurfacing, and Weiss accented an area of the party space with upturned parasols to offer an alternative take on the concept.

Photo: Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for Wedding Paper Divas

Big Sur Wedding