Event Decor

The center of the table had a "fireplace" that was actually made of illuminated water vapor.

Another table with a travel theme was designed by Gunlocke/HBF. Miniature hot-air balloons hovered above the table, which was also decked with a globe, clocks, maps folded into origami, and miniature treasure boxes.

A New Orleans garden dinner party, à la Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, was the theme of The New York Times dining space, designed by Robert Passal Interior and Architectural Design. The lush environment, which even included a mossy room spray, featured Passal's dinnerware collaboration with L'objet, along with Bradley Clifford's talon candlesticks and items from Bergdorf Goodman. The 250-year-old dining chairs were retrieved from an assembly hall in England.

A colorful array of glassware and shag chairs completed the look of Sunbrella's dining space.

Inspired by the Brutalist movement, in which concrete dominated, furnishings company Arteriors' dining vignette featured repeated geometric and abstract organic forms with rough textures and a dark palette.

Stephen Burks, the designer of Roche Bobois Paris's Traveler chair, also created the company's installation, which was based around his furniture. The chairs evoked a cozy camp-like feel, creating an outdoor pavilion indoors with a projected fire by Levy Lighting.

Keeping on theme, the charger plates at each table setting featured the design of a moon.

To mimic the zero-gravity effect of dining on the moon, traditional floral centerpieces were eschewed in favor of levitating displays. That included Omega watches that appeared to float in air, oscillating on "moon rocks" under glass domes .