
Vintage T-shirts covered high tables.
Ball Pit Lounge

Each year organizers create a variety of lounges where attendees can watch a simulcast of speakers. New this year was a ball pit filled with beanbag chairs and beach balls.
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Flower-free centerpieces showed more superhero images and served as holders for IML's devices.
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Centerpieces That Give Back Instead of flowers, tables at the Ve'ahavta's Starry Night gala in Toronto in November had towering glass vases filled with abstract-looking arrangements of navy and white socks�a donation from McGregor Socks that doubled as charitable gifts to the homeless.
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Signage encouraged guests to share details from the event on social media sites.
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Signposts high above the crowds detailed each station's chef and menu.
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Adhesive signage placed on the walls helped direct guests around the space.
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Directional signs helped guest navigate the more than 30,000-square-foot space.
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Instead of going in numerical order at the October 2011 dinner for Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art's anniversary, each table number represented an important year in the museum's 75-year history.
Photo: Liz Linder