Themes or parties

A pair of wings from artist Colette Miller of the Global Angel Wings project was the eye-catching emphasis of the table known as “Dancing Angels Along the Mediterranean,” designed by Sterling Engagements and Shawna Yamamoto Event Design.

De Gournay’s Le Eden wallpaper served as the backdrop for Luxe Interiors & Design magazine's tablescape, which was designed by Sasha Bikoff. The rainforest-like setting featured woodwork from Liaigre, an abundant floral overhang, and tree trunk stools.

The Architectural Digest installation, designed by Bronson van Wyck, featured a custom-printed backdrop, a bold gold-and-black linen tablecloth by Larsen, earthy light fixtures by Tucker Robbins, and bright red floral arrangements.

For Crate & Barrel's vignette, designers Patrick Janelle and Amy Virginia Buchanan of Spring Street Social Society used artist Zeger Reyes’s broken-plates installation as inspiration, creating a white table setting with glass cloches and custom-made seating.

Benjamin Moore and Cosentino Chicago designer Julia Buckingham presented a luxe tribute to the paint brand’s color of the year, Simply White. Cast-resin sculptures, a Murano glass chandelier, and eclectic seating options in a mix of textures gave interest to the mostly-white vignette.

Echo Design's setup evoked a safari sit-down dinner with a thatched rug, canvas director’s chairs, caged pendant lighting, and a zebra pop-in guest.

For Robert Allen at Home, interior design firm Madcap Cottage created a Alice in Wonderland-style floral explosion with a butterfly-dotted boxwood hedge, trellis-patterned upholstery, and blooming wallpaper.

Inspired by the lost city of Atlantis, Arteriors' tablescape featured agatelike wallpaper, which mimics undulating waves, lush tufted-velvet benches, gold accents, and circular mirrors.

To celebrate the New York Design Center’s 90th year, Antonino Buzzetta created a festive rooftop party setting complete with graffiti-covered walls, colorful balloons, and an abundance of goodies stacked high on the tables.

Shelter Company's roomy tents are fully furnished, and lounges can provide group seating.

CasaBubble rents inflatable, modular spheres for events. Envisioned by French designers Frédéric Richard and Pierre-Stéphane Dumas, the transparent, pressurized bubbles can be used as V.I.P. areas, pop-up shops, dining spaces, and more in outdoor environments. There are five different models and the structures come with a wooden floor. Solar cells and battery equipment are also available.

A golden event produced by Danville, Calfornia-based Roar Events in June featured intimate lounges, a giant central bar, and an LED dance floor.

Marc Wilson, founder of MWD Lifestyles, a New York-based event brand and design house, recommends "staying within holiday color schemes that are always in season around holiday time and largely embraced" to help keep costs down, especially when making bulk purchases.

For the Comcast Spotlight holiday party in November 2014, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based catering and events company JDK Group researched the disco era to help incorporate elements into the decor, such as the black-and-white photo collages on the walls of the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The Groupon holiday party, held at the Aragon Ballroom in December 2014, was inspired by the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition fair, also known as the Chicago World's Fair.

"Much of the decor was outlined in lights and had a vintage feel. Thousands of midway lights created a canopy over the dance floor and helped define the boardwalk ambiance," says senior designer Jeffrey Foster at Event Creative, the Chicago-based event design and production agency that designed the event.

The evening featured customized boardwalk games and entertainment with on-theme signage.

For a private holiday party, held at 26 Bridge in December 2014, New York-based event firm Rock Paper Scissors Events created a winter wonderland with a ski-lodge-type lounge, a snow machine, and a "forest" of hanging ornaments filled with chocolate truffle favors.

A large shell decor piece and blue lanterns decorated the lobby of the Hollywood Roosevelt as part of an ocean theme inspired by the last scene in Masterminds.

An oversize shell decor piece filled with flowers decorated the lobby.

At Herbalife's 2015 holiday party, held at the company’s Torrance, California, offices, Zen Arts provided stilt walkers dressed in elaborate animal costumes to entertain the crowd.

Landman plans destination weddings like this one in the Caribbean island of Anguilla.

Magnolia Bluebird Design & Events created walls of cotton candy served on LED glow sticks for a Pop Art-theme sweet sixteen party, held at the Musikfest Café at the SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in January 2015. “It smelled like a Katy Perry concert when you walked in the door,” said Danielle Couick, principal of the Columbia, Maryland-based event planning company.

A trio of iLuminate dancers in bespoke LED suits performed during Alienware's laptop launch event at E3 in 2013.

In 2013, Hermès hosted its “Les Jeux d’Hermès”—or Hermès games—in Palm Beach, where a croquet field section of the party space sat beneath colorful tenting inspired by the brand’s famous prints and scarves.

Windows Catering Company provided a nature-themed hors d'oeuvres table with items placed on things from nature including tree trunks.