9 Fresh Takes on Cliched Decor: New Streamers, Balloons, Ice Sculptures

At Discovery’s Frozen Planet premiere, ice penguins sat on the steps outside New York’s Alice Tully Hall.

For the A.G.O. Massive Party fund-raiser in April, organizers hung sparkling streamers from the ceiling of the Toronto gallery space’s Baillie Court.

In honor of the 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards nominees, BOP and Tiger Beat hosted a gift lounge; GBK used colorful ribbons to divide the large ballroom space at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles.

At the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Breath of Life Gala in Washington in November, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom used streamers to divide the National Building Museum atrium into three spaces.

At an AOL event in New York in April, hors d’oeuvres by Pinch Food Design were presented on platters that hung from helium-filled balloons.

In January, the Walrus Foundation hosted a fund-raiser with travel-themed decor in Toronto, where Balloon Trix created centerpieces meant to resemble hot-air balloons.

At an Art Institute of Chicago gala in May, Kehoe Designs covered the ceiling of an all-white lounge area with hundreds of clear balloons.

In January, Stella McCartney hosted a dinner in her SoHo store, where ice sculptures of iconic New York landmarks by Okamoto Studio served as centerpieces.

At the Design Exchange Black and White gala in Toronto in November, an eight-foot ice wall by Iceculture spelled the museum’s abbreviation.