10 Best Ideas of the Week: Inflatable Entrance to Design Miami, Burberry's Umbrella-Wielding Models, Quentin Tarantino on a Film Strip

Joslin Diabetes Center's High Hopes gala took place at the Westin Boston Waterfront in November. With a Rat Pack theme, the event’s setup evoked old-school dinner clubs with tufted white benches from Domenic Cambrio at each dinner table. Altieri Events designed the gala.

At the opening of its Chicago flagship store on November 29, Burberry made it rain—literally. To evoke the famously rainy weather of its native England on the clear night, the brand placed umbrella-wielding models on the beige carpet that lined the entrance to the Michigan Avenue shop.

Lords South Beach hotel turned its entire property into a public art installation sponsored by Perrier. Artist Desi Santiago created the Black Lords, a wicked wonderland in which the all-white hotel was painted black and a massive dog named Gypsy looked down over the property.

The eye-catching entrance pavilion to Design Miami consisted of inflated tubes bundled together to resemble a topographical landscape in suspension. The work, called "Drift," is from New York-based Snarkitecture and inflatable structure manufacturer Inflate.

On the weekend that saw the year’s first sustained rain storms in Los Angeles, M.A.C. Cosmetics still managed to draw crowds of shoppers for its largest consumer event of the year: "Glamour Daze" at the Grove. Teasing out the theme of '60s glamor from M.A.C.'s collection, the event took the form of a show built on a glammed-up stage outside of the brand's store, complete with tufted designs meant to evoke a boudoir. ELS handled the lighting, sound, and carpet for the show.

To promote its partnership with (Red) and a limited-edition vodka bottle, Belvedere turned New York’s meatpacking district into an outdoor nightclub on November 29. Framing the event at Gansevoort Plaza were 20-foot tree-shaped lights that changed color during the performance by DJ duo Chromeo.

The Trevor Project honored Katy Perry and Audi at its Trevor Live event Sunday at the Hollywood Palladium. To further the organization's mission to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people, MSN Wonderwall and Getty Images provided an official photo booth for the event in the green room, complete with props in the form of chat bubbles bearing inspiring messages like "be proud of who you are," and "you are not alone."

Performa paid tribute to Francis Picabia and Erik Satie by recreating their surrealist ballet of 1924 at its gala November 29 in New York. Artist Ryan McNamara reinterpreted the original Paris production with a performance that saw him raised overhead, and the organizers built a stage backdrop that consisted of 460 vinyl discs.

At its tribute to Quentin Tarantino on Monday night, the Museum of Modern Art used a commissioned sketch of the iconic filmmaker as the backdrop for the celebrity arrivals area. Placed in rows, the step-and-repeat wall was designed to imitate a film strip.

Dinner at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington December 2, catered by Restaurant Associates, started with a trio of winter salads: pear, Idiazabal, and walnut; blood orange, goat cheese, and hazelnut; and beet, potato, and smoked trout.