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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Matthew David Hopkins
The New York-based Hopkins on designing nonprofit events.
“I’m particularly proud when guests at benefit dinners are so inspired by the program that they give it a standing ovation. I’m seeing this more and more at our nonprofit dinners.” Pictured: Public Art Fund 2018 Spring Benefit honoring Ai Weiwei
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Preston Bailey
The New York-based Bailey on creating never-seen-before designs.
Photo: Courtesy of Preston Bailey
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Ana Pelucarte
The New York-based Pelucarte on creating with local artisans.
“It was a 30-foot bridge made from scratch in 48 hours and covered with 150,000 marigold flower buds. We got to work with Mexican artisans to create it, and the final result was so beautiful and meaningful.” Pictured: Spotify Bridge de Vida
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Raúl Àvila
The New York-based Àvila on designing the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala.
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: André Wells
The Washington-based Wells on designing an experience beyond beauty.
“From concept to conclusion, it’s about the vision, the journey, the aesthetic, and the end goal. If the vision is ethereal it must make sense and the end user must get the vision and the feeling. The event is not only captured in the beauty but also in the experience, the flow, and the follow-through.” Pictured: Alvin Ailey’s 20th annual Opening Night Gala Benefit
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Debi Lilly
The Chicago-based designer on her attention to detail.
“Exotic escapism came alive inside an urban jungle celebrating the Chicago Flower & Garden Show’s V.I.P.s. Lush, lovely, happy hues styled alongside trendy tropical ferns, chic gilded deco accents, and whimsical paper design details gave this party exotic ‘jungalow’ life, where the jungle decor trend meets boho bungalow.”
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Tony Schubert
The Los Angeles-based Schubert on designing an annual event.
“This year’s theme for [the SAG Awards gala] was a Havana plaza in Cuba. We transformed the Shrine Auditorium with 20-foot-tall set pieces that consisted of 18 arches, a raised courtyard with a fountain, seating areas, buffet stations, and a DJ post. I commissioned Cuba’s biggest artist to create original artwork to adorn the walls. This was our 11th year designing the gala, and each year we strive to set the bar higher and higher.”
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: David Stark
The New York-based Stark on event design as art installation.
“This yearly, three-day brand immersion brings press and influencers to New York City for events where the heritage, products, and ethos of this brand are explored in full. Here, larger-than-life calendula products become striking art pieces, overflowing with the natural ingredients that are their essence.” Pictured: World of Kiehl’s event
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Lorne Levitt
The Montreal-based designer on tying everyday items into decor.
“One of the co-chairs for the [Silver Anniversary Daffodil Ball] was a big-wig from Rio Tinto, one of the big producers of aluminum foil. So my immediate instinct was to find a way to include their product in the silver anniversary. I designed a 150-foot by-20-foot ceiling structure that would feature an abstract wave of silver foil panels. A combination of L.E.D. wash lights and moving spots would bring it to life throughout the event. Hundreds of man-hours were spent cutting and crumpling foil panels and smoothing them back out in pre-production. Miles of foil were used.”
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Mark Yumkas
The Los Angeles-based Yumkas on designing for the entertainment industry.
This year’s Recording Academy’s Grammy Celebration was “an avant-garde twist on a Rococo version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Lynn Easton
The Virginia-based Easton on transforming a tent into an elegant room.
“We were challenged with transforming a traditional frame tent into a beautiful, exquisitely detailed and layered room—essentially making the tent disappear—creating a space that felt as if you were walking into someone’s fabulous home for dinner.” Pictured: Private wedding in Dallas
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Top 50 Event Designers 2019: Bronson van Wyck
The New York-based van Wyck on combining personal and professional interests.
“One of the best parts of my job is being able to lend time and energy to causes I believe in. What could be better than combining professional and personal passions in the name of doing good?” Pictured: 2018 High Line Spring Benefit Dinner
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