Luxury silversmith Christofle collaborated with Kalla to create a gift featuring fall blooms housed in Christofle's Vertigo champagne bucket. Instead of a vase for a floral base, the silver ice bucket adds a polished finish to the limited-edition bouquet.
Photo: Courtesy of Kalla Christofle by Kalla
Team Impact’s “Game Day” Gala
Boston nonprofit Team Impact hosted its first “Game Day” gala at the Westin Boston Waterfront on October 4. The tailgate-inspired decor had college-style pennants, fresh grass evocative of a football field, and roses in an autumnal orange.
Photo: Courtesy of Team Impact
A jewel-hued centerpiece, which contained pomegranates and artichokes as well as flowers, ran down the center of Room & Board's table. On the walls, botanical prints complemented the natural theme.
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Orange flowers in green bud vases created a simple but lush centerpiece.
Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash
Springy hues of pink and green—and big bunches of roses—spruced up the flowery table for Northwestern Memorial Foundation, designed by Sanjay R. Singhal Professional Design Services.
Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash
At the Elle Women in Hollywood awards this month at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, long-time producer Caravents worked with Elle event director Katie Crown on the overall vision and event design. Blush tones in details from the linens to the roses created a feminime feel along with graphite mirror runners with clear cylinder vases.
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At Diffa Dining by Design's New York iteration in 2013, Kenneth Cobonpue placed plates and cups in organic shapes on a spare wood table. The minimalist setting allowed eyes to focus on the living centerpiece: a cluster of moss topped with bowls that held live Betta fish.
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Sustainable agriculture champion Alice Waters was behind an inauguration celebration in Washington in 2009, where simple copper bowls held tangerines, and fresh bay leaves decked place cards.
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Centerpieces consisted of wheat grass and balls of roses to bring the outdoor theme inside.
Photo: Yanni Georgoulakis
The Garden District provided florals, linens, and other decor for the fund-raiser.
Photo: Courtesy of Windows Catering Company
On highboy tables throughout the general receptions space, unusual centerpieces included flowers and bits of machinery sprouting from patches of grass. Other tables held jars filled with tiny winged ladders.
Photo: Christina Noël Photography
After the large-group sessions, attendees could take part in marketing boot camps, networking events, or golf or spa excursions.
Photo: Lila Photo
Bruce Sutka created centerpieces of glass vases filled with seashells and water and surrounded by glittery coral.
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‘Spring Breakers’ Dinner at the Toronto International Film Festival
The Mint Agency used sand, shells, and tanks with live fish as centerpieces at the September 7 premiere dinner for Spring Breakers during the Toronto International Film Festival.
Photo: Jennifer Meriano
Thanksgiving Event Ideas
From our roundup of inspiring Thanksgiving event decor, catering, and activities, a 2008 Bloor Street Entertains fund-raiser for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research featured wheat sheaves on tabletops at Roots Canada.
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Instead of an Emerald City, designers opted for a "Crystal City." The linens had embroidered sequins that caught the light.
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When Target debuted its so-called "shoppable film" called Falling for You at Los Angeles's SLS Hotel in 2012, guests dined on a four-course meal from the Bazaar's José Andrés at long tables decked with vessels each containing a monochrome arrangement in fall colors for an ombre-like look.
Photo: Claire Barrett
At the D.C. Chapter of the International Special Events Society's tabletop design competition in 2010, Edge Floral Event Designers created centerpieces that evoked harvest time with sugared grapes and pears.
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In November 2004, Reed Smith held its first pre-Thanksgiving feast, an intimate dinner in New York's Altman Building designed to show appreciation for staff and clients. To give the long banquet tables a less corporate feel, planners worked with event designer Keith Pierpont from Pierpont's Blossom Farm and Sal Mastropolo of Theatrical Props to fashion miniature fireplaces that acted as centerpieces.
Photo: Anna Sekula/BizBash
Succulents: Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic
At the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, held at Will Rogers State Park in October, Mille Fiori Floral Design mixed succulents with marigolds in the brand's signature color for some of the arrangements.
Photo: Claire Barrett Photography
Warner Brothers and 'In Style' Golden Globes Party
Ford evoked a modern mountain lodge with accents of “moody ‘70s glamour,” according to the magazine.
Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for InStyle
Centerpieces at the Chef's Table were a woodsy display with birch branches, moss, ferns, succulents, and orchids.
Photo: World Red Eye
