Departures magazine feted its China issue with a modern-looking party that echoed the country’s artistic heritage. The magazine’s senior marketing manager, Courtney Colwell, worked with EventQuest to make over Lux Studios’s raw space as a lounge rich with traditional Chinese colors and decor.
EventQuest created sections of low seating covered with silk in tones of scarlet, orange-red, and gold. Surrounding the seating were large, changing projections of Chinese landscapes and symbols, and the space was dappled with the shadow of a lattice pattern akin to a traditional carved wood screen. Floral arrangements mixed Chinese lanterns, gerbera daisies, magnolia leaves, and apple branches.
In addition to Asian-inspired items from Taste Caterers like saffron-scented crab salad and five-spice tuna tartar on lotus chips, chefs from the Mandarin Oriental New York and the Peninsula hotels in Hong Kong and Beijing prepared tastings, paired with wines provided by Frederick Wildman and Sons.
—Mark Mavrigian
Photos: Courtesy of EventQuest
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EventQuest created sections of low seating covered with silk in tones of scarlet, orange-red, and gold. Surrounding the seating were large, changing projections of Chinese landscapes and symbols, and the space was dappled with the shadow of a lattice pattern akin to a traditional carved wood screen. Floral arrangements mixed Chinese lanterns, gerbera daisies, magnolia leaves, and apple branches.
In addition to Asian-inspired items from Taste Caterers like saffron-scented crab salad and five-spice tuna tartar on lotus chips, chefs from the Mandarin Oriental New York and the Peninsula hotels in Hong Kong and Beijing prepared tastings, paired with wines provided by Frederick Wildman and Sons.
—Mark Mavrigian
Photos: Courtesy of EventQuest
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