XO laptops replaced flowers as centerpieces in the dining room, flashing images of bouquets and alerting diners to their next course.
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Stephanie Goto also skipped a centerpiece, instead creating what she called a "chan-dine-lier." Designed to feel like dining inside of a chandelier, the quirky table was encircled by fluorescent PVC strips. Inside, a circular bench surrounding the table was interrupted every few feet with a 2-D cut-out of a seated person.Â
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Centerpieces were instructed to make eye contact with guests, and communicate only nonverbally.
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The “Land, Sea, and Sky” theme of the National Geographic flag inspired an array custom tables and toppers, including glacier ice sculptures. Syzygy Events International created the custom pieces for the event.
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The ubiquitous QR code took center stage at the Input Creative Studio table. The illuminated tabletop was cut to resemble a QR code, with neon Lucite towers growing out of the center. Recyclable takeaway containers—a commentary on the temporary nature of digital society—took the place of traditional place settings.
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The centerpieces consisted of photos scattered atop raised Lucite platforms, which guests could pick up and look through during the meal. The family-style dinner platters were eventually placed atop the platforms, as well.
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A mix of round and rectangular clear Lucite tables formed the dinner setup in the atrium. The sleek look was matched by clear chargers and ghost chairs; clusters of pillar candles replaced flowers as centerpieces.
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Yellin embedded his blocks with cloudy forms and cut-out images of people to convey the sky, memories, and detritus.
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The iPad centerpieces from Keep Interacting can be customized for events.
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David Stark used 6,000 pounds of recycled paper to create topiary centerpieces, oversize chandeliers, and a podium backdrop.
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Centerpieces on some dining tables looked like mini solar systems in glass bowls.
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Flower-free centerpieces showed more superhero images and served as holders for IML's devices.
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Past Watermill Center artists Megan Whitmarsh and Matthew Salata created the whimsical tabletop centerpieces.
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Frost lit the room in a dark blue hue that played off the bright colors of the light sculptures.
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Centerpieces That Give Back Instead of flowers, tables at the Ve'ahavta's Starry Night gala in Toronto in November had towering glass vases filled with abstract-looking arrangements of navy and white socks�a donation from McGregor Socks that doubled as charitable gifts to the homeless.
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Goil Amornvivat, Thomas Morbitzer, and Tietz-Baccon created intricate C.N.C.-cut walls depicting spaceships, unicorns, trains, pirate ships, dragons, and more. Cloud-shaped benches surrounded a multidimensional clear-top table displaying a tiny town of mirrored houses holding LED candles.
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Resembling stained glass, the centerpieces comprised light boxes filled with rows of slide sheets, each containing different squares of color.
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The Gorey-inspired floral centerpieces consisted of intersected pieces of laser-cut Plexiglas, which offered four distinct views from different sides of the table.
