Somestimes, more is, well, more. Groupings of flowers or objects instead of one large, showy piece can make a big impact.
At the Museum of Arts & Design’s Visionaries awards at Cipriani 42nd Street, the decor doubled as a fund-raiser: Floralia filled different vase sets from the museum’s gift shop with various blooms. The prices for the vase sets were discreetly displayed next to the centerpieces, and interested buyers could purchase the sets at the silent auction table during the event.
Event designer Gill Hockett grouped clear glass vases filled with water and floating white candles at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Now Art Now gala.
David Beahm’s whimsical decor for the gala opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center featured ostrich feathers set in trumpet-shaped vases (get it?) surrounded by trios of orb-shaped bouquets of roses and carnations.
—Suzanne Ito
Posted 02.09.05
This story originally appeared in the December 2004/January 2005 issue of the BiZBash Event Style Reporter.
At the Museum of Arts & Design’s Visionaries awards at Cipriani 42nd Street, the decor doubled as a fund-raiser: Floralia filled different vase sets from the museum’s gift shop with various blooms. The prices for the vase sets were discreetly displayed next to the centerpieces, and interested buyers could purchase the sets at the silent auction table during the event.
Event designer Gill Hockett grouped clear glass vases filled with water and floating white candles at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Now Art Now gala.
David Beahm’s whimsical decor for the gala opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center featured ostrich feathers set in trumpet-shaped vases (get it?) surrounded by trios of orb-shaped bouquets of roses and carnations.
—Suzanne Ito
Posted 02.09.05
This story originally appeared in the December 2004/January 2005 issue of the BiZBash Event Style Reporter.
Museum of Arts & Design's Visionaries awards
Whitney Museum of American Art's Now Art Now gala
Jazz at Lincoln Center's gala opening
