This week's roundup includes a dessert-inspired garden in New York, ballet-shoe centerpieces in Miami, and a colorful 25-foot ceiling installation and cherry-blossom ceiling projections in Washington.
Viva La Juicy Sucré and Bustle sponsored an Instagram-friendly Sucré Garden, which was designed by event designer Michelle Bablo. The pink display featured dessert-inspired decor including flower ice cream cones.
The second annual Dessert Goals event took place March 25 at Dobbin St in Brooklyn. The event featured balloon entrance signage designed in-house by Dessert Goals founders Miraya Berke and Liang Shi.
The event also featured a branded floral wall as a photo backdrop.
Tyger Productions produced an industry reception for medical implant device company 4Web Medical in October at Bond Restaurant in Boston. The company designed a branded staircase railing at the entrance of the event.
In January, the Miami City Ballet celebrated its 31st annual gala, raising more than $1 million to support the organization’s work both onstage and in the community. The theme of this year’s ball—an ice-kissed fairytale with frozen ballet shoes as centerpieces—was inspired by the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s "The Fairy’s Kiss." It was the first charity gala to be hosted at Miami Beach’s Faena Forum.
Boston Ballet’s Ball of Enchantment took place in February at the Castle at Park Plaza. The event’s theme celebrated Marius Petipa’s "The Sleeping Beauty," complete with a magical castle backdrop. The ball raised $1.8 million for Boston Ballet and its community programs.
The annual Pink Tie Party kicked off the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington on March 16 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Projection Presentation Technology projected images of the festival's cherry-blossom logo onto the ceiling of the venue's atrium.
Design Foundry created a 3-D photo-booth set of a swan on the Potomac River with a backdrop of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial surrounded by cherry blossom trees.
Washington-based event planning and design company Taylor and Hov Events and Design hosted a colorful brunch and dessert hour for area event planners on March 5 at Artist's Proof in Georgetown. Focused on the "llamacorn"—a llama-unicorn hybrid—the event offered cake decorating with individual cakes provided by Sweets by E and Classic Bakery. Toppings provided by Sugar Studio included sprinkles, cotton candy, chocolate bark, and mini meringues that were dubbed llamacorn "poop."
The brunch featured a 25-foot ceiling installation designed by Taylor and Hov's creative director and executed by Garette Turner of Brightly Ever After. The colorful focal point featured marble balloons and oversize cotton clouds.
