Diffa Trend: Alternative Centerpieces

Students from the New York School of Interior Design (working with design mentor Clodagh) used rope to create a dramatic setting. In lieu of any type of centerpiece, a chandelier of Lucite and filament bulbs was reflected in a mirror running down the table's center.
Photo: Ronnie Andren for BizBash

For the Museum of Modern Art’s film benefit on November 15 in New York, the celebrity arrivals backdrop wasn’t a step-and-repeat of logos but rather a wall of 20,000 fresh crimson-colored roses.
Photo: Jika González/BizBash

For the opening of New Balance’s first experience store in New York in August, the red carpet backdrop at the V.I.P. preview incorporated real running shoes mounted to a wall printed with the shoe brand’s logo.
Photo: Jeeyun Lee/BizBash