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At the Children’s Aid Foundation’s Teddy Bear Affair, November 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, manager of events Meg Sethi staged vignettes representing the seasons. For spring, clear umbrellas and glittering beads hung as the sound of rain played.

At Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry’s Columbian Ball, four- to eight-foot-tall steel centerpieces with Piet Mondrian-inspired colored panels sat on tables, while additional square fabric structures in bright hues hung from the tent’s ceiling.

To add some branding to the Z100 & Coca-Cola All-Access Lounge at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York in December, sponsor Coca-Cola fashioned a chandelier from aluminum bottles.

At a dinner following the spring collection presentation of Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz at the Carondelet House in Los Angeles in November, ExtraExtra suspended decorative feathered hats among chandeliers above the table. This caption has been updated to credit ExtraExtra.

At Tribune Media Group’s iBall in September, the Event Creative team drilled dozens of rigging points into the concrete ceiling of Venue One in Chicago to hang furniture upside down. Inverted chandeliers on the floor served as highboys.

Los Angeles-based artist Jorge Pardo created special-edition lanterns to hang above the tables at the Hammer Museum’s gala in September. The lanterns were later sold through the Gagosian Gallery.

Stacks of books supported and decorated the dessert tables. Typewriters, globes, and open books added to the presentation.

Atlas's yellow and black display for the launch of Pilates NYC's pre- and post-natal programs.

At the Campfire Ball benefit for Children’s Oncology Services in May at Venue One in Chicago, Cork Catering set up a make-your-own s’mores station.

Colorful sweets topped a table at the preview night. "The day before and the day of Sneak Preview Night hosts nearly 10,000 media and auto industry executives, so it’s a challenge to set up for one event during another," the auto show's Callari said. "In addition to the limited setup time and juggling of events, the venue itself is vast, with high ceilings and thousands of windows. Making that space feel intimate and festive requires creativity. And we have to be conscious of costs since this is a charity event, but we do not want to lose the world-class look of the L.A. Auto Show."