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Todd Events made a wedding held inside a large barn in Aspen seem more intimate with two tall signature bars and scattered seating and food station vignettes. Hanging glass globes appeared to lower the ceilings.

A yellow zigzag path at a 2008 Kohler event in Chicago was a surprising alternative to the traditional entrance path. 

The cocktail napkins for the 2002 opening of Prada’s store in SoHo in New York were useful in two ways, with an itinerary and maps showing the locations for the night’s multiple parties.

For Domino magazine’s first anniversary in New York in 2006 (which doubled as a fund-raiser for the Woodycrest House project), Aparat dressed up a silent-auction table with long scrolls of paper. In addition to functioning as the bidding list, the scrolls provided a simple yet striking look.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Johnson & Johnson displayed photographs on a wall that curved upward.

At the 2006 Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles, Stanlee Gatti created lavish displays of upside-down calla lilies, dramatic decorations that also hid poles.

At the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s awards in 2005, an oversize mirror encrusted with Swarovski crystals displayed a live telecast of the arrivals during the cocktail hour. 

Travel & Leisure used oversize balloons as a cheap and effective way to mark a pathway for its 35th birthday celebration, held in Los Angeles in 2006.

At the opening party for the Felissimo Design House in New York in 2001, guests never had to wait for a waiter to come by with food. They could pick hors d’oeuvres right from the wall of an installation by French artist Dorothee Selz.

For the reopening of New York’s Le Cirque in 2006, the Susan Magrino Agency had the restaurant’s owner, Sirio Maccioni, record the R.S.V.P. voice-mail greeting, a surprising and personal touch that can be replicated for film premieres, incentive events, or almost any gathering.

Waiters didn’t have to remember what they were serving (and guests didn’t have to ask) when now-defunct Match Catering printed T-shirts with food descriptions for a 2004 BizBash event.

A 33-foot Airstream motor home served a dual purpose at the booth by sunglass-maker Costa: It provided meeting space for up to 15 people and also was a key piece of decor for the retro, beach-like atmosphere the company was trying to create.

The Grey Goose Lounge after-party followed a dinner at the hotel’s Beach Club