Events Ideas 2013 ZB

LumiGram uses luminous fiber-optic fabric technology to create glowing linens, wall panels, chair covers, promotional items, and more.

Matthew David Hopkins of 360 Design Events placed bowls of floating candles atop vegetative green roofing tiles at the 9/11 Memorial benefit.

At Chicago’s Harris Theater gala in June, Bill Heffernan used centerpieces of ferns and freesia as part of the event’s moonlit-forest look.

David Stark’s table designs at the fall gala for New Yorkers for Children included high and low glass containers filled with moss, ferns, and candles.

Clover Chadwick of Dandelion Ranch in Los Angeles created a sculptural arrangement using succulents.

At MoMa’s Party in the Garden in May, designer David Monn topped tables with leafy topiaries and low arrangements of dianthus and viburnum.

Van Wyck & Van Wyck produced this year's Friends of the High Line benefit in New York. The centerpieces consisted of small burlap sacks filled with air ferns and other plants, which guests could take home with them.

In September, Los Angeles floral designer Eric Buterbaugh set topiary balls on beds of wheatgrass at the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Women’s Cancer Research Foundation luncheon celebrating the Nancy Short lecture series.

Fox celebrated its fall television lineup with a casino-style event in Los Angeles. YourBash! and Sada's Flowers collaborated on the event's shabby chic look, which included simple arrangements of succulents decorating the tables.

Sutra International Design used leafy branches to make centerpieces that resembled miniature trees for the Palm Beach Heart Ball in February.

At the Lowline "Anti-Gala," producers Van Wyck & Van Wyck topped tables with centerpieces comprised of potted rosemary, mint, geranium leaves, and olive branches.

For the island-themed CTIA Wireless Foundation’s Achievement Awards dinner, held in Washington in July, florist Volanni used banana leaves in tall, thin glass cylinders.

Gold branch side table, $45, available nationwide from Suite 206

Tree tables, $125 each, available in New York from GreenRoom

Neo bar table, $113, available throughout Southern California from FormDecor

Chinois coffee table, $107, available throughout Southern California from FormDecor

Pyramid highboy table, $95, gold bar, $350, and bookshelf, $150, available throughout South Florida from Lavish Event Rentals

Soho bar table, price upon request, available nationwide from Cort Events

Rectangular red-plexi black-framed cruiser table, price upon request, available in Toronto from Contemporary Furniture Rentals Inc.

Allure table, $250, available nationwide from FWR Rental Haus

Alladin highboy, price upon request, available nationwide from Blueprint Studios

Antiqued beveled mirror cruiser, price upon request, available in Toronto from Contemporary Furniture Rentals Inc.

Flip highboy, $125, available in black and white on the East Coast from Taylor Creative Inc.

The design featured riffs on BET Honors' signature color, purple.

Each table featured a different floral centerpiece.

After a four-course meal, guests went downstairs for desserts and dancing. The purple color scheme continued, warming up the venue's natural stone.

#13 Entertainment & Media Event
Elle Women in Hollywood Awards at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills draws a celeb-packed house, and is a don’t-miss for Hollywood A-listers. Elle took over hosting duties for the event in 2007 after Premiere magazine folded. Next: October 2012

At Gensler and Herman Miller's vignette, the dining table was surrounded by walls covered in thousands of Hershey's Kisses wrapped in purple foil. Attendees were invited to take one as a symbol of the "many hands it takes to spark positive change."

Titled "Dinner in the Boudoir de Madame," the installation created by Charlene Bank Keogh, Adeline Olmer, and Blane Charles was designed to look like the apartment of an eccentric socialite. Housed inside the base of one of the Lucite coffee tables were several pairs of red high heels.

Resembling a canopy bed, Croscill's table was covered in a bright pink quilted tablecloth and surrounded by clear Chiavari chairs.

The Rotunda had a Mexican-themed look with white and gold linens accented by tall green, red, and yellow tulip centerpieces on each table.

Playing off the purple walls of Gallery 2, the tables brought together purple, green, white, and lime-green elements accented by purple uplighting.

The candelabras on each table held an unusual floral combination of white orchids and succulents—a combination of the masculinity of the room and femininity of the white flowers and linens.

A Great Gatsby-themed wedding planned by Swank Productions Inc. featured escort cards arranged inside of a vintage card catalog.