![Zellers threw a farewell party produced by Candice & Alison in November as the Toronto retailer got ready to shutter all its stores after 61 years of business. A massive, four-sided bar was covered in enlarged newspaper clippings from 1951, the company's opening year.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/zellers_4_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Zellers threw a farewell party produced by Candice & Alison in November as the Toronto retailer got ready to shutter all its stores after 61 years of business. A massive, four-sided bar was covered in enlarged newspaper clippings from 1951, the company's opening year.
Photo: Mauricio Calero
![Also at the Whitney Art Party in June, the hallway bars had illuminated displays composed of hundreds of individual lightbulbs that served as backdrops.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/img_7120.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Also at the Whitney Art Party in June, the hallway bars had illuminated displays composed of hundreds of individual lightbulbs that served as backdrops.
Photo: Carolyn Curtis/BizBash
![Turner Broadcasting Latin America presented its newest lineup at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in October. At the preshow cocktail reception, Triton Productions cloaked the space with LED backdrops and placed a 40-foot-long bar made of ice on one side of the room. Behind the bar, a performer on a platform acted as the focal point.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/turner_nfp004c_nyc_oct.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Turner Broadcasting Latin America presented its newest lineup at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in October. At the preshow cocktail reception, Triton Productions cloaked the space with LED backdrops and placed a 40-foot-long bar made of ice on one side of the room. Behind the bar, a performer on a platform acted as the focal point.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
![For the launch for Absolut's new sparking wine-infused vodka in New York, event designer Nicky Balestrieri of ExtraExtra tapped Confetti System to create silver Mylar installations spelling out the product's name to hang over the bar area.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/nsabnis_6955_2144718001_o_asbolut_tune_nyc_oct.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
For the launch for Absolut's new sparking wine-infused vodka in New York, event designer Nicky Balestrieri of ExtraExtra tapped Confetti System to create silver Mylar installations spelling out the product's name to hang over the bar area.
Photo: Nilaya Sabnis
![Target hosted hundreds of shoppers at a pop-up store for its Shops at Target program in New York in September. As a whimsical way to incorporate a bar into the event, the production team at ExtraExtra built a diner-style coffee shop set.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/nsabnis_4256_2070047821_o_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Target hosted hundreds of shoppers at a pop-up store for its Shops at Target program in New York in September. As a whimsical way to incorporate a bar into the event, the production team at ExtraExtra built a diner-style coffee shop set.
Photo: Nilaya Sabnis
![Showtime hosted the second-season premiere of its drama series Homeland aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York in September. Glowing lanterns made the central outdoor bar easy to spot from afar.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/homeland_1268_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Showtime hosted the second-season premiere of its drama series Homeland aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York in September. Glowing lanterns made the central outdoor bar easy to spot from afar.
Photo: Scott Gries/Showtime
![One of the bars at the Design Exchange’s DX Intersection event in Toronto had an eclectic decoupaged look.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/gp4_3944_dx_toronto_november.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
One of the bars at the Design Exchange’s DX Intersection event in Toronto had an eclectic decoupaged look.
Photo: George Pimentel
![Following the premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man in Los Angeles in June, guests headed to an outdoor party designed by 15/40 Productions. The premiere party's central bar in the round got a reptilian look inspired by the film's villain.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/spidypreview03.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Following the premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man in Los Angeles in June, guests headed to an outdoor party designed by 15/40 Productions. The premiere party's central bar in the round got a reptilian look inspired by the film's villain.
Photo: Line 8 Photography. All rights reserved.
![Samsung launched its Galaxy Note II in Los Angeles with an event at interior designer Kelly Wearstler's private home. Event Eleven constructed a futuristic-looking bar and food buffet that sat on an LED-lit platform.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/samnotepreview.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Samsung launched its Galaxy Note II in Los Angeles with an event at interior designer Kelly Wearstler's private home. Event Eleven constructed a futuristic-looking bar and food buffet that sat on an LED-lit platform.
Photo: Line 8 Photography. All rights reserved.
![The theme of the Emmys Governors Ball in September was 'A Romantic Rhapsody in Red' and saw the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall designed to look like the inside of a red rose. Red rose petals were suspended in the sculpted ice bars, sponsored by Grey Goose.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/emmys_2012_nfp1c_gov_ball_roses_in_ice_bar.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
The theme of the Emmys Governors Ball in September was "A Romantic Rhapsody in Red" and saw the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall designed to look like the inside of a red rose. Red rose petals were suspended in the sculpted ice bars, sponsored by Grey Goose.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
![BrownHot Events partnered with Mille Fiori Floral Design to create an 8- by 20-foot paper flower backdrop for the V.I.P. tent bar at the third annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Los Angeles in October.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/dsc2471_veuve_cliquot_classic_october_la.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
BrownHot Events partnered with Mille Fiori Floral Design to create an 8- by 20-foot paper flower backdrop for the V.I.P. tent bar at the third annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Los Angeles in October.
Photo: Claire Barrett Photography
![At a Cort Event Furnishings preview event at Washington's Four Seasons Hotel in March, designer Richard Carbotti used some of the company's rentals to create an Asian-themed bar area.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/cort_5013.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
At a Cort Event Furnishings preview event at Washington's Four Seasons Hotel in March, designer Richard Carbotti used some of the company's rentals to create an Asian-themed bar area.
Photo: Charles Fazio
![Food festival Chicago Gourmet took over Chicago's Millennium Park in September. Event Creative was tasked with building out the tents that housed tasting bars for brands, including Constellations Brands' 'Passport to Wine' tent, where the designers accented the white bar with faux boxwood hedges.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/997a4747_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Food festival Chicago Gourmet took over Chicago's Millennium Park in September. Event Creative was tasked with building out the tents that housed tasting bars for brands, including Constellations Brands' "Passport to Wine" tent, where the designers accented the white bar with faux boxwood hedges.
Photo: Josh Sears for Event Creative
![For the grand opening of Mariano's newest Chicago location in October, Kehoe Designs arranged for a disco-themed soiree inside the supermarket. To bring a Studio 54 vibe to the space, the designers used shimmering bars and disco balls for the decor.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/marioanos_greektown_lc_4270_chicago_november.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
For the grand opening of Mariano's newest Chicago location in October, Kehoe Designs arranged for a disco-themed soiree inside the supermarket. To bring a Studio 54 vibe to the space, the designers used shimmering bars and disco balls for the decor.
Photo: Liliane Calfee
![At the welcome reception for the BIO International convention at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center in June, Kehoe Designs created various themed areas including a Japanese-inspired space, where the bar was covered in koi pond imagery and live greenery.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2013/01/8x10__ipi8779.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
At the welcome reception for the BIO International convention at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center in June, Kehoe Designs created various themed areas including a Japanese-inspired space, where the bar was covered in koi pond imagery and live greenery.
Photo: John Kreis Photography
![Beauty brand Fresh’s 21st anniversary party in New York included an interactive mixology bar by Shiraz Events with a wall of drink tanks filled with purées and infused juices. Guests filled their cups from the dispensers, then brought them to bartenders who added Belvedere vodka.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/12/076_bizbash_4.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Beauty brand Fresh’s 21st anniversary party in New York included an interactive mixology bar by Shiraz Events with a wall of drink tanks filled with purées and infused juices. Guests filled their cups from the dispensers, then brought them to bartenders who added Belvedere vodka.
Photo: Jim Shi
![Chicago-based Redmoon Theater’s annual benefit in March had a performer topping off guests’ glasses with the company’s “Wine Bike,” which features a spinning chandelier of wine glasses and a series of gears that pour bottles of wine.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/12/076_bizbash_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Chicago-based Redmoon Theater’s annual benefit in March had a performer topping off guests’ glasses with the company’s “Wine Bike,” which features a spinning chandelier of wine glasses and a series of gears that pour bottles of wine.
Photo: Christina Noël Photography
![At Hendrick’s Gin’s “Voyages Into the Unusual” event in Chicago, a bar dubbed the Monster Box was manned by a server wearing a fuzzy “monster paw” who stood behind a curtain. When guests approached, the beastly hand poked through holding a drink—the particular concoction that each guest received was a surprise.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2012/12/076_bizbash_2_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
At Hendrick’s Gin’s “Voyages Into the Unusual” event in Chicago, a bar dubbed the Monster Box was manned by a server wearing a fuzzy “monster paw” who stood behind a curtain. When guests approached, the beastly hand poked through holding a drink—the particular concoction that each guest received was a surprise.
Photo: Jill Tiongco Photography