Venue Deco

Inspired by an old-fashioned train station, HMR Design Group's decor included suitcases, trunks, and old street lamps; the registration desk looked like a ticket counter.

Blowups of pages from the American Cancer Society's history book hung throughout the space. The pages contained significant facts about the society.

In keeping with the travel theme, bars appeared to have suitcases stacked within them. To underscore the idea of time travel, tall lamps were wrapped with oversize clock numbers and gears, and lampshades featured maps.

In the reception area, bell jars covered succulents potted in small containers printed with maps. The evening's printed materials resembled passports, and sepia-hued candle holders let off an old-timey glow.

In the ballroom, the blue and orange color scheme was inspired by the society's signature colors.

The centerpieces contained lush arrangements of orange roses.

Decked in silver and blue, the late-night after-party was meant to evoke the future.

Designed to feel like being inside a Bombay Sapphire bottle, the lounge was awash in blue lighting with white lounge seating and lush floral arrangements on the bar. The lounge also had a live Twitter feed displayed on the wall.

In addition to three signature cocktails,  the interactive Bombay Sapphire gin-and-tonic station let guests concoct their own drinks with a selection of 13 garnishes and homemade flavored tonics.

The Storyscapes pop-up offered a range of interactive media projects for guest participation. For example, Journal of Insomnia is a documentary project that gathers personal reflections on sleepless nights from insomniacs around the world. At the event, guests could enter a dark, enclosed space to recreate the feeling of sleeplessness while answering questions about the meaning of insomnia.

Robots in Residence was a project that used pre-programmed robots to direct and shoot ongoing documentary footage. At the pop-up event, festival-goers could borrow the tiny robots to film their own segments, which were then compiled into a short film that was presented on the last day.

Sandy Storyline was a participatory multimedia documentary that invited those affected by the storm to share their experiences and efforts to rebuild. Attendees could add their own Sandy-related photos to the project by uploading them from their phones at the event.

This Exquisite Forest was an online project that allowed users to create short animations via their Web browsers, and others could build on the drawings at any point to create branching narratives. At the event, festival-goers could add to the amateur animations by using tablets.

Star Wars Uncut was a mash-up remake of the iconic movie’s original scenes, as reimagined by fans. At the lounge, guests could navigate through the 480 crowd-sourced 15-second scenes by using an arcade-like controller.

Inside the lobby and atrium, the museum’s planning team delivered a streamlined, modern affair that showcased exotic, lush greenery and pops of neon against a stark white background.

Stoelt Productions designed the after-party around giant moon rocks and meteorites in the space-themed Cullman Hall of the Universe. Sleek white leather furniture and 10 chandeliers lined the exhibits and adhered to the architecture of the space, and spherical and circular decor elements were used throughout.