KnK Events

The event was held at sunset atop the Scholastic building in downtown New York. An Alice in Wonderland-inspired mad tea party picnic created by Jerry Schwartz of the Garden Party came complete with a tiny table designed to look like a toadstool.

Custom prop fabrication and costume design company Geppetto Studios' “basket” was designed in the shape of a bionic dog. Although it appeared to be made from metal, the vessel was actually made of foam.

Marie Aiello Design Studio’s elegant Great Gatsby picnic spread included fresh flower arrangements, a tiered display of cookies, 1920s-style accessories, and a façade of the yellow 1929 Duesenberg Leonardo DiCaprio drives in Baz Luhrmann’s movie.

Interior and lifestyle design company Steilish created an immersive Wizard of Oz-inspired tableau featuring a field of fabric poppies, votives covered in ruby-red glitter, gingham napkins, and a picnic basket disguised as a hot air balloon.

The guests seated at We Create NY and Input Creative Studio’s golf-theme picnic setting had the option of playing a quick round of putt-putt.

Input Creative Studio’s “Picnic Village” concept had a picnic basket in the shape of a house and a stylish blue-and-chocolate color scheme.

SLS Interior Design went with an urban theme that included a graffitied picnic blanket, skateboard-style mobile dining trays, and kitschy Solo cup wine glasses.

Clark Gaynor Interiors packed its picnic inside a small wine casket and made use of eye-popping color with a floral-patterned blue-and-green picnic blanket.

Alicja Truesdale Home went simple, with pops of red against a rustic palette of browns.

Michigan-based interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins opted for a Motown theme, featuring a suitcase decorated with photos of music legends and a trippy-looking neon-colored blanket.

Graphic design firm Alfalfa Studio looked to the event’s location for inspiration: Toy taxi cabs accented a colorful picnic blanket that displayed an outline of Manhattan created from iconic city imagery, and a construction-worker-style lunchbox functioned as the picnic basket.

José Fernández of 17A Creative put together a "Disco Picnic," featuring melamine vinyl-record-inspired plates and a disco ball that opened up to reveal the picnic goodies.

Carrie Leskowitz Interiors made use of textures and patterns with a picnic spread inspired by the mountain town of Aspen, Colorado. Kravet and Ralph Lauren donated the fabrics used for the blanket, place mats, and to line the vintage suitcase.