A DJ booth was made of hundreds of stacked Solo cups and framed with columns that evoked a classic fraternity house. Custom graphics of college pennants decorated the dance floor.
Photo: Susie Montagna
Graduates could enjoy root beer from a keg at the bar, which was custom-made with milk crates and topped with a wood slab that guests could sign with Sharpies.
Photo: Susie Montagna
Dorm-style furniture included milk crates upholstered with plaid cushions.The back walls were made of T-shirts with printed sayings and were decked with other frat-house-style props.
Photo: Susie Montagna
Strings of lights with red Solo cup lampshades hung from the ceiling.
Photo: Susie Montagna
On the rear wall, hundreds of red and blue Solo cups were arranged to spell out "Congrats."
Photo: Susie Montagna
At the annual Rammy awards gala, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in June, food pavilions made from pallet wood were covered in chalkboards that featured the each station's sponsor and the menu items in decorative writing.
Photo: Tony Brown/imijphoto.com for BizBash
The first stop for guests on the office tour was a photo booth from Instacam, and guests could pose with a number of props.
Photo: Ben Droz
The photo printouts were customized with preloaded messages—such as 360 "likes" and event hashtags—to reinforce the company's brand.
Photo: Ben Droz
A candy bar—modeled on the company's own candy-stocked kitchen—stuck to the green theme. Guests could fill their own jam jars with treats.
Photo: Ben Droz
As guests told stories about their favorite "360 moment," graphic recorder Greg Gersch illustrated them on a colorful mural. Guests received a copy of the finished image after the event.
Photo: Ben Droz
Green and white arrangements from Flowers on Fourteenth included stalks of Brussels sprouts.
Photo: Ben Droz
Framed colorful signs marked each station for guests, including the bar and its selection of signature cocktails.
Photo: Ben Droz
Guests left with a candle from the store Anthropologie in the same scent used in the office.
Photo: Ben Droz
Guests also received a potted succulent from the Washington florist Multiflor as a take-home gift.
Photo: Ben Droz
Before guests took them as gifts, the succulents provided event decor.
Photo: Ben Droz
Pandora Internet Radio's Back-to-School Concert
At the event, which targeted college students, the Art Institutes set up a giant canvas that guests doodled on with branded Sharpie markers.
Photo: Vero Image
Kipling Miami Store Opening
Guests at the Kipling store opening at the Miami International Mall on July 12 could pose in a "back-to-school flashback" photo booth.
Photo: Courtesy of Kipling USA
Photo: Courtesy of the Invisible Underground
Mongrel House
Mongrel House Media, an independent film distributor, hosted its first "Mongrel House" event series from September 10 to 16 at the Campbell House Museum. In a "biergarten," food stations offered causal late-night snacks from local eateries. Menu items included lemongrass-chicken dumplings, samosas, and gourmet popsicles.
Photo: Courtesy of Mongrel Media
