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March 20, 2015
More meeting attendees are jump-starting their mornings with athletic activities, like Surfset Fitness classes.
More meeting attendees are jump-starting their mornings with athletic activities, like Surfset Fitness classes.
Photo: Courtesy of Surfset
The Liquid Garden works with caterers to offer fresh, organic raw juice at events.
The Liquid Garden works with caterers to offer fresh, organic raw juice at events.
Photo: Courtesy of The Liquid Garden
In-the-round seating at a trade show offers an inviting format for an impromptu audience.
In-the-round seating at a trade show offers an inviting format for an impromptu audience.
Photo: Courtesy of Showtec
The Ringya app allows planners to manage and share attendee information.
The Ringya app allows planners to manage and share attendee information.
Photo: Courtesy of Ringya
In a new take on the traditional photo backdrop, guests bounced on a trampoline before having their photo taken. Side rails around the custom station kept guests safe.
In a new take on the traditional photo backdrop, guests bounced on a trampoline before having their photo taken. Side rails around the custom station kept guests safe.
Photo: Roderick Peña
One of the games asked guests to estimate the number of peanuts in an eight-foot-tall tube (answer: about 73,000). Two fabricated elephants flanked the tube.
One of the games asked guests to estimate the number of peanuts in an eight-foot-tall tube (answer: about 73,000). Two fabricated elephants flanked the tube.
Photo: Roderick Peña
Bottles from sponsor Belvedere were used in the ring toss. Winners received a band from Michele Watches.
Bottles from sponsor Belvedere were used in the ring toss. Winners received a band from Michele Watches.
Photo: Roderick Peña
Several featured cocktails were served atop white glass columns that were lit underneath with LED lights. The ingredients were printed on the front of the columns, and the napkins had the exact recipe.
Several featured cocktails were served atop white glass columns that were lit underneath with LED lights. The ingredients were printed on the front of the columns, and the napkins had the exact recipe.
Photo: Roderick Peña
Ahead of a larger-scale bash attended by more than 400 guests in Manhattan, Target celebrated the launch of its Falling for You shoppable film series with an intimate dinner at the SLS Beverly Hills that included a Q&A with its stars Kristen Bell, Nia Long, and Zachary Abel.
Ahead of a larger-scale bash attended by more than 400 guests in Manhattan, Target celebrated the launch of its Falling for You shoppable film series with an intimate dinner at the SLS Beverly Hills that included a Q&A with its stars Kristen Bell, Nia Long, and Zachary Abel.
Photo: Claire Barrett
C2 Montréal
C2 Montréal
The outdoor sponsor lounges at C2 Montréal were set up in shipping containers and decorated with soft, colorful seating.
Photo: Beth Kormanik/BizBash
TEDxKalamata
TEDxKalamata

TEDxKalamata hosted its event in Greece’s ancient Theatre of Messini, taking advantage of the amphitheater’s unique atmosphere and seating.

Photo: Courtesy of TEDxKalamata
HBO’s Game of Thrones’ SXSWesteros
HBO’s Game of Thrones’ SXSWesteros

HBO’s SXSWesteros house promoted the cable network's hit series Game of Thrones and featured an interactive sword-playing game where attendees used Bluetooth-enabled swords to hit targets on a screen. Before the activity, participants posed for photos that were then incorporated into the game.

Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
Samsung’s Insurgent Shatter Reality Experience
Samsung’s Insurgent Shatter Reality Experience

Samsung housed the “Insurgent Shatter Reality” virtual reality experience. Using Samsung VR technology, guests could visit the realm from the Divergent film series.

Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
A Charging Table
A Charging Table

In Chicago, Event Creative rents out a charging table. With a built-in display shelf, the table also provides a work space and power outlets. The piece can be customized with corporate colors or brand logos, and it's available at three heights: lounge, seated, and highboy.

Photo: Nicholas Foli
Voyager 2015
Voyager 2015

On New Year's Eve, Chicago-based artist collective and production company Canvas hosted a bash called "Voyager." Held at Moonlight Studios, the event was meant to evoke an otherworldly space, and the DJ booth was constructed out of glowing green materials that resembled moon rocks.

Photo: Courtesy of Canvas
'Plum Miami' Launch Party
'Plum Miami' Launch Party

The splashy, upscale launch party for Plum Miami, a Miami-based luxury lifestyle magazine, took place in 2011 at Raleigh. The DJ booth was set on top of the pool's diving board, with water cascading down from it.

Photo: Raul Ospina
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami's Anniversary Party
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami's Anniversary Party

As part of a series of events celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami in 2011, the museum held its annual fund-raiser with a surf theme that turned up in such details as a DJ booth designed to look like a lifeguard tower.

Photo: Juerg Schreiter for BizBash
Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Toronto International Film Festival 2012

For the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening-night party in 2012, producer Barbara Hershenhorn of Party Barbara Company surrounded the DJ booth in the main room with 18 TV screens looping a futuristic video.

Photo: Emma McIntyre for BizBash
Jason Wu Target Collection Preview
Jason Wu Target Collection Preview

At the preview of the Jason Wu for Target collection in 2012, DJ Harley Viera-Newton’s raised booth was surrounded by rose-filled window boxes to resemble a French balcony, part of the Parisian-street-scene set created by ExtraExtra in New York.

Photo: Nilaya Sabnis
AOL Future Front
AOL Future Front

AOL hosted its first-ever Future Front on September 28 at Pier 36/Basketball City in New York. The event's focal installation was a three-story DJ tower that housed five DJs in cubes playing hip-hop, electronic, Top 40, rock, and throwback-style tunes. Built with scaffolding, the tower featured shifting light, music, and video styles and allowed DJs to play solo sets, participate in music battles, and combine genres. Four of the squares projected video that showed social feeds, DJ information, and live shots of the DJs performing. The event was produced by Barkley Kalpak Agency. 

Photo: Pearcey Proper
Forever 21's "Party in the Sky" at Coachella
Forever 21's 'Party in the Sky' at Coachella

At the Coachella festival in 2014, Forever 21 hosted its so-called “Party in the Sky,” where two cranes hoisted the event’s DJ booth into the air. The booth was made out of a shipping container painted in bright neon colors.

Photo: Courtesy of Forever 21
American Express Everyday Card Event
American Express Everyday Card Event

In April of 2014, American Express hosted an event at Home Studios Inc. in New York to promote its EveryDay card. The DJ booth was surrounded by groceries, a tongue-in-cheek nod to the lifestyle of the target audience for the new card.

Photo: Billy Farrell/BFAnyc.com
Scope and VH1's 'The Breaks' Lounge at Art Basel
Scope and VH1's 'The Breaks' Lounge at Art Basel

At Miami's Scope art fair in December, VH1 sponsored a lounge to promote its upcoming hip-hop movie The Breaks. The film is set in New York City in the 1990s, so the look of the lounge included several references to the era and culture, including at the food stands.The DJ booth had a throwback look, with space for speakers and albums on shelves built into its façade. Viacom's special events team produced the event

Photo: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for VH1
WeWork and FriendsWithYou House Party at Art Basel
WeWork and FriendsWithYou House Party at Art Basel

Co-working space WeWork brought its series of warehouse parties to Miami for an event at Thompson Miami Beach, during Art Basel on December 3. Hosted with artists FriendsWithYou, the gathering had a “house party” theme. DJ DZA played a set of late 1990s, hip-hop, and old-school music at a pop-art Barbra Streisand DJ booth. The Workshop produced the event.

Photo: World Red Eye
Salvatore Ferragamo's "100 Years 100 Days"
Salvatore Ferragamo's '100 Years 100 Days'

Luxury Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo ended its 100-days-long centennial celebration on December 8 with a Hollywood set that was built inside New York's Industria Superstudio. Produced by Bureau Betak, the event paid homage to Ferragamo's Hollywood heritage with various installations modeled after a film set. A custom DJ booth was inspired by the iconic Ferragamo rainbow wedge sandal that resides in the brand's museum in Florence, Italy.

Photos: Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com
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