Lucite chairs, candles, and sleek white linens dressed the 150-foot tables at the Joffrey Ballet gala in Chicago in 2010.
Photo: Greg Davis/Powell Photography Inc.
At this year's Dining by Design, the annual fund-raising event hosted by Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, Smartwater's space aimed to reflect the brand's natural water purification process, which is mirrored after rain clouds. The fluffy fixtures lit up like a storm above the simple table setting. The event took place at New York's Pier 92 in March.
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The Women's Wear Daily Beauty Summit in 2013 had a sleek, all-white design from Shiraz Events. Guests sat in clear Miro chairs at communal tables topped with white linens and simple birch vases holding cobble moss balls.
Photo: Sean Smith
Montblanc De La Culture Arts Patronage Awards
Miami graffiti artist Jona Cerwinske worked on a live art piece during the gala event in the Miami Design District.
Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Montblanc
Bing at the Shelborne South Beach
Bing hosted pianist Elew, who performed an hour-long set of jazz, rock, and pop on a custom Yamaha piano at the newly renovated Shelborne South Beach Thursday.
Photo: Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com
Art Basel Miami Beach's Ten Great Years Celebration
Servers passed around cigar-shaped mini Cubans with ham, cornichon, and cheese.
Photo: Carly Otness/BFAnyc.com
Seth Browarnik's "Art of Night" Exhibit
Bing celebrated the grand reopening of Shelborne South Beach following Seth Browarnik's "Art of Night" exhibit unveiling. Performers and blown-up swans entertained guests Thursday night in the pool area.
Photo: Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com
8. Pérez Art Museum Miami Gala
#9 Benefit (up from #10)
This January, 600 people attended the Art of the Party presented by Louis Vuitton. Next year’s event moves from January to March, and Lee Brian Schrager is returning to produce it. Next: March 5, 2016
Photo: World Red Eye
10. New World Symphony Gala
#11 Benefit (up from #12)
The gala celebrated the 70th birthday of co-founder and artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas with a dinner that took place at four different locations within the New World Center. Patrons raised more than $1 million. Next: March 12, 2016
Photo: Courtesy of New World Symphony
