
Samsung launched its Galaxy Note II on the West Coast with a high-design event at interior designer Kelly Wearstler's private home.
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Tony Schubert and Event Eleven made use of a three-day load-in to build an 80- by 40-foot tent on the home’s tennis court, where four custom-built activation pods allowed guests to interact with the new device.
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Toro y Moi and Kendrick Lamar entertained the intimate crowd of about 300.
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By the pool, Event Eleven constructed a 20-foot round stage and built curved LED panels behind it to follow the contour of the pool house, showing custom graphics and imagery.
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In the blue carpet arrivals area, LED tubes bordered logos to comprise a custom press wall.
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EventQuest created a clean, white environment as a blank slate for the LCD bulbs suspended from the walls at the Samsung Experience launch event at the Time Warner Center.

Guests mingled inside the Samsung Experience store, where they were encouraged to play with the products.

Caterer Rhona Silver provided a cheese table at the Sony Qualia launch on the basement level of the Sony Style store.

A group of guests waited for the chefs to prepare more sushi at the Sony Qualia launch.