Svedka "Broken Resolutions" Bash
Liquor brand Svedka hosted its "Broken Resolutions" party on January 19 at Hyde Sunset in Los Angeles. The event had ironic stations inspired by classic New Year's resolutions people are likely to break. One such station was a doughnut wall from Hollywood Candy Girls that was marked with an "Eat Better" sign.
Photo: Michael Simon
Monogram Dinner by Design Presented by Caesarstone
The second annual Monogram Dinner by Design Presented by Caesarstone took place January 19 to 24 at the Design Exchange in Toronto. The event showcased 12 interactive dining installations from architect and design firms. The setting from firm Bortolotto was designed to have guests feel like they were dining in a construction site overlooking the city's skyline.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
Monogram Dinner by Design Presented by Caesarstone
Interior design firm Parker Barrow's installation was inspired by the film Blade Runner and featured a variety of textures like wood, leather, and glass.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
Adobe worked with two production firms to create rotating screens that moved in sync with the digital content being displayed.
Photo: Chris Hatcher Photography
Evoking a craft station at a kids’ camp, organizers invited guests to decorate their name badges with colored beads.
Photo: Jill Harper/Summer Brand Camp
To create a sense of community from the start, the summit begins with a Guinness World Record attempt. This year more than 600 people lounged in 160 beds to set a record for the most people eating breakfast in bed. Afterward, organizers donated the beds to local organizations that serve the needy.
Photo: Courtesy of World Domination Summit
Furniture and decor in the conference hub, known as “One Place,” aligned with the camp theme. The room housed the registration area, sponsor booths, recharging stations, and snacks.
Photo: Jill Harper/Summer Brand Camp
The Museum of Modern Art’s annual Party in the Garden in New York in 2013 had a modern, tropical motif. Accordingly, the arrivals backdrop included plenty of greenery, which was accented with logos from MoMA and sponsor Cartier.
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For the New York premiere of Columbia Picture's Bad Teacher in 2011, a 130-foot step-and-repeat area got 3-D touches in the form of classroom-style elements, including school chairs, desks, and red apples.
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One way to get an event's message out is to write it in a way that's too big to miss. The Angelina Jolie movie Salt premiered in Los Angeles in 2010 with 12-foot-tall letters that spelled out the film's name in eye-catching graphic form.
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Inspired by office design, Rockwell Group and Knoll partnered to create a dining environment they billed as the “ultimate whiteboard” experience. All of the surfaces were covered with IdeaPaint, a dry-erase paint, and decorated with doodle art by New York-based artist Jon Burgerman.
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De Gournay’s Le Eden wallpaper served as the backdrop for Luxe Interiors & Design magazine's tablescape, which was designed by Sasha Bikoff. The rainforest-like setting featured woodwork from Liaigre, an abundant floral overhang, and tree trunk stools.
Photo: Erik Bardin
For Crate & Barrel's vignette, designers Patrick Janelle and Amy Virginia Buchanan of Spring Street Social Society used artist Zeger Reyes’s broken-plates installation as inspiration, creating a white table setting with glass cloches and custom-made seating.
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Benjamin Moore and Cosentino Chicago designer Julia Buckingham presented a luxe tribute to the paint brand’s color of the year, Simply White. Cast-resin sculptures, a Murano glass chandelier, and eclectic seating options in a mix of textures gave interest to the mostly-white vignette.
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As part of Diffa's Student Design Initiative, the event included table designs from New York schools, such as Parsons the New School for Design. The student teams worked closely with industry professionals to design installations incorporating the H.I.V./AIDS cause.
Photo: Erik Bardin
A grass centerpiece, along with lily of the Nile, added a touch of spring to designer Marc Blackwell’s “This Life!” installation's industrial setting, which was surrounded by a clear Lucite frame.
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Inspired by the lost city of Atlantis, Arteriors' tablescape featured agatelike wallpaper, which mimics undulating waves, lush tufted-velvet benches, gold accents, and circular mirrors.
Photo: Taylor McIntyre/BizBash
To celebrate the New York Design Center’s 90th year, Antonino Buzzetta created a festive rooftop party setting complete with graffiti-covered walls, colorful balloons, and an abundance of goodies stacked high on the tables.
Photo: Taylor McIntyre/BizBash
