Design

August 1, 2016

Panorama

The inaugural Panorama music festival took place July 22 to 24 at Randall's Island in New York. The Goldenvoice-produced event had a tech-art theme, realized by a pop-up museum called the Lab. Digital art installations included an attendee-powered color wall from sponsor HP. Using the brand's technology, the wall changed colors in time for a selfie taken with a laptop. The activation was produced by Infinity Marketing Team.

Photo: Courtesy of Panorama Music Festival

Chicago-based Balloons by Tommy creates a wide range of balloon decor installations, including centerpieces, arches, bouquets, sculptures, and more. For a wedding at Ovation in July, the company designed a floating wall of balloons in various sizes. Pricing ranges from $250 to $20,000, depending on the style and size of the installations.

Photo: Courtesy of Balloons by Tommy

At the Unicef Hope Gala in Chicago in April, designers put an elegant spin on a childlike theme by creating a canopy of suspended neon Slinkys above the dance floor.

Photo: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for UNICEF

For the Blaffer Art Museum’s annual gala in Houston in April, creative studio Matter designed a gilded meteor shower ceiling installation using NASA space blankets—an idea inspired by the event’s space theme, as well as the metallic trends seen on recent fashion runways.

Photo: Max Burkhalter

A table at Diffa Dining by Design in Chicago in 2013 had a canopy of twigs and a wraparound scene of birds flying in a blue sky, giving the vignette a calming vibe.

Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2015 Costume Institute celebrated all things Chinese. To create a feeling of intimacy in the expansive Engelhard Court, designers lowered the ceiling to 14 feet by hanging nearly 200,000 stems of wisteria overhead.

Photo: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

At Diffa Dining by Design in Chicago in 2014, inner tubes suspended from the ceiling were one of many playful touches at the tropical cabana created by Kehoe Designs.

Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash

For the 2011 Design Exchange gala in Toronto, hundreds of balloons hung from the ceiling during the V.I.P. dinner. The space changed color with each course, starting with blue, morphing to pink for the main course, changing to orange for dessert, and ending in red.

Photo: George Pimentel

Last year, Mockingbird Hill in Washington invited guests to its first Miracle on Seventh Street pop-up bar, which was decked out in festive decor and featured a completely revamped holiday-theme drink list with specialty cocktails. Activities included Christmas movie nights, Manischewitz pong competitions, and cookie-baking classes.

Photo: Joy Asico

Photo: Matthew Bologna/BizBash

Rebloom removed damaged or wilted flowers before delivering them to customers.

Photo: Courtesy of Rebloom

Chicago Candy Shop Display

For a locally inspired meeting break idea, Le Méridien Chicago Oakbrook Center has a Sweet Home Chicago menu that offers a variety of self-serve candy that originated in the city, including Lemonheads, Milk Duds, Red Hots, Tootsie Rolls, and Dots. Named after the blues song by Robert Johnson, the candy-shop-inspired display—which also offers pretzel bites and lemonade and iced tea—comes with a chalkboard sign that displays information about the Chicago-founded National Confections Association.

Photo: Meg Baggott

Planners can host a meeting or breakout session on a loud trade show floor inside one of Orlando-based Totally Mod’s new Quiet Rooms. The aluminum frame snaps together with magnets—no tools required—and the clear vinyl tiles keep sound out but allow light in. The rooms can be configured in any size and height and include a pocket door. Brand signage and information can be attached with magnets, and LED programmable lighting can be added to the frame.

Photo: Courtesy of Totally Mod