Nat Geo Industry E H
Nat Geo Industry E H
Nat Geo Industry E H
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Custom bars evoked the early years of space travel and a vintage design aesthetic.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
Costumed models greeted guests.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
Guests dined under the wings of the massive space shuttle Endeavour.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
Centerpieces on some dining tables looked like mini solar systems in glass bowls.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
The Children's Defense Fund's "Beat the Odds" Award Ceremony
The December 6 event at the Beverly Hills Hotel honored five Los Angeles high school students who overcame personal obstacles and achieved academic excellence. To incorporate the teenagers into the night's visuals, the organizers used a gallery of black-and-white portraits as the backdrop for the stage. Art Arellanes produced the event, Revelry handled the scenic production, and Richard Taylor provided the lighting design.
Photo: Alex J. Berliner/ABImages
The Joffrey Ballet's 'Nutcracker' Family Dinner
The Joffrey Ballet feted its then-current production of The Nutcracker with a dinner at Chicago's Palmer House Hilton on December 15. Inspired by the ballet's Land-of-Sweets setting, Kehoe Designs adorned the event with pieces of giant candy including swirly lollipops and Airheads packages. Overhead, a chandelier was decked with ribbons and more pieces of prop candy.
Photo: Bob Carl
The dinner and program was from 7:20 to 10:30 p.m., and took place in the hotel's Atlantic ballroom.
Photo: Ettelson Photography
Audible's 'Artemis' Launch Party
The event, created by Civic, included astronaut figures and a hallway where the walls displayed quotes from Audible books.
Photo: Courtesy of Audible
USA's 'Mr. Robot' E Corp Gala
Artists were hired to paint a mural of New York City, which is where the show takes place.
Photo: Taylor McIntyre/BizBash
Schick Shave Off
To debut its inaugural video game, Schick Hydro took part in the convention for the first time. On the show floor, using a Hydro 5 razor as a controller, visitors could try their hand at the game, where fans were given five minutes to compete head-to-head as virtual barbers in intergalactic space against fellow fans to “shave” various superhero-inspired facial hair styles.
Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Schick Hydro
Amazon Prime Video's Dangerboat Experience
A recreation of "Dangerboat," a talking vessel that's a character on the show Tick, was available for guests to "ride" on the show's main floor. The AI excursion included an actor's voice making comments on the journey.
Photo: Courtesy of Amazon
Brand reps wearing futuristic costumes and makeup served cocktails.
Photo: Manny Hernandez
Bartenders used a device called a Haar machine to add an extra smoky flavor to cocktails. The high-tech carafe, developed for Ardbeg, uses sound waves to turn whiskey into vapor, or mist, without heating it. In addition to the visual effect, the smokiness reflects the foggy atmosphere of Islay, the Scottish island where Ardbeg is made.
Photo: Manny Hernandez
At the entrance, guests walked through a constructed “scanning” passageway filled with laser lights that led to the pool deck and terrace.
Photo: Mila Bridger
Folded napkins resembled the Star Trek insignia that the ship's officers wore in the series.
Photo: Mila Bridger
Samsung launched its Galaxy Note II in Los Angeles with an event at interior designer Kelly Wearstler's private home. Event Eleven constructed a futuristic-looking bar and food buffet that sat on an LED-lit platform.
Photo: Line 8 Photography. All rights reserved.
BrownHot Events partnered with Mille Fiori Floral Design to create an 8- by 20-foot paper flower backdrop for the V.I.P. tent bar at the third annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Los Angeles in October.
Photo: Claire Barrett Photography
At a Cort Event Furnishings preview event at Washington's Four Seasons Hotel in March, designer Richard Carbotti used some of the company's rentals to create an Asian-themed bar area.
Photo: Charles Fazio
Food festival Chicago Gourmet took over Chicago's Millennium Park in September. Event Creative was tasked with building out the tents that housed tasting bars for brands, including Constellations Brands' "Passport to Wine" tent, where the designers accented the white bar with faux boxwood hedges.
Photo: Josh Sears for Event Creative
Zellers threw a farewell party produced by Candice & Alison in November as the Toronto retailer got ready to shutter all its stores after 61 years of business. A massive, four-sided bar was covered in enlarged newspaper clippings from 1951, the company's opening year.
Photo: Mauricio Calero
At the Whitney Museum of American Art’s annual Art Party in New York, producers MKG hung black and white lanterns over the main bar.
Photo: Carolyn Curtis/BizBash
Also at the Whitney Art Party in June, the hallway bars had illuminated displays composed of hundreds of individual lightbulbs that served as backdrops.
Photo: Carolyn Curtis/BizBash
Turner Broadcasting Latin America presented its newest lineup at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in October. At the preshow cocktail reception, Triton Productions cloaked the space with LED backdrops and placed a 40-foot-long bar made of ice on one side of the room. Behind the bar, a performer on a platform acted as the focal point.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
For the launch for Absolut's new sparking wine-infused vodka in New York, event designer Nicky Balestrieri of ExtraExtra tapped Confetti System to create silver Mylar installations spelling out the product's name to hang over the bar area.
Photo: Nilaya Sabnis
Target hosted hundreds of shoppers at a pop-up store for its Shops at Target program in New York in September. As a whimsical way to incorporate a bar into the event, the production team at ExtraExtra built a diner-style coffee shop set.
Photo: Nilaya Sabnis
Showtime hosted the second-season premiere of its drama series Homeland aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York in September. Glowing lanterns made the central outdoor bar easy to spot from afar.
Photo: Scott Gries/Showtime
One of the bars at the Design Exchange’s DX Intersection event in Toronto had an eclectic decoupaged look.
Photo: George Pimentel
Following the premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man in Los Angeles in June, guests headed to an outdoor party designed by 15/40 Productions. The premiere party's central bar in the round got a reptilian look inspired by the film's villain.
Photo: Line 8 Photography. All rights reserved.
The theme of the Emmys Governors Ball in September was "A Romantic Rhapsody in Red" and saw the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall designed to look like the inside of a red rose. Red rose petals were suspended in the sculpted ice bars, sponsored by Grey Goose.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
For the grand opening of Mariano's newest Chicago location in October, Kehoe Designs arranged for a disco-themed soiree inside the supermarket. To bring a Studio 54 vibe to the space, the designers used shimmering bars and disco balls for the decor.
Photo: Liliane Calfee
At the welcome reception for the BIO International convention at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center in June, Kehoe Designs created various themed areas including a Japanese-inspired space, where the bar was covered in koi pond imagery and live greenery.
Photo: John Kreis Photography
Blueprint Studios opened its newest showroom in St. Helena earlier this year.
Photo courtesy of Show Ready.
Style Trends for 2017 included Blended Boundaries: a meeting space to pause and recharge.
Photo courtesy of Michelle Walker Photography.
Blueprint Studios' in-house printing studio created custom graphic artwork
Photo courtesy of Show Ready.
On Wednesday night, Yahoo marked the relaunch of Genome, a brand previously known as Interclick, with a minimalist affair. To create a modern aesthetic inside a SoHo townhouse, the producers employed a mix of clean lines and white furnishings. For entertainment, the organizers brought in synchronized swimmers dressed to look like aliens.
Photo: Sean T. Smith
The design team also incorporated the brand's logo by using it as art to hang on the walls.
Photo: Sean T. Smith
Passed bites by Creative Edge included California rolls.
Photo: Sean T. Smith
The catering company also offered small plates, like orecchiette pasta in a creamy black truffle sauce.
Photo: Sean T. Smith
At one entrance, attendees walked down a 51-foot glowing green tunnel, intended to symbolize the distance golfers gain when they use TaylorMade's new RocketBallz line of equipment.
Photo: Jeff Samaripa
The bar menu includes signature martinis and champagne cocktails with names like Intergalactic Paradise and Cosmic Creamsicle.
Photo: BizBash
Dear John Fine Stationers and Card Tricks Designs worked on an invitation featuring artificial grass and a croquet ball for Ruinart's "Champagne and Croquet" party.
Photo: Courtesy of Dear John Fine Stationers and Card Tricks Designs
