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10 Best Ideas of the Week: a Bedding-Theme Photo Booth, a Tampon Ceiling Installation, an Illuminated Space Tank Backdrop

Here's a look at 10 steal-worthy ideas we spotted this week.

Ian Zelaya
May 27, 2016

This week's roundup includes a bedding-theme photo booth in Chicago, a tampon ceiling installation in New York, an illuminated space tank backdrop in Los Angeles, and a circus-inspired bar in Culver City, California. 

Designs for Dignity Spring Gala
Designs for Dignity Spring Gala

Kehoe Designs hosted the Designs for Dignity spring gala on May 5 at the Geraghty in Chicago. A photo booth inspired by bedding company and event sponsor Hästens featured a checkered sheet backdrop and pillows, to make it seem as if attendees were lying in bed.

Photo: Ryan Sjostrom
Propel Co:Labs
Propel Co:Labs

Experiential agency Invisible North partnered with sports drink brand Propel to launch fitness program pop-up Propel Co:Labs, which came to 800 Main Street in Venice Beach in California from April 27 to 30. The experience featured a program of partnerships with trending fitness personalities and included a 3-D photo booth that allowed guests to become part of the Propel campaign imagery. The event will come to New York in June.

Photo: Courtesy of Propel
Mattel Children's Hospital U.C.L.A. Kaleidoscope Ball
Mattel Children's Hospital U.C.L.A. Kaleidoscope Ball

The fourth annual Kaleidoscope Ball took place May 21 at 3 Labs in Culver City, California. The event, which was produced by Clare Davis of Harper Sloane Productions and designed by Mindy Weiss Party Consultants, featured a circus-inspired bar for the ball's "Circus for Research" theme.

Photo: Courtesy of Mindy Weiss Party Consultants
California Science Center Discovery Ball
California Science Center Discovery Ball

The California Science Center's annual Discovery Ball on May 20 celebrated the acquisition of ET-94, the last space flight-qualified external tank in existence. The gala, which took place at Marina Del Rey, had a multicultural theme inspired by the tank's journey from New Orleans to Los Angeles. The outdoor cocktail space evoked the look and feel of a New Orleans street scene, with live jazz and hanging greenery.

Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
California Science Center Discovery Ball
California Science Center Discovery Ball

Guests dined in a clear tent structure, with the illuminated tank providing a dramatic backdrop outside.

Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
California Science Center Discovery Ball
California Science Center Discovery Ball

Entertainers performed in birdcage-style decor pieces above the stage. 

Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
U by Kotex's the Period Shop
U by Kotex's the Period Shop

As part of U by Kotex's Period Projects, a multiyear program and project series aimed at changing the way people think about periods, the brand hosted the first-ever "period pop-up shop" from May 13 to 15 in New York's Flatiron neighborhood. The event featured a ceiling installation created with dangling tampons.

Photo: Taylor McIntyre/BizBash
U by Kotex's the Period Shop
U by Kotex's the Period Shop

The event also featured a shop stocked with on-theme merchandise by primarily female-owned companies, including Gullah Girl PMS tea, Baggu pouches, and Coucou Suzette socks.

Photo: Courtesy of Kotex
Havaianas Palm Tree Lot
Havaianas Palm Tree Lot

To promote its flip-flops and celebrate the upcoming summer season, Brazilian brand Havaianas set up a free palm tree lot in Manhattan on May 17. Shirtless models were on site for photo ops and to help passersby pick out trees. Additional decor included the brand's social handle and official hashtag drawn with sidewalk chalk.

Photo: Courtesy of Havaianas
Ice Bulb
Ice Bulb

One of the buzziest cocktail trends this season is branded ice cubes. Southern California-based Ice Bulb is one of the first companies to create these ice logos, which can be done in snow pops within a clear ice structure.

Photo: Courtesy of Ice Bulb
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