10 Best Ideas of the Week: an Interactive "Listening Wall," Egyptian Wedding Tents, an Airport-Theme Fashion Show

The first-ever pop-up shop for men's clothing brand JackThreads will be open through November 12 at 43 Crosby Street in New York. The brand had its pop-up launch party on Wednesday, which featured a "listening wall" from artist Joshua Davis. The checker pattern projection changed to the beats provided by DJ duo Chances With Wolves.

Samsung created culinary experiences for this year's New York City Wine & Food Festival, which took place October 15 to 18. The centerpiece of the brand’s activation at the festival was the Samsung Lounge, an immersive space located at Pier 92. There, attendees enjoyed snacks and one-on-one chef demos, as well as learned about Samsung's new products.

Zohar Productions provided gold and ivory tents at an indoor wedding for Vanessa Williams, which took place July 4 in Buffalo, New York. The handcrafted, custom-made wedding tents were part of the event's Egyptian theme, which also included belly dancers and whirling dervishes.

The Spinal Cord Injury Ontario celebrated its 70th anniversary on October 15 with a gala at the Grand Luxe Event Boutique. The stage was the focus of the ballroom. "We wanted people to feel like they were at a cottage up in Muskoka in Ontario or in Flin Flan, Manitoba," said event manager Lynn Mineque. "We had a dock as an extension of the stage and had live trees and a man-made pond surrounding it." To the side of the dock was a 16-foot canoe, which was part of the live auction.

The evening also included a group singing of the the national anthem, "O Canada." A Mountie (a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police), saluted the country's flag while guest sang and later mingled with guests.

A launch party for the official partnership between Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Starwood Preferred Guest, and Major League Baseball took place October 19 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. The event offered personalized baseball caps as swag. The event was produced by DKC Incite.

The Jim Beam Apple launch party took place October 20 at Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel in New York. The event's dark forest-theme design included a structure that resembled an apple tree, decorated with apple-shape cutouts of the whiskey brand's logo.

For his Spring 2016 show on October 6, Karl Lagerfeld transformed the Grand Palais into his very own Chanel airport. In a world where air travel is glamorous, a pristine state-of-the-art Chanel Airlines terminal greeted guests upon arrival—complete with a faux airport exterior.

For what would turn out to be his final show as creative director of Dior, Raf Simons, on October 2, turned the Louvre's palace courtyard into a fragrant blooming peak. Landscape artist Eric Chauvin spent 18 days culling enough delphinium blossoms and soil to create the biodynamic set for the Paris Fashion Week outing.

For its Spring 2016 show during Milan Fashion Week on September 23, Gucci's Alessandro Michele returned to the Scalo Farini, a former train station where the house had previously shown its Spring 2016 menswear line. The outdoor location was decorated with divans in patterns from the collection and an ornate snake-print carpet.