10 Best Ideas of the Week: a D.I.Y. Gin Spritz Wall, Warhol-Inspired Poppy Centerpieces, a Vintage Typewriter Installation

It’s A Thing, a head and neck cancer nonprofit founded by Nicola Stephenson—president of experiential branding and communications agency Troika/Mission Group—held its first interactive exhibition and fund-raiser at RXR Realty’s Starrett-Lehigh Building October 24 to November 15. The organization partnered with street artist Mr. Brainwash, who curated more than 100 custom pieces of artwork for the exhibit. One installation showcased rows of vintage typewriters, which spool pages with words and phrases typed by attendees. Each piece of artwork created by Mr. Brainwash was intended to celebrate body functions made possible by the head and neck.

Canon is hosting a pop-up photo experience for consumers through November 18 at a vacant space in SoHo. With the help of experts, the camera brand is letting guests use cameras to take photos of themselves and others at various photography setups. One station features a massive photo of the Manhattan Bridge from the street in Dumbo in Brooklyn. Using Canon technology and an app that attendees can download, a person can take a photo of themselves that is reflected onto the floor, which has a surface that creates the illusion of a puddle. Canon partnered with Grey and the Taylor Group to produce the experience.

Another photo op invites guests to pose as if they were flying on a magic carpet. The experience will also take place in Los Angeles from November 29 to December 16. 

Grey Goose held a dinner to celebrate the release of Grey Goose La Fontaine, a limited-edition martini fountain, on November 14 at Gary’s Loft in Manhattan. The dinner table featured centerpieces created with florals, fruits, and vegetables, and also showcased the new spherical martini makers, which guests could use. The event was designed by Vanessa Traina.

Bombay Sapphire is hosting an interactive pop-up cocktail bar through November 25 at a vacant space in Toronto. Guests are invited to make their own gin cocktails by stopping at D.I.Y. stations. One station is a mixing wall, which offers three infused tonics for guests to pour from built-in fountains. Ingredients, which are displayed in labeled jars, change weekly.

Another station is the spritz wall, where attendees can add extracts such as lemongrass, cassia, bergamot, and edible glitter. 

For a fall-theme catering idea, Abigail Kirsch Catering in New York offers a spread ideal for meetings, which includes hot cocoa and warm caramel-cranberry cider; bite-size caramel apples; and warm cinnamon sugar doughnut holes.

The premiere of Amazon’s Prime Video’s new series Homecoming, starring Julia Roberts, took place in October in Los Angeles. Swisher Productions and 15/40 Productions used live fish tanks in the arrivals area to evoke the main character’s office. The carpet also featured a live palm wall as a reference to the show’s Florida setting.

To promote its new reality series Buying Blind, which follows six couples who buy houses without actually seeing them, Bravo created a series of eye-catching stunts in November in New York (pictured), Los Angeles, and Chicago. Three existing homes in high-traffic areas were covered in colorful packaging that asked, “Would you buy this house sight unseen?” The wrapped houses, which are actually on sale, were also advertised on Zillow and Trulia. 360i and the Bait Shoppe worked on the promotion.