UNLIKE PROPS MADE from heavier materials, lightweight soft-sculpture products and backdrops save planners money on shipping costs while dramatically dressing up a venue...
FOR DORON GAZIT, president of Van Nuys, Calif.-based Air Dimensional Design, an event last October celebrating the 100th anniversary of the city of Mexicali, Mexico, offered the ultimate blank slate for event design. Mexicali officials were plann...
WHEN IT COMES to keeping Montreal's biggest fund-raiser fresh, 55,000 daffodils will go only so far. Alison Silcoff, whose Montreal-based Alison Silcoff Events produces the Daffodil Ball for the Canadian Cancer Society, says original decor concep...
WITH HIS ENDURING love of leaves and petals, it is only fitting that David Stark should describe his career in events as “a very organic evolution.” He explains that he and partner/company namesake Avi Adler “were both painters and artists, and s...
LONG GONE ARE the days of pretty for pretty's sake, say leading designers of event products. Today's designers are looking to contemporary culture — in the form of film, fashion and even business trends and world affairs — and the natural...
WHAT COLOR WILL events be in the next few years? Using advice from experts, the New York-based Color Association of the United States forecasts color trends to aid designers, textile companies and manufacturers. Here, the association's director...
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WHILE POPULAR THEMES may come and go, theme events themselves remain a hot commodity. Design-minded event experts share how they are keeping themes fresh and relevant to client needs.
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FOR EVENT DESIGNER Charles Banfield, space exploration seemed a dream theme for the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame Gala cocktail reception — the first portion of the June fund-raising event that precedes a seated dinner in the Bowl's box seats...
