The "Crystal Chiavari" from OC Designs is manufactured from four patented injection molding processes, yielding a virtually completely clear chair, the manufacturer says. The chair, which features an adjustable flexing backrest, weighs 9 pounds...

The new "Cirrus" fountain planter from Meese-Orbitron offers a colorful water-light show from within a compact, portable planter. The 2-foot-tall planter--made of strong, lightweight polyethylene--contains the SplashDance fountain system. The...

Create the look of a summer evening with outdoor lights from Firefly Magic that resemble the glow of fireflies. The lights, which can be powered either via solar energy or AA batteries, can be placed easily in bushes, trees and landscaping; each ...

In one of the roughest economies in memory, even long-standing fundraising galas are finding they must reinvent themselves in order to keep donations flowing in...

Rochester, N.Y.-based Kwik-Covers has added the colors pink and lime green to its line of elasticized table covers, bringing the total number of solid colors available to 11 and prints to six. The line consists of "fitted" vinyl table covers with...

Baby, it's cold inside. When Dan Vazquez, CMP, president of Miami-based AOM Events, was tapped to design an 18-day holiday showcase for the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, located in Coconut Creek, Fla., his directive was to “create a holiday...

Design Mind: Diann Valentine, D.R. Valentine & Associates, Studio City, Calif., www.drvalentine.net ...

Two huge party occasions--the Academy Awards in Los Angeles and Mardi Gras in New Orleans--hit this week, and event professionals on both ends of the U.S. says business has been at least steady...

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The bride and groom made their wedding plans clear. “They said, ‘We don't want a traditional wedding; we want a blast,’” recounts Joe Mineo, president and chief creative director of Canfield, Ohio-based Something New Events. To fulfill their...