FOR a branding event to launch the new packaging of upscale Canadian department store Holt Renfrew, Toronto-based event designer Nicholas Pinney wanted to incorporate into the decor a large chandelier inspired by a lighting fixture in his home...
Fruitpalm — a faux tree assembled from real fruit — creates a delicious display for dessert buffets. The Fruitpalm kit includes a custom non-pivot base, powder-coated stem, artificial palm leaves, pineapple corer and wooden picks; detailed...
IN today's media-steeped world, event themes based on hit films and television shows are hotter than ever. Here, three design and production firms serving southern California's entertainment industry share secrets of some sensational screen-themed...
REPEAT events pose challenges for any producer. In the area of incentives, the pressure's that much more intense. Intended to show corporate employees what's in store for them if they work their hardest, these events must be sensational enough...
THERE'S no place like home for the holidays. Especially when the home in question is a lavish Nashville, Tenn., estate set on spectacularly landscaped grounds featuring gardens, terrace, pool house and portico. With such stylish digs as your...
WHAT do you do if you have a 50,000-square-foot warehouse and design studio brimming with vases, candelabrum, furniture, linen and tabletop items? Throw a party to show it all off, of course. That was the idea behind the “Perfect Celebrations”...
Are your tabletops tops? Special Events Magazine will select the best tabletop designs in two budget categories at The Special Event 2006, Jan. 10-13 at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas. The Tabletop Competition--a highlight of the show floor...
MOTHER Nature may indeed be a first-rate floral designer in her own right, but even the most brilliant blossoms can fade in the course of a special event. That's where the latest floral products come in. Whether they make blooms stand out in a...
Oversized paper flowers from Deltona, Fla.-based New Creations International are a charming twist on traditional tabletop floral arrangements. Created from special textured paper, the blossoms feature petals that are individually wired to allow...
