Design Mind: Diann Valentine, D.R. Valentine & Associates, Studio City, Calif., www.drvalentine.net Two for One: Wedding guru and host of DreamWorks TV's “Wedding Day,” scheduled to premiere on TNT this spring, Valentine designed an outdoor wedd...

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. Event pros behind the Oscar bashes are reporting a...

1. Dorothy Draper-theme Event is Absolutely Fabulous Transforming raw office space into a society-worthy soiree might have given even legendary debutante-turned-designer Dorothy Draper pause... More 2. Vintage Wedding Makes New Old Again The ...

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 requ...

Design Mind: Mark Wells, Hello Florida!, Orlando, Fla., www.hello-usa.com Dojo Design: Hello Florida's martial arts-theme sales meeting celebration combined organic Zen-garden serenity with hands-on (and hand-to-hand) interactive decor elements...

Cool colors, clean lines and an elegant Asian aesthetic will mark this year's Academy Awards Governors Ball, which follows the Oscar ceremony on Feb 22. The event team headed by Los Angeles-based Sequoia Productions offered a media preview at the...

Whether it's an intimate wedding or a blow-out corporate bash, event pros know that looks matter. “Decor” is the most popular section on the Special Events Web site, and to give you even more dazzling decor ideas, we're kicking off our new “Divin...

Entitled “A Walk Through the Seasons,” an August gala hosted by Chinese real estate development firm Vanke could just as easily have been called “A Study in Contrasts.” Contrast, after all, was the foundation of a design scheme created to echo th...

When the professionals tell you that you've got the goods, then you know it's true. As Leslee Bell was working with her husband on a convention, the DMC she hired to produce spouse activities commented that she “had a real talent for the industry...

The city of Syracuse, N.Y., has traditionally been known for its historic university campus, not its high-profile Hollywood-style film premieres. Until now. In September, Los Angeles-based event firm Precision Event Group, working for Syracuse U...