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Use small items to make big impressions

October 1, 2012 | Products, Trend Watch

Bring event spaces to life with smart use of decorative accessories. By Melissa Paul It’s often the little things that make the biggest impression. Accessories add to the atmosphere of a party space and should always reflect the event concept or corporate brand. The subjective world of accesso…

Turn it on with lighting

October 1, 2012 | Features, Trend Watch

Lighting trends that enhance colors and textures. By Maura Keller Lighting illuminates our surroundings and enables us to perceive color and texture. But tent lighting has not always had the decorative value that it has today. In the past, the choices were few and the styles limited. Today, tent pro…

Dramatic tents for product launches

October 1, 2012 | Event Production, Features, Markets

Tent suppliers boost awareness for their clients’ product launches. By Janice Kleinschmidt Maybe you’re not going to wander into the showroom of your local exotic car dealership. But let’s say you’re at a festival and you see an attractive tent bearing the name and logo of Fe…

More than a floor

October 1, 2012 | Event Production, Features

Demand for temporary flooring that’s economical and easy to install is growing, and so are the features these floors offer. By Meleah Maynard It may be underfoot and not as eye-catching as other accessories used for tented events, but flooring plays a key role in determining how people experie…

Dome facilitates out-of-this-world projection

October 1, 2012 | Industry News, Project Briefs

Pacific Domes uses 360-degree projection to bring space down to Earth at SpaceFest. While space enthusiasts spent the summer of 2012 remembering Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon and following Curiosity’s exploration of Mars, Pacific Domes helped to bring a glimpse of space exploration c…

Enhancing an event with accessories

October 1, 2012 | Products, Project Briefs

Nature-inspired accessories enhance the natural beauty of a Midwestern wedding. Just outside of Fort Wayne, Ind., lies a private estate with expansive green pastures bordered by weathered wood fencing. Trees surround the residence while out-buildings, including stables and a mare barn, complete the …

Covering a backyard wedding

October 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

Exclusive Events draws on experience to pull off a backyard wedding with a short lead time and an expanding guest list. When Exclusive Events Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., began working with a client on a backyard wedding only one month before the date, the plan called for a simple 30-by-30-foot frame ten…

An L-shaped structure offers more than a view of golf

October 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

The site for the Wanamaker Club at the 2012 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, S.C., didn’t require a curved tent, but it was an outstanding location for Classic Tents, a division of Classic Party Rentals, to install a custom L-shaped structure. “One section of the L …

Designing party space around the menu

August 1, 2012 | Trend Watch

Food for thought. By Melissa Paul Times have changed, and so has the way we regard events. On the one hand, there are more elaborate parties than ever, with full-scale living room settings, revolving stages and theatrical production. On the other hand, some hosts choose do-it-yourself party schemes …

Into the woods: Pop-up lodging in luxury tents