Pink Powered by Moss sponsored by bringing a little bit more green into this market place by placing different fabric structure rental products from our Garden Line throughout the site. Colorful Daisies flanked the bar area while our Multi-colored Money Trees could be found on the perimeter of the floor, overlooking the World Trade Center site.

While there was much to celebrate at the event itself, some of the neighbors in the World Trade Center had it’s own milestone to celebrate as well. Recently, the Freedom Tower, just became the tallest building in New York, surpassing the Empire State Building, which held that honor for just over a decade since the Twin Towers were destroyed in 9/11. The footprints of those towers; which now feature cascading waterfalls as part of the memorial, could also be seen below.

Some pictures from the event as well as the views are below . . .

Michelle Rhee – Public Education – Are We Under, Over or Just Misspending?

Sergio Fernández de Córdova – Media as the New Currency

Doug Dachille – Empowering the U.S. Taxpayer Through Choice

Alexa von Tobel – One Life-Changing Class You Never Took

Don Tapscott – Three Principles for a New Wall Street

Jeff Hoffman – The Power of Wonder

David S. Rose – The Evolution of Success

Jeff Stewart – Crowdsourced Capitalism

Scott Shay – Returning Banking to the People for the People

Doug Dachille – Empowering the U.S. Taxpayer Through Choice

Matt Gould – Witness Uganda

Part One of EVENT Design – Our GiveBack to the Community

Part One of EVENT Design – Our GiveBack to the Community

Our Round Table!  I do love Round Tables – and not just the round kind, the table can be square or rectangular or at our Event Design and Creativity Round Table it was “T” shaped!

Howard Givner of the Event Leadership Institute (ELI) and I began to talk about the Event Community and how Pink Powered by Moss could give back. We said we could look at the tricks and trends in Event Design but we also wanted to address what is really going on with Creativity and the Business of Event Design.

The idea of bringing together 15 Event Designers (listed below)- from all kinds of disciplines was important to broaden the scope of the project.  We wanted a lively discussion where all kinds of ideas came bubbling up!

The lively discussion went on for a couple of hours and all kinds of points were made from Design and it’s worth, to the buyers, who are much smarter about what is available to them.  With Social Media the communications travel much faster then in the old days and how do we deal with that. Pinterest was sited as a new watch out for tool.  Our group chat was so vibrant and deep.  And of course we had a bunch of opinionated Designers in the room!

Howard culled the information down into a White Paper, The Business of Event Design, that Pink Powered by Moss sponsored.

So please go ahead…. DOWNLOAD and take a read!

On Friday March 3oth, the first ever TEDx Wall Street took place at the New York Stock Exchange. Pioneering thought leaders, including Jim Cramer, spoke to an audience of 300 as well as a global audience via webcast revolving around the topic of “Redefining Success” within the Wall Street community and beyond. For those not familiar with TEDx, it is a program created by TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) in which local and self-organized events bring people together, usually honing in on one subject, and are shared throughout the TED network.

We collaborated with Levy Lighting in order to create a dynamic stage set design. Flanking the main presentation screen on both sides were two 8′ wide by 12′ high towers of Wave Form that were projection mapped with video content relating to Wall Street and other issues touched upon throughout the conference. LEDs were also used to internally illuminate Pinkometry products such as Pillars, Trigons, Monoliths, and Quadrigons adding extra intrigue to the stage. Take a look at some photos below and you can click here for some videos from the conference!

It may be warming up outside, but that didn’t stop us from going to the skating rink a few weeks ago for the Skating Club of Boston’s annual Ice Chips festival which showcases sine if the best-known names in figure skating from around the globe! This year marked the 100th anniversary of Ice Chips and the Skating Club of Boston wanted to make this edition very special.  A dazzling display of colors and lights joined the skaters on the ice as well as the fabric decor that we provided on one end of the rink which served as entryway as well as projection surfaces.

A 90′ stretch of  rental products, including Crescents, Continental Divides, Wave Walls, and a 12′ Moon in the center, were on the rink – all dressed in stark white fabric. The combination of lights and reflections off of the ice, made for quite the spectacle; see for yourself:

For the past 2 years we have been involved with the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) Conventions; all taking place in the Broadway Ballroom in New York’s Marriott Marquis. The most recent event just took place from March 25th-28th. For this event, which was themed ‘Shifting Sands . . . Understanding the New Consumer,’ we worked with S & A Event Services to provide a tension fabric rental stage set that was video projection mapped with desert imagery that was constantly transforming. This stage set consisted of two Large Divides, a Wave Wall Tall, Wave Wall Small, and Tidal Wave in order to provide a surface for the projections. In another location, we also provided some rippling walls for the registration areas that were made from stacked Ribbonesque strands.

Last year’s convention, which marked the 75th anniversary of ARF, relied heavily on a printed 9′ Moon, which served as a centerpiece. Behind this Moon was a 30′w x 14′ h Circle Surround incorporating the conventions logo and colors. A smaller scale Ribbonesque wall also incorporated 2′ Moons with the same theme out in the registration area. We also provided a separate stage set using the same 9′ Moon flanked by Large Crescents and Moons of other sizes that was used for live music performances as well as talks.

Take a look at some of the work we’ve done with ARF over the past few years below:

On March 17th & 18th the innaugural BUKU Music and Art Project took place at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans. This newcomer to the music festival scene boasted two days filled with some of the top names in hip-hop and electronic music between 2 main stages and a late night tent. The site allowed spectators to take in views of the Mississippi River while being able to catch some of their favorite artists such as Skrillex, Avicii, SBTRKT, Wiz Khalifa, Diplo and plenty more.

Winter Circle Productions contacted us to see if we would be able to help provide decor to the festival in several different areas. We were happy to comply and ended up using a combination of framed structures and stretch shapes throughout the site. Internally illuminated Pinkometry was scattered throughout the site and could be found in the media room where interviews and photo sessions took place as well as the late night stage set in the outdoor tent. Massive 40′ x 40′ Comets could be found overhead in that tent as well adding intrigue to the large space.

Big thanks to Max Rasche for reaching out to us and helping document this festival, you can find more of his photos from the festival at the BUKU Facebook Page! Thanks also to all those who helped with the installations!

The Sustainability Summit at the Rubin Art Museum is a unique opportunity to learn and interact with amazing professionals in the area of sustainability.  It is a 360 degree approach – with interactive learning sessions, a keynote speaker and social spaces for one on one interactions.  See you there!  Pink Powered by Moss are sponsoring with our rental fabric décor and I will be available in the social spaces for discussions.

Here is the link for information

Here is the link for registration

Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY:

ISES NYC 2012 SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT

Sustainability is here! And you’ll find it at the renowned Rubin Museum of Art, where the ISES NY Metro Chapter is holding its second annual Sustainability Summit, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, from 4:00pm to 9:30pm. Catered by Stephen Starr Events, with drinks from local brewers and green distillers, the Summit offers members of the meetings and events industry an invaluable 360-degree perspective on the future of sustainable practices – from smarter global sourcing to local vendors. Featuring a powerful lineup of green event innovators, corporate sustainability champions, and environmental experts, the event will provide an interactive blend of educational workshops and motivating keynotes, as well as a whole new level of social networking (not to mention outstanding food and beverage) at the newly reimagined Marketplace 2.0.

“Our focus will be to make sure our participants go home with the tools, resources, and insight they need to drive sustainable event planning, and do it using the latest social learning and networking tools,” explains Jill Taub Drury, of Drury Design Dynamics and co-chair of the ISES Sustainability Summit Committee. Featured speakers include such sustainability game-changers as Tensie Whelan of the Rainforest Alliance, Lee Ballin of Bloomberg LP, Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy’s No. 43 and Food Karma Projects, and Robert LaValva of New Amsterdam Market. The event is supported by the Green Meetings Industry Council, the premier global community solely dedicated to sustainability in the meetings and events industry.

We are also proud to offer CMP and CSEP credit to those who register for the workshop portion of the evening. For more information and details on registration, visit: http://tinyurl.com/ISES-Sustainability-2012

ISES NYC Sustainability Summit is dedicated to fostering green practices for the meetings and events industry. We strive to provide our stakeholders with a meaningful education and a network of resources that offer practical solutions to achieving sustainability goals, both personally and professionally.

The 2012 addition of The Event Solutions Idea Factory brought a collaboration of  Pink Powered by Moss and AFR in the CaterSource Lounge!  We created an environment with Ribbonesque Arches floating over AFR’s rental furniture.  Take a look at the effect we created!

My Recap – of the Event Solutions Idea Factory 2012!

Also view the  The AFR – Event Furniture Rental Recap and read about our experience from AFR’s POV!

With just two days notice we agreed to sponsor the CaterSource Magazine Lounge. We recruited Deb Roth from Pink powered by Moss to offer us Ribbons and Phyliss from Eventricity in Glenside, PA to do the florals.  We showcased our Function line with the Extravaganza slip covers and previewed two other slip covers- Titan and Saffron which are currently only available in Florida, but may be available in additional markets very soon.

See you out at another great events conference soon!

This informal group of Women in the Exhibit Industry have been meeting live for several years as well as our connection through our LinkedIn Group

Forty women met live in Las Vegas, in March at the Exhbitor2012 show.  We broke up into groups of 10 and spoke about Building Your Personal Brand.

I want to encourage everyone to join into this discussion on LinkedIn and add points that were learned through our open discussion.

I look forward to read all about it!  I will repost the discussion here to make this post rich with our collective knowledge!

Meanwhile, read my EXHIBITOR2012 Recap and take a look at our group photo!