While installing and opening WOOD SHOP, we have also been designing and producing a myriad of other fun events. Now that the Giants have won the Super Bowl and everyone has sports on the brain, it seems only appropriate to share with you a very special Bar Mitzvah that we recently created for a young sports lover.
The party took place at the IAC building on the West Side Highway of New York, and we capitalized on the modern setting and its giant video wall as the prefect background for a décor entirely made out of sporting equipment.
The man of the hour provided us with thousands of baseball cards from his collection that we fashioned into a super cool backdrop at the entrance of the party.
The grand bar in cocktails was fashioned from hundreds of baseballs and bats, a fabulous focal point to the room and a highlight of the family’s spirit of giving – All of the bats and balls were donated to a charitable foundation after this evening of festivities.
The dining room hosted a mixture of round and rectangular tables with the eye-popping “stop-action” illusion of balls in mid-play. Oversized tennis rackets, baseball bats, catcher’s gloves, lacrosse sticks, ping pong paddles, even basketballs hitting a backboard and swooshing right through a hoop created centerpieces that at once enhanced the tables and turned the whole room into a fun and radical art installation.
Photography by Susie Montagna
“Sports” is probably the A #1 theme for 13 year old guys, and it is always great fun to find NEW ways to interpret a thematic direction. A big thank you goes out to our client for pushing us to reach higher heights. We enjoyed slam-dunking TOGETHER.
D.
