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.
Wow! What a fabulous design. The bar Mitzvah boy must have been thrilled. How generous of his family to have donated the equipment to where it's so needed after the party.
Posted by: Judith keller | February 12, 2012 at 09:37 PM
It's something that we and our clients think about a lot . . . the afterlife of "stuff." Why not have others enjoy it?
Thanks for your feedback, Judith. We love comments. Keep 'em coming.
D.
Posted by: David Stark | February 12, 2012 at 11:40 PM
Love it and the fact that the family donated the equipment afterwards is just great!
pve
Posted by: pve | February 22, 2012 at 06:58 PM
How do you get the foam fingers to stand up & not fall down from weight of place cards? How does the place card stay in the foam finger?
Posted by: Dana | January 15, 2013 at 12:33 PM
Dana, I was wondering the same thing. David?
Posted by: Rachel | January 24, 2013 at 06:33 PM
I've looked online & i cant find these foam fingers anywhere! Can you please tell me where to find them?
Posted by: Dana | March 07, 2013 at 04:24 PM
I have been trying to find the foam fingers and can't figure out where to purchase them. Did the placecards get taped on or was there a slot in the finger that it slides in. So curious how to do something like this. But definitely need help finding the foam fingers. They don't look like the samples I received from different companies that are in a sponge material. Thanks for the help.
Alison
Posted by: Alison Goldberg | June 15, 2013 at 10:35 PM