Get the essential guide to making your events extraordinary!
Event planners need professional-caliber information that explains how to decorate a venue for a special event
- from assessing the client's decor needs and objectives to staying within a budget. Art of the Event serves as
the ultimate guide to designing and decorating events and celebrations, from eight to 8,000 guests.
Written by James C. Monroe, a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP)
with decades of experience in special event design and decoration, Art of the Event is divided into three comprehensive
parts to help readers redefine the modern profession of event design:
Principles, Processes, and Practices: examines aesthetics, the design process, and professional practices
The Decorative Elements: describes the various decorative elements that are used in special events and discusses
how to use them in practical and specific ways
The Universe of Special Events: describes various types of events that the designer is asked to create and
discusses the different requirements of each, including nonprofit events, corporate events, social events, weddings,
fairs, and parades
Table of Contents
Series Editor Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
INTRODUCTION: EVENT DESIGN BECOMES A PROFESSION.
SECTION I: PRINCIPLES, PROCESS AND PRACTICES.
Chapter 1. Principles of Design.
Chapter 2. Design and Decoration Practices.
Chapter 3. The Venue.
Chapter 4. Resources .
Chapter 5. Profit and Loss.
SECTION II: THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS.
Chapter 6. Backdrops and Props.
Chapter 7. Decorating with Flowers.
Chapter 8. Fabulous Fabric Décor(30 pp.).
Chapter 9. Balloons in Bloom.
Chapter 10. The Art of Light.
Chapter 11. Other Fabulous Decorations.
PART III: THE UNIVERSE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
Chapter 12. Charities and Non-Profit Events.
Chapter 13. Corporate Celebrations and Ceremonies.
Chapter 14. Milestones & Social Events.
Chapter 15. Wonderful Weddings.
Chapter 16. Festivals, Fairs and Spectacles.
