Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Blogs tagged for Elevate Series

May 26 2010

The Captain has turned off the seatbelt sign. Feel free to move about the elevated event venue.

Warehouses, galleries, studios and garages have always been popular event venues for the creatively inspired. Transforming raw spaces into chic fetes, colorful circuses and urban bashes stretches the imagination and is usually preferable over hotel ballrooms or thematically adorned halls. But if the opportunity exists, or the opportunity can be pursued, choose an aeronautical site to generate the sensation of flight.

Exposed brick, floating walls, steal beams  —  buzz words that excite the buyer while shopping for real estate… as well as event venues. These characteristics are found in many art galleries and studios and, yes, they have provided the canvas for many stunning occasions. Airports present different prospects. Event Architects has designed events in stark white airplane hangars and has even tackled logistics for a fundraiser built on a runway at one of the world’s busiest airports, O’Hare International Airport. 

Feb 03 2010

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For the third year in a row, United Airlines selected Event Architects to manage the details of their annual Worldwide Planning Forum—an elaborate Sales Strategy Meeting.  This year, well over 600 international United employees attended the conference that was themed, “It’s Our Time Now.”


With the objective of hosting an optimistic, fun and high-energy annual meeting, the 3-day event kicked off in the ballroom at the Renaissance Schaumburg with a tremendous video and an in-person Welcome Speech from CEO and Chairman, Glenn Tilton.  After some introductory remarks by Mr. Tilton and several executives, guests headed to the Welcome Reception... 


Jan 28 2010

This new ELEVATE SERIES celebrates Event Architects’ commitment to elevating brands and event experiences. It also is a nod to our butterfly mascot! Basically the ELEVATE SERIES will pay homage to anything that is “fly” or actually can fly. (We’re having some fun with our figurative and literal word play.) Today’s post celebrates a phrase you rarely hear around Event Architects’ offices (because there is nothing we ever deem impossible), the phrase, “When pigs fly.”


This sarcastic response has become a clutch for cynics worldwide. We at Event Architects rather enjoy thinking we could make pigs fly. Okay, maybe we can’t make pigs fly, but we have certainly made the impossible possible on many occasions. To commemorate our “yes” attitude, we want to share some of the many ways pigs are being celebrated in our hometown, Chicago. (And the pig deserves it after all that bad Swine Flu press last year.)