Art of the Event: Complete Guide to Designing and Decorating Special Events - Hardcover

Monroe, James C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471426865 ISBN 13: 9780471426868

Publisher: Wiley, 2005

Synopsis

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

About this title

From the Back Cover:

THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

The essential guide to making your events extraordinary

Practical strategies for designing and decorating special events

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

THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES—Series Editor, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEP

THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting-edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management.

About the Author:

JAMES C. MONROE, CMP, CSEP, owns James C. Monroe and Associates: Special Event Design and Production, in Dallas, Texas. He has been involved in special events design and decoration for thirty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0471426865
• ISBN 13: 9780471426868
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Illustrator: Goldblatt Joe