David Beahm Featured on Brooklyn Bride

We are always excited to see our professors featured elsewhere. A few days ago, the fabulous blog, Brooklyn Bride, featured an interview with David Beahm, along with photos of his amazing studio and team at work. David blew everyone away when he presented at our Academy for Planners + Designers in March. Prior to meeting David, many people perceived him as a celebrity Event Designer in New York.....and that title alone must simply come with some ego and attitude! That couldn't be further away from the truth. David was humble, down to earth, and extremely open in sharing his design techniques and business advice. Everyone loved him, including us ofcourse. We cannot wait until we get to film him in action in New York! For now, we hope that those who didn't make it to the Academy for Planners + Designers can benefit from David's presentation online, which is available in our Wedding 360 Online Academy. Here's a small snippet from that presentation!

Is Event Planning An Art Or A Science?

Back in July, Wedding 360 embarked on our journey to Dallas, Texas where we filmed Todd Fiscus teaching three different design topics exclusively for Wedding 360! Our rock star filmmaker Andrew Hsu of Studio MSV has been busy editing away, and we are excited to share a series of sneak previews with our followers in the next two weeks. The first segment will officially be available September 20th on our Wedding 360 Online Academy....stay tuned!



Video produced by Studio MSV

Click here to read more about Todd Fiscus!

Tara Guerard on Throwing Great Parties

When we first asked Tara Guerard to speak at our Academy, we gave her the topic of Spatial Planning. She ended up teaching that, AND the ins and outs of how to throw a great party, so our students definitely got a lot out of her! To design a fabulous party, you can't just focus on decor. You have to design with the guest experience in mind. Tara talks about her view to never use dinner tables bigger than 54". Why? Because you simply can't have great conversation around a table that's bigger than that. It was incredibly thought-provoking and interesting to hear the thought process that Tara goes through when she designs events for her clients. Every detail is well thought out, down to the cocktail napkins at the bar.

Tara has published two books already that's filled with eye candy from beginning to end. She was recently interviewed by Martha Stewart (see article below) and we are extremely honored that she is a part of our Wedding 360 faculty. For those of you who did not make it to The Academy earlier this year, Tara's presentation can now be purchased and viewable on our Wedding 360 Online Academy!

Welcome David Beahm!

We're really honored that David Beahm is able to take time out of his incredibly busy schedule to teach at The Academy. For those who have been following him on twitter, you must know that lots of exciting things have been happening at his studio! New website, new partnership with Flora2000, and a fabulous write up in the recent Wall Street Journal. Even with so much going on, it still doesn't stop David from putting a lot of thought into the topic that he will teach at The Academy next month. We so admire that about him, amongst many other things!

David will be teaching the following class for us:

'Lifestyle Weddings Design Techniques Master Class'
Designing for visual volume and perceived value in the new economy. 

The first half of the class will be devoted to looking behind the scenes at specific lifestyle wedding and event design conundrums; dissecting the options (venue, story, color, botanicals, lighting, props, draping, budget); and then seeing how the problems were assuaged and alleviated as shown through a series of before and after images.  The second half of the session will open up the floor to the participants inviting them to present their design challenges from current weddings they are designing.  David will, on the spot, collaborate with the participant to explore possible solutions thereby creating a visual resolution that is viable for them and their client.

We really encourage you to come prepared with your 'design challenges', or with questions for David as this is a very unique opportunity to learn from a seasoned pro like him!