Event Design
EOY Parties With No Cringe Factor? Our Event Designer Brings Festive Goodies
Are we REALLY talking about Christmas already?! In June? ‘Fraid so. Time to dig out the flaccid mistletoe again and grab the office runner for a snog, as the stereo blasts out So Here It Is Merry Christmas, by Slade. Stop the record! Aaaaaagh!
No – we don’t want a party like that at all. Yes, we are talking Christmas already. End Of Year. Decking the halls with boughs of holly etc. And let’s not forget it’s SUMMER at Christmas. Who worked that one out, Jesus? Sun and Santa Claus. Such strange bedfellows for anyone from the Northern Hemisphere to get their snow-filled heads around. For those of you who want to know what real Christmas is like? Here’s how it works up the top of the globe, where I come from:
One of Santa’s Little Helpers going for a pre-Christmas jog.
There’s one of Santa’s Little Helpers going for a pre-Christmas jog to warm/freeze his cockles.
Beach barbies & screaming babies sitting on Santa’s lap in Westfield aside, it’s that time of year when it’s prudent, nay – necessary, to reward your staff with some good old fashioned partying, and get a bit loose around the hips (and tongue) yourself.
We know company purse strings are tight these days, and getting ever tighter. So, here at ENGAGE, our Event Designer & team have developed a pretty cool, extremely unusual End of Year event programme that allows a selection of party-loving companies to join together and share the sunk costs of hosting a massive Christmas event. For the cost of a Jelly & Ice Cream party. Cause for kissing (& sniffing) under the mistletoe, we think.
Our EOY party model is one that we really are quite proud of as it allows brands with tight budgets but big ideas to fully immerse their staff and guests in something unique and pretty cool.
Here’s how it works: We hire an event space for three weeks during the (exorbitant) Christmas period. Each company is allocated a specific day for their EOY party. Because each company contributes to the setup costs, their combined input means that collectively they can enjoy an amazingly extravagant, all singing, all dancing, all sparkling, all Christmassy affair.
As with all things remotely styled or design-orientated with our brand activations and events, this programme has been beautifully created by our Event Designer and team. Congratulations, ENGAGE Team. Give them all a giant slice of Christmas cake and a sherry, please.
In 2015, our EOY programme theme was Wonderland. Think oversized flowers and Eat Me cupcakes.
In 2015, our EOY programme theme was Wonderland. Think oversized flowers and Eat Me cupcakes.
For 2016, our event team has come up with two completely diverse themes: a naughty nautical one and an English country manor experience.
“Oh Buoy!” is for all the scurvy sea dogs among your staff, and will be located on Melbourne’s riverside in South Wharf. Guaranteed to get all able seamen (and women) dancing round the decks with flagons of rum held aloft.
“Oh Buoy!” is for all the scurvy sea dogs among your staff.
For all those land lovers out there, our Event Designer has concocted a theme where guests are immersed in a stunning English stately home setting, “The Estate”. All butlers and gilt gold mirrors and dusty chandeliers amid secret gardens, this immersive event will take place in a hidden courtyard in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD.
A theme where guests are immersed in a stunning English stately home setting, “The Estate”.
As you’re probably more than aware now, ENGAGE takes pride in styling each event to perfection. We work with a team of highly talented Event Designers, and produce our own props in house to create a fully immersive journey into another realm for guests. This will mean your EOY party won’t end up as embarrassingly cringeworthy as this… Perish the thought!
