David Monn The Art of Celebrating Book by David Monn

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David Monn The Art of Celebrating By: David Monn Imagine seeing the world through event planner David Monn’s eyes for just one minute of your life. Imagine walking into a room and knowing instantly how to make it better. Imagine if you could take a few handfuls of supermarket plums and grapes and turn them into a centerpiece as impressive as baskets of roses. Imagine going someplace you’ve been a hundred times and seeing new ideas and new inspiration, as if you’d never been there before. For twelve years, David Monn’s magical way of seeing the world has been available only to a privileged group of clients through his event‑planning firm in New York City. A state dinner at the White House, openings of the Tiffany flagship store and the Fontainebleau Hotel, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, countless large‑scale birthdays and weddings and other celebrations—every lucky guest knows that there is no party like a Monn party. Building on one telling detail of a client’s life—for a bride, it might be a favorite candy; for Frank Gehry, it might be cardboard—Monn creates a few unforgettable, carefully choreographed hours using scent, sound, sight, touch, and taste to create what he calls “one simple truth.” It has to be “shared, lived, and felt” by everyone there. But creating beauty in your life does not require 10,000 balloons or 3,000 hydrangeas. Monn has surprisingly simple lessons to share. As he likes to say, it starts with “not just looking at, but really seeing” the world around you. It involves understanding the importance, in everything you do, of his three favorite words: authenticity, scale, and detail. It means considering your home as not just rooms, but instead as “a living environment,” and not thinking of a birthday as a party, but rather “a milestone of accomplishment and growth.” You must genuinely believe, as he does, that “truth is beauty, and beauty is truth.” In this volume Monn introduces us to the people and places that have inspired him and taught him “to see”; he draws from his personal archive of 20,000 event photographs to show us how he puts his ideas to work; and he lets us into the private world of his spectacular Manhattan loft—which has never been published before. David Monn was born in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. He worked as an interior designer and in the fine jewelry industry before launching his event-planning company. His clients include social leaders from around the world as well as a Who’s Who of brands and institutions. He is frequently invited to lecture at arts and horticultural organizations. He is a contributing editor to Departures magazine and has been featured in numerous luxury and lifestyle publications. He directed and produced two theatrical event productions for the Park Avenue Armory, In the Void and Masquerade. He has served on numerous philanthropic boards, including Arts Connection, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, as well as on planning committees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the New York Public Library. He has been recognized for his devotion to animals by the Animal Medical Center. He lives in Manhattan. Additional information: Portrait Hardcover with jacket 360 pages More than 275 color illustrations ISBN: 978-0-86565-327-6 Dimensions: 9⅝ x 13⅜ in Published: Oct, 2016

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Height: 13.375 in (33.98 cm)Width: 9.625 in (24.45 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

2016

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New & Custom(Current Production)

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