11th ANNUAL PAVE GALA

Retailers, designers, and industry suppliers gathered at PAVE’s 11th Annual Gala at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City to celebrate and show their support for the future of the retail design industry on Wednesday, Dec. 5.

The Gala event drew a crowd of 430 influential retailers, designers, and industry suppliers from companies including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, the Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Target, Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier, Ann Taylor, Apple, Bank of America, Harley-Davidson, FRCH Design Worldwide, Chute Gerdeman, RYA Design Consultancy, Gensler, Greneker Solutions, Callison, and many others. The event raised over $100,000 for PAVE’s educational programs, making this most successful fundraising event in PAVE’s history Nine students with winning projects and five educators were able to attend the event through seats donated by industry companies.

Following a cocktail reception, guests moved into the Mandarin Ballroom for dinner and the awards ceremony. At the awards presentation, PAVE recognized the winners of this year’s PAVE Student Design Competition, sponsored by Sony Electronics Inc., awarding $22,000 in grants to students and schools. For a complete list of student and school recipients, Click Here.

Other awards presented at the gala included:

The Best Windows of New York City, presented by DDI
1st Place Platinum Award  – Macy’s
2nd Place Gold Award – Barneys New York
3rd Place Silver Award – Bergdorf Goodman

Excellence in Visual Merchandising and Design awards, honoring retail design excellence in New York City, presented by VM+SD.
This year’s winners were Saks Fifth Avenue, Cartier, and Macy’s Herald Square

PAVE presented the first-ever Rising Star Award to Victor Johnson, director of visual presentation, Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Loft. For complete award details click here.

Click Here to view photos from the gala event.

Proceeds benefit PAVE educational programs

PAVE: The Planning and Visual Educational Partnership

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2006 Gala
Past PAVE Galas

Founded in 1992, The Planning and Visual Education Partnership’s (PAVE) objective is to encourage students to study in the field of retail design and planning and visual merchandising through its annual Student Design Competition. Additionally, PAVE seeks to encourage retail management, store planners, visual merchandisers, architects, and manufacturers to interact with and support design students. This is accomplished through seminars, workshops, and most importantly, PAVE’s annual fund-raising Gala with proceeds dedicated to financial aid and internships for qualified students.

PAVE Gala Event Chair: Nancy Jackson, President, Architectural Systems, Inc.

2007 GALA SPONSORS
	Flagship Sponsor
	Corporate Sponsor, Student Design Competition

	Specialty Sponsor
	Boutique Sponsor

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Note: Print-quality images from the Gala are available. Contact Catharine Scott at 954-893-4834, or e-mail mailto:catharinescott@paveinfo.org