Safety Makes Events Special

We all understand that special events are still special.. and will still happen during these trying times. This weekend we were able to help one of our legacy clients to celebrate a landmark occasion. Our crew always takes extra steps to stay safe during both installs & strikes. Everything is cleaned & sanitized both on • Read More »


Play At The Pier

It was so exciting to hang out with a couple of our clients & friends at Chicago’s Navy Pier for some fun brainstorming discussions! Wonderful to see how people are getting outside & safely returning to The Pier. Everything looks great… the Centennial Wheel, the gardens, the outdoor restaurants, the boat rides, even the new • Read More »


Reflections Of Our Resilient City

We’re celebrating the re-opening of the Chicago Lakefront Bike Trail this morning… with some sunrise photos by our Creative Director! Get out there… but keep safe and keep it moving Chicago!


A New Kind Of Graduation

As all graduations across the world demand reinvention, we were honored to be engaged by the New Trier PTO Graduation Committee to help reimagine their graduation ceremony. With a new “socially-distant” mandate placed on all graduation ceremonies for Spring 2020, the New Trier PTO Graduation Committee had to reimagine their ceremony to meet the criteria • Read More »


We Rise

We’re here to help navigate the days ahead. Determining new paths, alternative methods and unique solutions to create memorable experiences & events. Collaborating & working together… rising to the challenge and lifting each other.


Reimagine

As we all regain our balance in this new world, we are still here to work alongside you to REIMAGINE the many opportunities to honor others.


Chicago : Recovery

As the City moves into Phase 3, we look forward to the healing that RECOVERY allows. We’re all in this together!



What’s new in corporate events?

As the year is really starting to roll, we’re finding one major trend in the event industry thus far. 2016 is bringing increasingly savvy clients. With the ever-growing popularity of Pinterest, clients become more and more savvy when it comes to event design (gasp!). It’s no longer solely up to the designer to translate client’s goals and • Read More »


Get To Know Us… Staff Spotlight Style

We, at Ivan Carlson & Associates, are proud to say that we’re “a group of really fun people.” It’s a saying you can find almost anywhere, our business cards, website, Facebook and Instagram, you get the picture. They say people do business with people, not businesses, and we couldn’t agree more so we decided that, in • Read More »