анна
ульянова
love
as art
They’re about balancing opposites.
He owns a bike shop — precise, structured, methodical. She’s a designer — light, creative, always full of ideas. Together they combined business and creativity, building a stylish showroom for decor and tableware — and their own story, where each of them completes the other.
He owns a bike shop — precise, structured, methodical. She’s a designer — light, creative, always full of ideas. Together they combined business and creativity, building a stylish showroom for decor and tableware — and their own story, where each of them completes the other.
Ples Banquet Hall
The only venue in Tambov that matched their requirements was the Ples ballroom. Its main advantage was the ability to suspend structures from the ceiling, which was essential for realizing the planned decor and creating a cohesive visual look for the hall.
The only venue in Tambov that matched their requirements was the Ples ballroom. Its main advantage was the ability to suspend structures from the ceiling, which was essential for realizing the planned decor and creating a cohesive visual look for the hall.
Client’s brief
Create a ceremony whose details the newlyweds wouldn’t know in advance, to give them maximum emotion. Instead of a touching classic format — make the ceremony a fun, directed performance full of unexpected moments. And most importantly — realize the bride’s dream: smash plates, just like in a real Greek restaurant.
Create a ceremony whose details the newlyweds wouldn’t know in advance, to give them maximum emotion. Instead of a touching classic format — make the ceremony a fun, directed performance full of unexpected moments. And most importantly — realize the bride’s dream: smash plates, just like in a real Greek restaurant.
In the invitation, guests were warned that the wedding itself would be a surprise for the couple. Each guest received a concrete tile marked "smash," inside which was hidden information about the venue, dress code, and the secrecy of the event. This kept the intrigue alive right up to the wedding day and made the guests part of the game.
The couple’s morning
In the morning, the team prepared a two-meter, 45-kg cake for the couple — made entirely out of putty/spackle. After all, for an interior designer, a regular cream cake would be far too ordinary.
In the morning, the team prepared a two-meter, 45-kg cake for the couple — made entirely out of putty/spackle. After all, for an interior designer, a regular cream cake would be far too ordinary.
Greek tradition
Anna had always dreamed of visiting a Greek restaurant where you can smash plates. The team adapted this tradition for the wedding. During the welcome area, guests wrote on plates the things they felt were best left in the past. Then, at the banquet, an authentic Greek custom took place — plate smashing: the plates were broken, and symbolically everything unnecessary was left behind with them.
Anna had always dreamed of visiting a Greek restaurant where you can smash plates. The team adapted this tradition for the wedding. During the welcome area, guests wrote on plates the things they felt were best left in the past. Then, at the banquet, an authentic Greek custom took place — plate smashing: the plates were broken, and symbolically everything unnecessary was left behind with them.
On their first date, Anna invited Vlad over for borscht — so borscht became the central symbol of the ceremony. The host drew a parallel between the stages of preparing the dish and the couple’s story: both borscht and love require time, patience, and the right ingredients. "Time and patience! Borscht, like love, takes time to prepare."
Then came some humor about the proposal Anna had been waiting for through more than one vacation: "Anna wasn’t expecting a proposal, because it didn’t happen on the first trip, didn’t happen on the second, didn’t happen on the third. So why would it suddenly happen on the fourth?!" And of course, it had to be mentioned that over two years the couple had been on vacation at least four times — even though not everyone believed their decor-and-tableware showroom would take off the way it did.
Final touch
The final touch in cooking a dish is salting it. Before pronouncing them husband and wife, the couple was invited to "salt" each other one last time. At that moment, it began to snow inside the hall. Then a bowl of red rose petals appeared, representing the "wedding borscht." Traditionally guests throw rose petals at the couple, but in this scenario it was reversed — the couple themselves showered the guests with petals, sharing their love with them. The highlight was a video greeting from the country’s leading chefs, Konstantin and Ivlev.
The final touch in cooking a dish is salting it. Before pronouncing them husband and wife, the couple was invited to "salt" each other one last time. At that moment, it began to snow inside the hall. Then a bowl of red rose petals appeared, representing the "wedding borscht." Traditionally guests throw rose petals at the couple, but in this scenario it was reversed — the couple themselves showered the guests with petals, sharing their love with them. The highlight was a video greeting from the country’s leading chefs, Konstantin and Ivlev.
The couple wanted to sell the first slice of cake together with a painting they had created together.
Decor
Statues wrapped in pale pink fabric and bound with red thread evoke Salvador Dalí's paintings, symbolizing the connection between time and passion. Candles on the tables and fabric-wrapped busts create the atmosphere of an artistic still life, where light and shadow play their eternal role. All the decor elements come together into a single picture, reflecting the idea of art as love, where every stroke and form carries deep symbolism and aesthetics.
Statues wrapped in pale pink fabric and bound with red thread evoke Salvador Dalí's paintings, symbolizing the connection between time and passion. Candles on the tables and fabric-wrapped busts create the atmosphere of an artistic still life, where light and shadow play their eternal role. All the decor elements come together into a single picture, reflecting the idea of art as love, where every stroke and form carries deep symbolism and aesthetics.
