J Patrick is one of the nation’s premier event designers, and the signature force behind J Patrick Designs, a full-service event planning company that has built a solid reputation on creating dazzling, dramatic parties for a broad spectrum of clients with varied tastes, creative requirements, and budgetary allocations. J Patrick manifests dream events on every scale—from supremely elegant corporate functions to smoldering theme parties infused with theatrical spectacle, to whimsical holiday parties and lavish receptions, as well as timeless, romantic weddings and anniversary celebrations, among others.  From beginning to end, J Patrick’s consummate team of design professionals meticulously oversees every event detail to insure a memorable, perfect experience.

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Born in Sapporo, Japan, and raised amid the simmering colors and sultry summers of the American South, J Patrick is best known for his uncompromising, authentic style— one which fuses gallant traditions with cutting-edge design elements that embellish his signature and one-of-a kind events.

Extensive early training in the arts polished his prodigious talent for theatre, dance, and the visual arts which, at the age of 17, carried J Patrick to Broadway. He soon landed a coveted role in Ron Field’s production of “Cabaret” featuring Joel Grey.  After amassing more than 25 notable productions as a performer, and further cultivating a keen visual style, J Patrick launched successful careers in the related fields of choreography and direction.  With a strong track-record and the ability to deliver trend-setting spectacle to audiences of all ages, J Patrick’s design reputation spread throughout production companies in the field—soon reaching major corporations, event planners, and foundations, which generated clients such as Coca-Cola, AT&T, Cingular Wireless, Ritz Carlton Hotels, and the Atlanta Braves, among others.

The designer’s ability to tap into his client’s dreams and ideas and “energize them with life, is one of the most rewarding aspects of the design process,” he recently said.  With a warm personality, relaxed sense of humor, and a unique vision which flows from his core, J Patrick creates luxurious, escapist worlds for his clients and their guests to savor—a significant reason for which he is emerging as one of America’s most sought-after designs talents.

J Patrick Designs is the corporate, theme, social, wedding and holiday event planner for elegant parties, special theme event ideas,  conventions, new product promotions, conference meetings, trade shows & booths, stage show sets and holiday decorations.  With a loyal list of clients:  Coca Cola, Crowne Plaza, and the Buckhead Club to name a few, this innovative design company continues to build acclaim in the local and national market.  Each event is carefully planned, and that plan is carried out with meticulous attention to detail.  With J Patrick at the helm of your event, you will get a professional event planner and an artist.  J Patrick and his team create all the unique pieces that will make your event unlike any other.

Lead Designer, J Patrick and technical advisor/floral designer, Barry Thomas, pride themselves in designing fresh and imaginative ideas for events.  They are the event planning company that creates a party or promotion for business or social celebrations that will be talked about for years to come.

When you work with J Patrick Designs, you also get a seasoned professional who has intimate knowledge of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau and Americas Mart markets.   J Patrick, through affiliation with NACE and ISES,  personally knows the vendors you will need for the balance of the elements that will make your party sizzle:  gourmet catering ideas from Atlanta's finest, invitations, menus and place cards, distinctive wedding or special occasion cakes, staging, linens and chair covers, photographers, live bands or DJs, favors, elegant ice sculptures, plants and greenery, costumes for your theme party, tuxedos or gowns, limos, stretch SUV's or horse and carriage, hotel ballrooms awaiting transformation, antebellum country homes, tents or other unique sites to hold your special event.

From a creative theme party, intimate in-home event for ten, elegant pool party, cocktail fundraiser, corporate holiday, new product launch or customer appreciation gala, wedding and reception, or a bust-out event for twelve hundred at the Fulton County Atrium, J Patrick Designs has the resources to make events successful and memorable.