My husband and I would strongly recommend AK Event Design. The owner is Andrew Kwon and his team consisted of Grace Lee as the day of coordinator and MC Steve. All three of them collaborated very well together. We used AK Events as our wedding planner to find vendors and as a day of coordinator. Before the Wedding: We had many meetings at a local Panera Bread before our wedding. Andrew was punctual at the meetings and displayed the packages he had to offer at the first meeting. Andrew assured us that we were in good hands. He seemed experienced in wedding coordination and confident in what he was doing. Andrew recommended awesome vendors such as videography by NXT Frame Media and flowers by Leafy Floral Design. Day of Wedding: Andrew and his team transformed the church reception. We couldn't recognize the church at all because it was decorated well with drapery and pink lighting. I don't have any pictures yet, but I will post them once I get them. The day of coordination went smoothly as possible. The wedding was supposed to start at 4:00 p.m. but because the presence of 70% wedding guests did not happen till 4:15 p.m., we did not start until that time which is not bad at all. The wedding timeline went accordingly to the one Andrew proposed. In fact, the wedding ended about an hour earlier at 7:30 p.m. which was perfect since we needed to clean up the reception at a certain time for the church. My dad complimented about MC Steve. He speaks Korean and English which was a plus for our wedding guests. MC Steve made our wedding fun with games and his positive energy. Grace was also a crucial component to our wedding. She was very sweet and organized. She would make sure that my husband and I were doing well throughout the wedding. She helped give out the bouquets and boutonnieres. As for the DJ, Andrew was the DJ. He did a great job at DJing along with being the head coordinator of our wedding. AK Events helped decorate a photo table and guest table which looked absolutely beautiful. We got to keep the frames after the wedding which we set up in our house. Overall, my husband and I give AK Events five stars! AK Events for the win!! We recommend AK Events to all of our friends =) Thank you for all your help Andrew, Grace, and MC Steve!!!! read more

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AK (andrew) has done such a great job planning our wedding 3/4/17 start from the beginning until the end. He met with us throughout the planning process and called us to give us an update with all vendors. He's extremely organized and well mannered. He made our wedding beautiful and offered to go out of his way to make our wedding perfect. His draping is such a beauty that i cant explain in a few words!! Andrew's lighting service is awesome and such a beauty. My wedding was at church but with andrew's draping + lighting service made it seem like my wedding was at a five-star hotel. I love his service and his prompt meetings!! He will make himself available for you anytime and answer all your questions!! His email + text + call is prompt and his price is affordable. His price is flexible and he will take care of your event/wedding, like it's his event/wedding. I do strongly recommend andrew to be your next event coordinator. His assistant is also great and they are available for you 24/7. Thank you Andrew and Grace!! You guys are the best! read more

AK Event Design - Korean Eastern Presbyterian Church wedding - Party & Event Planning Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Wow.. AK event designed the APEX 21st awards anniversary "Icons of Inspiration" he managed to get everything we needed for us even were able to meet last minute requests... You will definitely not regret working with this guy! Thank you Andrew!!!! read more

AK Event Design - Our globo design by AK lighting - Party & Event Planning Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I used AK Event for my wedding on 3/28/15 for DJ, MC, and Lighting. This company was referred by my friend. Andrew at AK really went beyond to make my wedding day extra special. His focus is solely on making your day impeccable and memorable. My venue coordinator thought Andrew was my wedding coordinator because of his promptness throughout the entire process. I would strongly recommend this company to everyone who is looking for a dependable, professional, affordable vendor. Thanks again for all your time and effort you put into our wedding. read more

I'd seriously recommend him!! You really can't go wrong with Andrew Not only was he professional and got some creative ideas in orienting the lighting, but he was EXTREMELY helpful in providing us with advice on other things that we've missed in the wedding. He's very experienced that he really knew everything necessary about the wedding (Not only the lighting, but really about everything!) We had two-tone wall which was bit difficult to cover, but he made it happen with gorgeous and elegant lightning style. I received so much compliments about how beautiful my wedding was. It was all possible Thanks to Andrew :) read more

Services- Ceremony coordination and reception deco-lighting (separate venues). Price- Far less than anything my wife could find, and trust me when I say that I have a smart shopper of a wife. 1st Meeting- My wife found that AK had great yelp reviews so we contacted them and scheduled a meeting. Andrew, who runs the company, kindly met us at a Starbucks in our neighborhood. My first impression of Andrew was that his English was not great and I was concerned we may have a communication problem. But once we start talking, my wife and I mentioned the things that we had planned up to that point (which we believed was everything) and Andrew pointed out several things that we were missing and explained them to us even though these were in regards to services he doesn't even provide! Even without a dime spent, he helped us so much in that first meeting! He also met us a couple times afterwards since we were not sure what services we wanted. My wife is so indecisive but Andrew was so patient and understanding! Ceremony- The coordination provided by Andrew was beyond expectations. He recommended that we set up a sign-in table and decorated it beautifully for us at no extra cost. One of his assistants helped my mom decorate our Korean rice cake table which we decided to add just two weeks before the wedding. He was the one who initially pointed out that we should ask our florist for drapery and an aisle runner for the ceremony venue and coordinated with our florist and made our simple venue more than we could've imagined! He came out the night before to coordinate our rehearsal and our walk down the aisle on our special day wouldn't have been what it was if it weren't for Andrew! Reception- We had to have our reception at a Chinese banquet hall but once the drapery and lights were set up, it was as if it was an entirely different venue. We decided to add this service about 3 weeks before the wedding and we were so glad that we did. We got so many compliments! Overall, Andrew is very responsive, a super hard worker, highly experienced, and is so good at what he does. We are so glad and fortunate to have found AK for our wedding. Several of our friends who attended our wedding asked us for his contact info and we recommended him wholeheartedly. Thank you Andrew and the AK team! read more

I was very satisfied with his professional work! Because my brother was not physically be here to prepare the wedding, I was mostly in charge of his wedding preparation and Andrew helped me a lot. Andrew was very gentle and considerate for my brother's wedding. He was very diligent and hard working and willing to give all his know how to help my brother's wedding. He definitely upgraded my brother's wedding to the next level, and all our family was very happy with the result! Thank you, Ak event! Special thanks to Andrew! read more

Andrew was the day of coordinator for our wedding in October. Similar to many other Yelp wedding couples' experiences, he is a very diligent and responsible coordinator. He met us several times to go over and discuss various details with us throughout the planning period. During planning time, he made many very important and helpful suggestions that helped transform our wedding vision to a higher level. For example, Andrew noticed that our initial planned table decorations lacked sufficient lighting for the venue. Since Andrew is also a wedding decorator, he was able to offer a decoration package to us for a fee, and when the wedding day came around this was absolutely the right decision and we were so happy that Andrew made this suggestion and also offered his services to handle this. On the wedding day, Andrew and his team arrived promptly to pick up decorations and help coordinate vendors and photographers. He headed early to the site to help make sure everything was in place before our arrival and worked closely with our venue to ensure all details were taken care of. He also helped us monitor our schedule on the wedding day and coordinate the exact timing of various events between us and the dj and MC. After the wedding, we both agreed that hiring Andrew was the right decision for our wedding. He made our day so much better and we felt things improved to another level beyond our original idea with his help. read more

Andrew is very responsive, professional and flexible. He gave professional suggestions as to how the venue would look like. All in all, they performed exactly how the bride and groom wanted the backdrop would look like. Yey! read more

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I had first experience with AK team from my friend's wedding last year. As soon as we saw them at a friend's wedding, we had to use them for my own wedding too!! AK Event Design team was awesome through the whole process and created the perfect mood at my wedding! It made me realize that lighting can have a very powerful impact on the overall atmosphere and feel of our guest's moods. My husband and I felt so much more secure having them there to guide and lead us in different atmosphere. It was great to change lights according to music and it just made perfect match with all love songs we had. The team integrated our songs and lights seamlessly. My personal favorite theme was tranquil lightish purple colors with rosy pink in pattern We couldn't have done it all without them. They even helped us get organized with all of the details for rehearsal and wedding day. Thanks to Andrew, thumbs uppp!! our guests enjoyed slow dancing in different moods. They are totally well worth it. read more

Procrastination sucks, but not when you pull through and make some magic happen. My wedding was scheduled to take place on the 5th of october. a couple weeks before D-day, I realized that I forgot to find someone to do the reception lighting. I didnt know where to start searching and began to panic while finalizing catering plans. Luckily, one of the caterers saw me stressing and recommended these guys to me. In hopes of avoiding the whole, "YOU FORGOT WHAT?!?" conversation, I decided to go ahead with them in blind faith. D-day.. ceremony goes smoother than a baby's butt!! My mind was filled with nothing but the reception. what would it look like? i hoped that it would be presentable at the least.. Let me tell you.. I WAS AMAZED! What used to be the mundane chapel I walked into every Sunday had become a kick-ass wedding reception venue! All of the guests told me that they felt as if they were walking into a fantasy land. To make a long story short, these guys were nothing short of amazing! I am so glad i bit the bullet and went with these guys who did an amazing job at positively reinforcing my procrastination habit! P.s. Picture number 4 is the transformed wedding chapel read more

highly RECOMMEND AK EVENT Andrew!! He help our wedding most likely from start from end. Not just a lighting vendor, helped us with reception menu, songs, and overall wedding cordinator. If anyone looking for lighting vendor for your wedding defenitly go for it with AK Event Design you wont never regret it!!! People do get worried about the actual wedding day after you have contract with the vendors, how the vendors will decorate you own special wedding day. We were worried too because all you can do is just see pictures, have meeting with vendors. BUT AK EVENT DESIGN ?? trust me you dont have to worry about anything just let him do all the work and you will be satisfied 1000000000%. He turned our wedding venue to a diffrent wedding venue. read more

Just had a wedding planned, decorated, and MC'ed by AK. Sister-in-law had their wedding planned by them as well, so as returning/referred customers we thought we would get a great level of service. Here we go. First some positives Andrew is very quick with his responses, plans well, and communicates with vendors promptly, maybe even too much. Other vendors may have complained that sometimes the communications were too much, but hey, I would rather be safe than sorry. The decorations were executed as agreed and up until the day of the wedding, scheduling was timely performed. As someone we needed for both Korean & English speaking, he fit the bill. Now for a description of some of the occurrences -Decorations pickup Andrew scheduled to pick up wedding decorations from our home at 8am. His staff came past around 11am and cited an accident. We can understand those unforeseen circumstances but a phone call letting us know would have been nice. I actually had to call them to find out where they were. You DO NOT want to make an already anxious bride even more frantic by giving her more things to worry about first thing in the morning. -Pre-wedding photoshoot At bridal room at reception hall scheduled for 12:30pm. We took initial photos but flower vendors came late. Traffic, we understand. Flower vendor left bride's bouquet in another van headed to church. One of AK's coordinators asked the flower vendor to go to the church as pictures can be taken without a bouquet but we can't have a bare church where we were supposed to take pictures at 2pm and have a wedding starting at 3pm. Andrew told the flower vendor to go to the hall instead. AK's fault, that the flower vendor put the bouquet in the wrong car? No, but let's think about priorities. Hence, we arrived at a church with no flower decorations that didn't finish until minutes before we walked down the aisle. Because of strict church rules where we had to take family pictures before the wedding, the guests ended up seeing the bride in her dress. -Reception 1. First dance: We edited our song and sent to Andrew. He played the original song instead so our routine and did not match the song. There's to wasting hundreds of dollars on choreography, dance lessons not to mention the time we put into practicing. We take a lot of cues from the music so it didn't go as planned. 2. Table numbers: We asked them to switch the table numbers. All it would take was simply walk to the table, pick up the table number and change it with another table. 5 second job. It was not done. Andrew may have changed it on a PDF he sent us, but doesn't do any good if he doesn't actually do it. 3. Food serving: It's pretty common sense to serve the parents and family first. Try being in an Asian family when your friends are stuffing their faces while your parents, grandparents, relatives from Korea look around for their food. Please imagine the conversation I had with my parents for that afterwards regarding proper manners and respect. Do the servers know to serve family first? I don't know, but I would figure that Andrew that works with a lot of Asian weddings would know this and properly directed them especially, he was very adamant in pointing out the family reserved tables repeatedly. Also, we received our food after most of other people got theirs. Original plan was to eat first and very quickly so we can go around and greet tables while they are enjoying their meals. That did not happen. We went around to many empty seats at tables. Could they ensure that guests stay the whole time? No, but they wouldn't have left in the middle of their meal, hence the reason of eating first and greeting during the meal. 4. Speeches: Announcing to the guests to get ready to toast, after maid of honor, groomsmen speeches but did not have those ready. If not for the guest, at least for us the bride and groom. Instead, we had to ask our waiter to bring us some champagne ourselves during the speech. 5. The MC games: Admittedly, we agreed on the games to be played during the wedding. Maybe it was the games themselves or the MC's but they weren't fun. We'll give them a pass. But their main game was pretty long and boring. We actually asked the MC to stop during the middle, but he proceeded to continue anyways. Be more attentive to guests' responses and think on your feet. Now, with all the missteps that occurred, and when confronting Andrew, we're really not asking for explanations, we are looking for solutions. But what we got were excuses, saying they don't know what happened, miscommunication with vendors, blaming other vendors for not doing as planned. As a wedding coordinator, it your job to plan and execute. Yes, shit happens and there are unforeseen circumstances, but there were too many mistakes that could have easily been avoided or fixed. I could write an essay detailing all of the mistakes, but let's end it simply 0 stars for execution, 4 stars for planning and when weighted, 1 star. read more

Andrew & AK Event Design Team were awesome! Andrew even went beyond what was on the contract to help put our wedding day together. Andrew and his team are flexible, respectful of not only the bride/ groom, but of the venue space as well. Andrew is quick at responding, organized, and skilled at what he does. His team (DJ/ MC) are respectful, and actively try to bring together everything that you may want and need for your wedding. I would highly recommend this team to support you on making your day go smoothly! read more

Thank U, AK!! You made our normal average looking hotel into 7star castle. and thank you for arranging our wedding schedule and following it up. Anyone who is reading this review, I and my husband ^^ give two thumbs up. once again Thanks Andrew!!!!! read more

Andrew and his team met all of my countless expectations as my now-wife and I prepared for the most important day of our lives. He was always prompt in his responses to our never-ending questions and was very professional from start to finish. He was never late to our meetings and was very flexible to work with us and provided us with lots of professional suggestions. Andrew provided vendor contacts so we could plan other important details like flowers and photos. The wedding schedule was closely followed and the MC Steve was very accommodating. He even provided extra lighting and beautiful backdrop curtains to embellish the venue. I'm very grateful for his excellent service and professionalism and can't thank you guys enough. Thank you Andrew and Steve! I will gladly give referrals for my friends and family. read more

Andrew was very helpful with our wedding and MC Steve did a great job entertaining our guests. They were very creative with games. Our DJ was Andrew and all the songs he played were amazing. Our wedding went very smooth with their help. Highly Recommended!! read more

Andrew(Ak event) made it happen! Held our wedding ceremony last week and AK event Andrew took care of all from bottom up. Very Professional and reposible! Not much of a yelp rating guy but Ak event sure deserves it. read more

Amazing team. Andrew has been patient and very helpful throughout our whole.wedding process. Went above and beyond exceedingly, helping us with other aspects of our wedding. Thank you so much, Andrew and Danny's team. We pray and hope all.the best to your success! read more

I always dreamed about beautiful and memorable wedding and this guys made dream come true! My wedding was in last month. I wasn't thinking of any details of decoration before. In one day, I saw my friend's beautiful wedding with gorgeous lighting decoration. I asked her about how did she get the decoration vendors info and she referred this guys! When I contact them at first i had so nice and kind experience and the consultation was so professional! In my wedding day, my wedding place turned out so nice and amazing. Even so many of my friends adored my wedding and kept asking about decoration. I was so happy and proud to having gorgeous wedding that I dreamed about! Also this guys helped out my reception mc part! I was trying to save budget so hired my friend to be a mc! However I didn't know detail info of program! This guys helped me to construct the reception program from start to end and even support music!! All these for free without any extra money! To make an end, I saved huge budget and had a great wedding! I really glad that I met this guys and received a lot of support even rather than decoration! So happy and thumps up for this guy!! read more

I hired Andrew for my wedding in December, 2015 for DJ, MC, and lighting. He was very helpful in planning everything from beginning to end. I was located in Virginia since I was attending school and was planning the wedding from Virginia. I had to communicate with him through emails and Andrew was very quick to respond as well as fixing any other issues that I had. Andrew worked with my wedding coordinator very well and on the day of the wedding, he was very professional in doing his job. I would recommend him again to anyone. Also to note, Andrew is a GREAT DJ. After reception had ended, he stayed until the end playing music for ~15 ppl that stayed behind to dance and did a great DJing job. Highly recommend. read more

Let me just start by saying Andrew is amazing! He went beyond our expectations! My brother used this company for his wedding two years ago, their wedding was perfect. Last month we got married and asked them to plan our wedding too. The schedule was smooth and on time. They also do lighting, MC, music, projector, and many more. Our MC that Andrew brought name Steve speaks fluent English and Korean! Very professional, entertaining, and friendly. We had several meetings with them prior to our wedding to discuss EVERYTHING! Nothing was left confused or unsure. Andrew came to our wedding rehearsal and his crew even helped us set up our wedding favors, took all our necessities to our venue, and even came to the salon on the day of the wedding to make sure everything is okay! Besides on what they were hire to do they didn't hesitate to help us on a personal level. Their pricing is also very reasonable. He even brought an assistant who stayed with me the entire time. She helped me with everything! This company which Andrew is the CEO has many knowledge on this field. If anyone is getting married, before you do anything, have a meeting with this company. He can assist you with anything that is wedding related. Photography, flowers, dress/ tuxedo, hair and make up, food, venues, these are not done by them but he knows everything. He will give you his unbiased opinion so you can pick what best suits you! Thank you AK Event Design!!! read more

It was such a great choice to go for AK event design! I married the love of my life in May 17th at my church. Since the time I proposed and she said "yes," I began looking for an event vendors for lighting. First place I checked out was a well known stuckup company named 'Event plus.' I'm so glad that I didn't deal with them. Tell you what folks! They don't call you back although they promised to do so. I had to call them back to hear them saying "wait." I waited and nobody would talk to me on the phone for the longest time. Finally, I got to hear someone telling me that the responsible person wasn't available at that time. Then why didn't you tell me from the beginning and not wasting my time? I had to constantly call them to get the estimate and it took me a week for that. And, the price was ridiculous. No wonder why their yelp review was poor. I got to call and obtained quotes from Amber lighting and so on. Prices weren't satisfying. Then, I was lucky enough to find AK Event design. Andrew Kwon thank you! He was prompt and kept his promises. He was open to phone calls, txt messages, and emails to communicate. Price was very yes very reasonable. Honestly, his price was way way better than any other vendors! He didn't mind driving all the way to my area to discuss about my wedding and give me lots of helpful tips! I know his office is like two hrs away from my area with traffic! I ended up having a marvelous wedding without a wedding coordinater, because he gave me so much advices. My MC for the night was my friend and wasn't a professional. Andrew even trained him to do a wonderful job. Linen jobs on the back of our sweatheart table was beautiful. So many of my guests asked me if I spent thousands of thousands $$ for that. Yea it was that awesome! I can't thank AK enough by words, but AK and your crew thank I truly appreciate you guys for making my wedding the most fabulous!!! And people! You choose him, you are in good hands! :) read more

I strongly recommend AK Event and Andrew. From the lighting, the drapery, MC and DJ, they excelled in every facet and literally made an ordinary looking reception hall into a 5 star venue. Andrew goes above and beyond and even coordinates all the vendors on the day of the event and makes things so much easier for already stressed-out bride and groom. All of our guests thoroughly enjoyed the reception all thanks to AK Event. If you are planning on a wedding reception, I would definitely consider AK and if you are on a budget (as we were) you can literally get more "bang for the buck" by hiring them to do the lighting/drapery and by reducing the flower costs. Thank you Andrew! read more

This is my first time writing a review. I normally dont write reviews but this company is exceeded my expectation big time, so wanted to post a good reviews for future customers. Although the company itself seems fairly new but the owner ( Andrew ) has been in the wedding business for a long time so has many experience and networks in this field. Andrew helped our wedding from A to Z, gave us great advise on our lighting, very flexible and accommodating with our needs, helped us meet good people with wedding dresses also. This company is beyond 5 stars. Honest people and would recommend to anyone who is seeking for wedding advise, lightings or DJs. Thank you AK and andrew for making our wedding day special( 6/20/15)! Wish your company good success in the future! :) read more