AOO is a multi-faceted creative company, specializing in event design and show production. David Merrell founded the company in 1989 with an understanding of social and corporate client objectives. Meeting and exceeding these goals have made AOO one of the nation’s most respected and sought-after design and production firms and has garnered it many Gala Awards for individual events as well as an individual award for Designer of the Year, 2007, for Merrell himself. AOO designs and produces corporate meetings, marketing events, movie premieres, private parties, anniversaries, birthdays, bar and bat mitzvah celebrations and more throughout the United States from Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Santa Barbara to New York, Florida and Washington, D.C. in addition to numerous international destinations.