The MCG has hosted grand finals and world records. On Saturday the 7th of October, it hosted twenty-five years of Commtel, and the room more than earned its place on that list. Created alongside Solution Entertainment, this gala wasn’t ticking a milestone box. It was making a statement.

Decor It Studio started with a mood board, not a hunch. Every colour, texture and finish was locked in before a single stem hit the table. That’s what separates styling from strategy.

Native blooms carried the room. Burnt orange, muted, textured, nothing pulled from a standard florist’s list. They didn’t sit quietly on the tables either; stacked high on plinths, they gave the space real height and pulled every eye upward.

Napkins matched the brand palette to the shade, a small call, but the kind that tells guests someone in the room actually cared about getting it exactly right.

Graphics ran underneath the florals like a second layer of brand DNA, present in every corner, never once shouting for attention.

Twenty-five years in, Commtel skipped the beige function room and the obligatory slideshow. They filled the MCG with native blooms and real intention instead, proof that when a brand’s been growing for a quarter-century, the party should look like it too.