Thursday, March 25, 2010

How does your garden grow?


Come and see what's blooming in the windows of Hugo Boss in the Meatpacking District.
Working with the visual director at Hugo Boss, we put together an ensemble of vintage weathered gardening tools and constructed large planter boxes made to look like rusted metal. Happy blue jays soar through the air with yellow ribbons, flying off with the latest handbags. The beautiful display of fresh flowers and plants was done by Interior Foliage.



















Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Scrolling Around: the golden mean in blue....

To showcase Steuben's line of iconic Scroll crystal in their Madison Ave. flagship front window, Geoff designed a vertical cerulean column of alternating blocks and classic plaster capitals,
the volutes of the architectural element mimicking the scroll of the handles and feet of the crystal pieces. The scroll pattern is based on nature's golden mean.

Geoff's original drawing of the selected design.






Red Carpet Retrospective

From now until March 21st, the windows of Emporio Armani on 5th Ave and 57th st feature a stunning collection of couture Armani gowns worn by celebrities on the red carpets in the past few years. To help Armani present their Red Carpet Retrospective, we built sleek and simple black risers for the mannequins complete with a thick Red Ribbon stripe in the background.
Both the ribbon and the risers gently incline upwards towards the back of the store which connects beautifully to the graphic incline shape that is repeated in the huge l.e.d. display that covers the facade of the building.

Not to be outdone, Lady Gaga's dazzling outer space dress with sparkly underpants from this year's Grammy's takes the corner window spot.



Although, Beyonce's Grammy grabbing Mini with intricate high shoulders is also a jaw-dropper (image via NBC New York)

Here's a better look from inside the Armani store. Although the gowns get all the attention, this photo does provide the best view of the risers and red carpet stripe we produced.


In you're in New York for the next 10 days, come and check this unique and beautiful exhibit of high-end formal gowns worn by the stars including Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, Victoria Beckham, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Avril Levigne, Anne Hathaway, Fergie, January Jones and Elizabeth Banks


Red Carpet Retrospective in the press!

NBC New York


Racked

Focus on Style

Dark Room Sees the Light

In their Meat-Packing District store window, to create the perfect 'exposure', Hugo Boss rolls out the film of their Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Collaborating with the Hugo Boss visual director, Geoff worked with her to design a new display that showcases photographs from the new collection as if the prints have just been developed and hung to dry in the photographer's darkroom.


To achieve this effect, Geoff created a black framed 'dark room' lined with red light bulbs, crisscrossed with string for the photographs to hang from. (see Geoff's original sketch above)