To celebrate the opening of the swanky new
High Line Park on Manhattan's West Side,
Hugo Boss asked us to design and build a window for their 14th Street store in the Meat-Packing District that somehow incorporated garden gnomes. Geoff presented several ideas and the hands-down favorite was a giant gnome head made of flowers.
the gnome head in progress in the studio...
Inspired in part by
Jeff Koons' 'Puppy' and other imagery from the worldwide devotion to
gnomes, the sculpture features silk geraniums, daisies, asters, ferns, birds and butterflies. Sitting on a hillock of artificial 'lawn', a customized garden gnome nurtures his personal masterpiece with a watering can...
The floral gnome now watches over Geoff's desk in his office!
To help celebrate the American Cancer Society's 26th annual Dream Ball, Nordstrom's asked Geoff to design and plant a garden of paper flowers at Cipriani on east 42nd st. The main sculpture we produced was a giant 12 foot arch comprised of hundreds of paper flowers in various hues of pink. Also tapping into NY's Fashion Week, the arch also incorporated a welcoming hostess, dressed to the nines in an extravagant paper gown.
A closer look at Madame's cascading gown.
Here's a look at the paper flowers close up during production. 
For the table decor, this time the paper flowers serves as a simple backdrop for the real floral centerpiece which included silver and gray paper leaves.
As a final touch, pink gelled uplighting illuminates the arch and surrounding architecture.
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