Peacock of the Walk

From design to reality, here's the before and after of Geoff's latest window for (luxury french linen maker) Porthault at their Park Avenue store.

To highlight the latest collection of bed linens with peacock feathers hand silkscreened in shades of blue and gray, we created a magical 'floating' silver tree; home to a silver peacock with expensive taste in linens! Here, he is comparing his own glamorous train of feathers to those on the fabric. In the other window, the linens feature hand embroided ranunculus in the same chic color palette.

The 'ground' of the installation is a Porthault-hued plexi base with hand painted silver tufts, invoking the idea of a fluffy pillow.

To finish off, Geoff refreshed the interior with new product arrangements in shades of blue to make Porthault truly the 'Peacock of the walk'!

Dream Ball

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.

The final window of Mrs. John L. Strong

Geoff's drawing for the window display design celebrating the 80th anniversary of legendary stationery maker Mrs. John L Strong at their NYC atelier on Madison Avenue.
The consistent theme in Mrs. Strong's windows was that everything was made of paper. This window was no exception. The mannequin's dress is entirely made of tissue paper, with the cards and letters tucked into the skirt and ruffled explosion below.
behind her the giant gold leafed 80 was made of gator board and seamless paper.
Like the unfurling dress below, her exploding head dress,made of gilded paper ,
fills the entire ceiling of the display.



Ironically, this window is also the final window for the company before sending their regrets and closing.
Oddly enough, the store never actually "closed" and this window stayed in place for many, many months, well past its prime.
Apparently, there is now a new owner...good to know, as the product is gorgeous!