Bric-a-brac Bricolage

In sync with Steuben's new ad campaign promoting the use-ability of Steuben Crystal in everyday situations outside your Mother's china closet. Geoff designed a towering etager where an interesting array of everyday vintage objects and curiousities are juxtaposed with various Steuben Crystal pieces.

CPR: conservation, preservation and restoration

This surgical set up at Wilderstein is the centerpiece for an exhibit called "CPR: conservation, preservation and restoration" Playing off the title of the exhibit, the "paramedics", dressed in authentic doctor's scrubs and lab coats, are taking care of a preservation emergency by resuscitating history. They are surrounded by tools of the trade, with mostly antique tools from the collection, as well as architectural artifacts from the museum's exterior and things from Geoff's own collection, such as his grandfather's ladder, etc., all set up in the music room at the Wilderstein mansion. This will be on display until October in Rhinebeck NY. Come and see it, STAT!

Summer Shades

As the Côte d'Azur beckons, the windows of fine French linen makers D. Porthault on Park Ave "wet" the summer appetite with Azure and White cabanas that we created and installed to showcase the latest floral designs on an assortment of bed linens, towels and robes. And as usual, Geoff added his splash of splendiferous styling to refresh the interior.

Cupcakes for a Cure

Check out the set of a giant pink balloon bouquet we built and installed at the Waldorf Astoria for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation benefit-featuring a performance by Elton John! We painted the containers for the cupcake shaped flower arrangements on all the dinner tables and we made a five foot high cupcake that Evelyn Lauder and Elton dragged onto the stage and blew out the giant candle on top! The cupcake had hand-carved foam frosting, hand-cut awareness ribbon "sprinkles" and a zig-zag MDF base covered in a giant cupcake wrapper.

via Panache Privee

All cupcakes were courtesy of Crumbs Bake Shop. We also set up the celebrity area with the step and repeats (the background behind the celeb lineup below), pink carpet, and provided the props for the silent auction items!

Elizabeth Hurley, Elton John, Tamara Mellon, Evelyn Lauder, Leonard Lauder. via Panache Privee

Race again the clock!

To celebrate Audemars Piguet's new line of high-tech Grand Prix chronographs, we created a drag race inspired window display for their 57th st. flagship.

Geoff's sketch of the winning design

and the final window!

AUDEMARS PIGUET's
ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE CHRONOGRAPH SITE

ABT Luft Balloons

For the ABT 2010 Culinary Pas De Duex at Pier 60, the delicious party organizers at Shiraz Events asked GHS to produce multi-colored stands and poles for big white weather balloons to perch upon.












Photos by Allan Zepeda

American Ballet Theater

Shiraz Events

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.