Surf's Up!

Its high tide at Steuben Glass, and to showcase their sea life collection, Geoff designed a colorful display unit using surfboards painted in bright lacquered colors on a life guard post inspired stand. The unit is nestled in a bed of sand with white seashells against a sky blue background.

As usual, Geoff restyled the interior and below are some closeups that highlight the oceanic collection:

Hugo Boss Art Collector's Beach House

This summer's Hugo Boss Clubroom recreation was based on the idea of a Hamptons art collector's home. To achieve the light and airy quality of a beach house, the normally black theatrical ceiling was cleaned up and painted white.

Custom single pane doors were made for the entrance

Custom art was produced to create the environment of a serious art collector

Here's an interpretation of an iconic Alexander Calder mobile.

in the above and below photos, you can see the custom steel light fixture we built and installed above a extra long pure-white corian topped dining table

Here you can see the large window and door-ed wall we built to create an 'inside' and an 'outside' area

A look at the sheer white curtains that we custom made to cover the windows

Here we installed an ultra-modern faux fireplace that uses LEDs

A look at the 'outside' of the beach house showing gray weathered wood in a boardwalk inspired pattern.

Sail shaped 'awnings' hover over the 'outdoor' seating areas surround by gray weather clapboard.

Athens Lighthouse Project

A local resident was inspired by a project in Catskill where local artist have been decorating fiberglass cats that have been displayed on the main street in Catskill. To raise awareness and help fund the Athens historic lighthouse in the middle of the Hudson river, this project was created. Geoff Howell, along 29 other creative Athenians were asked to decorate a bird house that is a miniature replica of the lighthouse. Below is Geoff's fabulous result!  Inspired by the original purpose of the lighthouse, to emit light, Geoff's creation is covered with light-reflecting and refracting jewels, a fitting home for the most discerning of Athen's fine feathered friends.


Geoff's and 29 other lighthouse-bird houses will be auctioned off on September 11 to raise money for the preservation of the Athens Lighthouse and the Athens Cultural Center.  Up until the auction, Geoff's lighthouse will be on view at FACE Stockholm in Hudson, NY

Photograph of the actual Athens Lighthouse

For more information and to see the other artist entries, check out these links:

Historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse

Athens Lighthouse Project

Athens Cultural Center

Veuve Cliquot Summer

Here's a look at our latest Veuve Cliquot  summer window for the Sherry Lehmann store on Park Ave and 59th St.

Thomas Cole Historic Site Benefit 2011

The third in a series of Thomas Cole fundraisers, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Thomas Cole Museum. This year's photo-op backdrop consisted of two 8-foot numbers surrounded by mylar stars, modeled here by two local 10's (Brett and Justin) who generously helped for 3 days with the event.

The design focused on the birthday theme, hinted at by the invitation which included a single balloon tied to Thomas Cole's easel.

On the back on all 330 chairs was tied a single red or fuchsia balloon on a red string in various lengths conforming to the height of the tent. The coolest effect of this design is that not until you physically enter the tent do you see the 300+ balloons, making for a great (birthday) surprise! The color scheme continued with red and fuchsia tablecloth and contrasting napkins. Locally grown and donated centerpieces ( by Story's Farm in Palenville) with geraniums and other flowers in a 4th of July color scheme finished off the design.

As you can see, the event was held at an estate with a breath-taking view of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and Hudson River ( and two of Geoff's helpers, Will and Brian)

Special holographic laser lighting by Hudson Talbot.

A spectacular fireworks display, set off down the hill from the main tent, capped off the evening's festivities with  BANG and some OOOHS and AAAHHS

 Thomas Cole National Historic Site (where American art was born)

LYONEL FEININGER DINNER AT THE WHITNEY

To celebrate the opening of the late German expressionist artist Lyonel Feininger's exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, we were asked to design the members only dinner party. Inspired by Feininger's frequent use of architectural imagery (in particular, arches), Geoff designed zig-zag folding screens made of homosote to create a whimsical architectural folly. The chartreuse tablecloths and soft pink palette of the floral centerpieces are reminiscent of his color palette. The next evening, the same decor was re-used for the public opening, an event for several thousand people.

 

Here's a look at a few of Feininger's paintings which inspired Geoff's design:

Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of The World
June 30 - October 16 @ The Whitney