Preston Bailey recently designed two larger-than-life floral installations for Wynn Las Vegas. Inspired by some of his favorite childhood tropes, the installations include a floral carousel that's 16 feet wide and 6,000 pounds. The installations will remain in the property's atrium indefinitely.
SparkleMasters can recreate any photographic or illustrated image entirely out of glistening sequins. The company pin-mounts the tiny plastic discs on individual panels that come ready to hang. When tiled together, each sequin acts as an individual pixel in the image, creating a giant, shimmering mosaic.
A contender for the Guinness World Record for "largest gingerbread exhibit," the Gingerbread Lane display is at the New York Hall of Science. At 1.5 tons, the 300-square-foot village is made entirely out of gingerbread, icing, and candy, and was created by chef Jon Lovitch. More than 1,500 hours of labor went into the candy-decked creation.
The splashy Las Vegas property has a gingerbread house inspired by its likeness. Flora Aghababyan, chief cake designer for Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, created the three-foot-tall display from 4,500 gingerbread tiles. At the base of the edible hotel, little gingerbread shops represent Chanel, Dior, and other boutiques found on the properties. The gingerbread house weighs close to 300 pounds and was built over the course of 21 days.
Guests walked through four custom glitter boxes to enter the tent. The boxes refracted the light from the chandeliers and made for an attractive background where celebrities posed for photos.
The place settings included chargers with one of Murakami's unmistakable prints.
