A sleek white look dominated the Public Art Fund's benefit honoring artist Mariko Mori at the Atrium at 590 Madison Avenue. The focus of the event was the artist's giant pearlescent interactive pod installation called Wave UFO, which was on display in the 56th Street side of the space. So the fund's development director Malia Simonds called upon floral designer Katsuya Nishimori to decorate the tables with simple, unusual centerpieces inspired by the work.
Nishimori—who designs for the stylish Japanese retailer Takashimaya—took a pair of calla lily blossoms and placed them inside frosted white plastic basins shaped like the door to Wave UFO. Nishimori also created a vertical arrangement of green and purple dogwood branches adorned with clusters of calla lilies for the atrium's entrance.
Guests could enter Mori's large scale waterdrop-shaped structure by a short set of futuristic-looking stairs. Inside they could interact with the work's interior video projection, where individual brain waves are translated via electrodes into various colors and shapes shown overhead inside the pod.
—Mark Mavrigian
Nishimori—who designs for the stylish Japanese retailer Takashimaya—took a pair of calla lily blossoms and placed them inside frosted white plastic basins shaped like the door to Wave UFO. Nishimori also created a vertical arrangement of green and purple dogwood branches adorned with clusters of calla lilies for the atrium's entrance.
Guests could enter Mori's large scale waterdrop-shaped structure by a short set of futuristic-looking stairs. Inside they could interact with the work's interior video projection, where individual brain waves are translated via electrodes into various colors and shapes shown overhead inside the pod.
—Mark Mavrigian
At the Public Art Fund's benefit, Katsuya Nishimori created centerpieces of calla lily blossoms in low frosted white basins.
A tall arrangement of dogwood branches and bunches of calla lilies stood at the entrance to the Atrium at 590 Madison Avenue.
Honoree and artist Mariko Mori's Wave UFO piece was unveiled at the benefit, and the interactive structure served as inspiration for the event's centerpieces.
