Wynn Magazine - Las Vegas
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Vibrant, celebratory fl owers make Wynn Macau guests feel as if they've arrived at a party in progress. BY MATT KELEMEN PHOTOGRAPHY BY BARBARA KRAFT F loral design at Wynn Macau and Encore is about so much more than décor. Selecting and placing colorful perennials and sea- sonal blooms at the resorts is a serious design consideration. "We're not merely using them to have a flower arrangement in the lobby," says Roger Thomas, Vice President of Design for Wynn Design and Development. "We're so passionate about them that they take center stage. They're what we talk about in the very beginning of a new project. Everybody who is involved in flowers in the Wynn proj- ects shares that." In Macau, that includes Thomas, floral directors Meibo Woo and Samantha Tang, and Steve Wynn himself, who is practically a patron of the floral arts. "The discussion of floral is always part of the initial concept," Thomas explains. "Scale is really important in achieving the kinds of floral expressions we're trying to achieve, so that's always part of the floral con- cept. And then we also design floral expressions that are of heroic scale, so we have to devise ways that don't really exist to create those." Whether monumental or intimate, floral art can be seen throughout Wynn Macau and Encore, from the restaurants to the guest rooms. Walk into the lobby of the Wynn Club and you'll be greeted by the kind of artistry the Wynn team strives for: an entire wall of flowers behind the reception desk. The design is sculptural, the color palette reflecting Wynn Design's preference for bright oranges, lime greens, fuchsia pinks, and periwinkle blues. The goal was to create something celebratory, says Thomas, letting guests feel as if "they've arrived at a party in progress." "We mirrored the wall and spent six months developing a method of putting fresh flowers in the wall in the shapes and outline of flowers," he FLORAL ARTISTRY 72 WYNN MACAU SPOTLIGHT