Client: Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Location: New York, NY, United States
Completion date: 2016
Artwork budget: $250,000
Project Team
Artist
Josh Held
Josh Held Design
Artist
Carlita Alexander
Josh Held Design
Other
Brian Orter
BOLD Lighting
Overview
This project was a full gut renovation of an 8,200 sqft lobby in the heart of New York City. We
started by clearing the canvas and envisioning the W Hotel guest experience of the future for this well-established brand. The space tells the story and history of theater, light and the people of Times Square.
One of the art installations is an LED piece at the Welcome Desk and the VIP platform.
Goals
This particular piece of art pays tribute to binary hexadecimal displays by using a very high tech individually addressable LED to create patterns, text, and images in a very analog way. There are 1,652 12" LED fixtures programmed to run a variety of shows.
Process
Josh Held Design was the creative director and concept generator for the piece and we worked with the extraordinary teams at BOLD Lighting and Starwood W Hotels to bring this evolving creation to life.