Three days in vegas - for work - yields some amazing inspiration. Really great textures and technology and typography. Everything about Vegas is just over the top. We stayed t the Aria Hotel and Casino and were amazed at the amount of finishes in that place. So many different tiles, colors of glass and patterns galore. How does anyone fund a place like that? Oy!

My room was fabulous! Super comfortable king size bed, programable lights, music/tv, curtains and etc. I loved the bathtub shower combo stall - genius! I had read that the room would "greet" me upon arrival and sure enough - opened the door and the lights turned on, curtains opened and music started playing. A totally unnecessary but appreciated detail. The views from my 24th floor room were spectacular even though I had a "mountain" view rather than city ...

But come on, how could you hate laying in bed and looking at this??

We hit a good majority of the major hotels and retail outlets. And found some really beautifully designed spaces. Sadly there were not a whole lot of people shopping in them...

The coolest piece of technology was at the Hard Rock Cafe on the strip - a fully interactive screen that has archives of all memorabilia in all of the HRC's around the world. We stayed and played with this wall for quite a while. It was fabulous to see since we are creating something similar for a Hospital project. Nothing like seeing these things in action!

And rather than gambling our money away, we ate it!! So much good food it's hard to know where to begin.... we dined at most of the hotspots inside the Aria and were not disappointed. The food was outstanding and they even got me to eat foie gras custard brulee that wasn't too bad. We had the most mind blowing dessert at Jean Georges Steakhouse - salted caramel ice cream with candied peanuts, caramel popcorn, valrohna chocolate and whipped cream. O. M. G. and some fabulous small plates at Julian Serrano. Oh and crepes from Jean Philippe just as we were heading out of town.  Everything was top notch!