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Tuesday, April 3

Inspiration: Horti-Couture

On the cover of the April/May 2012 issue of Fusion Flowers there is a breathtaking red gown made entirely out of red flowers! When you flip to the article you see behind the scene shots of what it took to make this "Horti-Couture" gown.

We cannot get over how amazing the dress is and the amount of labor it took to create it. 7 trained designers worked 9 hours straight to make the main part of this Naomi rose petal dress where each petal was attached by hand to the fabric dress form with florist's cold glue. They then worked through the night to create the intricate hem of the gown to look like "living lace" with carnations, spray roses, chrysanthemums with a hand gilded gold leaf center and more Naomi rose petals. After it was all said and done they glued on an amazing 10,000 Naomi rose petals to create this Horti-Couture gown.


Joe Massie the designer created this one of a kind look for ASDA's National Valentines Day 2012 campaign.


We can appreciate the workmanship of hand gluing the flowers in the Naomi rose petal dress since we have first hand experience in what it is takes to do that.

Couture floral dress by our lead designer Jennifer Lato. She used Cherry Blossoms for the entire dress, Orchids for the necklace and belt, Wax Flower for the top of the bodice and Black Eucalyptus for the trim
Large rosette bridal bouquet made with ivory rose petals hand glued to form a "larger than life" garden rose.

Bouquets to Art 2010 display in Gump's display window. We created this ballet inspired dress with a Birch bark bodice, succulent detailing, ivory rose petal bodice and an ostrich feather skirt.
We hope this inspires you as it did for us!

Thursday, March 29

Bouquets To Art 2012: deYoung Museum

"Celebrate spring at the de Young, with the return of Bouquets to Art, the glorious annual floral exhibition and fundraiser. This five-day event, now in its 28th year, is produced by the San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums, and features designs by 150 innovative floral designers who create displays that pay tribute to and draw inspiration from the de Young’s permanent art collection throughout the museum.Bouquets to Art is the largest fundraiser held to benefit the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Proceeds from this fundraiser support education and special exhibition programming at the Museums."

We hope you all got a chance to tour the de Young Museum during Bouquet's to Art this year or have gotten the chance to in past years, it really is something you don't want to miss.

Michael Daigian Design has been a part of this fabulous ode to art since it started 28 years ago.We had the honor of participating in Bouquets to Art once again this year with 2 special pieces of art as our inspirations, Cornelia Parkers "Anti-Mass" and Mark Rothko's "Untitled".

Michael's design inspiration was Mark Rothkos "Untitled 1949" and was featured in an article on the 2012 Bouquets to Art by the SFGate.

Image provided by SFGate. Read the full article here.

Jennifer Lato, our Lead Designer, was responsible for creating a beautiful floral sculpture inspired by Cornelia Parkers " Anti-Mass 1956".



For more information on Bouquets to Art at the de Young Click Here

The week leading up to Bouquets to Art we also had the amazing opportunity to create a special display for Gump's again this year, the inspiration was "taking flight". Gump's has been wonderful in supporting Michael and his talent for creating one of a kind floral displays.

The Egret was first made with fresh flowers for the " Taking Flight" event at Gumps.

The Egret was then made out of non-floral elements to have it looking good while it was on display for over a week.

Monday, April 12

Breaking News!! Gump's San Francisco MDD window display!!

Here is an exciting piece of Michael Daigian Design news. In anticipation of Bouquets to Art, starting April 19th, Michael Daigian Design was requested to do a display window installation at Gump's on Post Street.

The display was installed this morning, and although it was tough to take pictures with the reflections in the window, some still turned out good enough to post. MDD will be taking more pictures in the evening when reflections will not be an Issue. MDD would like to invite you to view the installation on Post Street at Gump's and hopes everyone can make it to Bouquets to Art next week!

We hope you enjoy the pictures...