Spun, not shaken. .(Tabu Ultra Lounge.)(Brief Article)
Interior Design, July, 2003
Because Las Vegas is all about dazzle, designer Jeffrey Beers poured on the lighting effects at Tabu Ultra Lounge, inside the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. Among the first examples that guests encounter are six rotating towers behind the main bar. "They're meant to activate the area," says Beers.
At 8 feet tall, each dichroic-glass tower is divided by stainless-steel disks into compartments that hold bottles of liquor; the glass is covered by an iridescent film that breaks reflected light into spectral components. As the towers spin, their color changes--from violet to red to blue--and bottle images appear, hologram-like, on the surface of the glass. Meanwhile, the bar's concrete top acts as a screen for a projected cycle of photographic images: nudes, natural...
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