Hasta La Ideas

Last October, we put together this post about Joel Bergman, Steve Wynn‘s in-house right-hand man in charge of architecture and many of the designs behind the buildings on Las Vegas’ famous strip. Now we’ve run across the other guy at Wynn’s design table (his left-hand man?), Roger Thomas, who has designed the interiors of nearly all of the developer’s properties, and who will have a spread in next month’s issue of Architectural Digest. But before that piece comes out, impress your friends and family with your knowledge of Rogers with this story of his career and his recent taking home of a “design icon” award at Vegas’ Winter Market. It’s also a fun piece to read about what’s sure to be the now-faded glory days for the city, before the evil economy bore its wicked fruit:

Thomas said it has been a challenge to work for clients who are willing to spare no expense to get results, but also have extremely high expectations.

For example, he has been allowed to spend millions to create a scale replica of a casino floor in a warehouse. But he also has been instructed to redesign a restaurant weeks before an opening because Wynn was not satisfied with the results.

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