NOTED DESIGNER ON DISPLAY

DHome Magazine : Dallas' Best Designers

by Peggy Levinson

Noted designer Stephen Stefanou may hang his hat in Dallas, but he makes the impossible possible all over the world.

Catching up with Stephen Stefanou is not an easy feat considering how fast he moves. And thinks. And talks. Stefanou created larger-scale displays around the world in places like Rockefeller Center. And he's done it for 30 years. He's responsible for the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. He also created a cranberry bog in the shape of the Olympic circle using 13 million cranberries for the Olympics in Vancouver.

Q: If you could do anything in Dallas, what would it be?

A: I would transorm the new Woodall Rodgers Park into a Rockefeller Center, complete with a decorated 100-ft tree. I would construct vertical greenery walls all around the Arts Center to define it and creates some excitement. People won't come back if there's notherin to talk about.