Lewis Miller's floral hooliganism through the streets of New York

The artist invites passersby to reflect on the need for natural beauty in everyday spaces, filling emblematic places in the city of skyscrapers with floral arrangements.

When you think of New York, you may see a multitude of ideas in your head, from asphalt to glass, bridges, iron or the Statue of Liberty itself, but hardly anything that has to do with flowers comes to mind. However, for Lewis Miller , born and raised in California, it is completely the opposite.

Lewis Miller, from horticulture to art.

This artist, who studied horticulture and landscape design, has been determined to make huge floral arrangements brighten up unexpected places, emptied of multicoloured life. This is where his Flower Flashes came from, a project with which he brightens the day of New York passers-by as they pass by telephone booths (his most famous work, on the Upper West Side, being one of the last in the Big Apple), subway stations, garbage cans, traffic lights or signs, since these have huge floral arrangements.

Flower Flashes, temporary installations with a message.

Sometimes passersby even pick up some as souvenirs, as another of Miller's maxims is that his designs disappear within a few hours to contribute to the unusual and fleeting experience of the installation.

A “naughty” and team-based artistic work.

This almost vandalistic work or that of a few hooligans with a love for nature is carried out together with his “magnificent and good-hearted team, in constant search of beauty”, as he defines them on his website.

We seek to create an emotional response through flowers and give New Yorkers the same experience we give our customers.

Lewis Miller