I'm pretty convinced that Vegas carpet is that loud to cover up vomit and blood stains.

I think I saw this same post- but made to look different- over at Cafe Cartolina. Her site is amazing so I understand why it would be copied.........

Took me four minutes to tear my eyes away from that fourth paisley. It's like Hypnotoad.

@ businessgypsy
I was thinking the same thing while looking at th- all glory to the hypnotoad

I'm just trying to imagine looking at any of them after 5 gin & tonics... the mind boggles!

I love the first one, in a weird way! I can't imagine living with it, but it has some appeal kind of like an ethnic embroidered shawl or something... I'm printing the photo and suggesting it as an option for the new carpeting for my library's renovation! (THIS will be fun!)

"I'm pretty convinced that Vegas carpet is that loud to cover up vomit and blood stains."

And you'd be wrong.

Casinos are purposely designed to confuse gamblers so that they can't easily find an exit or tell what time it is - thereby increasing gameplay.

The bright colors, loud noises and rythmic flashing lights are intended to amp up the energy in the space by inspiring a false sense of hope in gamblers - making them more inclined to pay attention to what's going on the the room and stay engaged in the games.

So the vomit/blood stain thing is just a bonus then. Go figure!

It goes against my design sensibilties, but I can't help but think how fun it would be to have an area rug out of the first one.

(LOTS of chuckles!) Having worked in a couple of Laughlin, NV casinos, these pics are pretty familiar. Bepsf is right - they're designed to confuse the patrons. They also help disguise dropped coins and tokens.

And yeah, a small area rug of some of these would be kind of cool.

Mr. Maluszynski should put Vegas wallpapers on his list of projects - the first casino I worked in had red flocked wallpaper in some areas that was rather reminiscent of old bordellos.

Why anyone would want to go to a place with such a hideous environment full of traps and tricks to make you spend (lose?) all your money is beyond me.

Seeing as how the Wired article is dated Sept. 1 and the Cafe Cartolina entry is dated Sept. 2, I think the "inspiration" might be happening the other way 'round. Or could it be.... coincidence??

Feeling.... Very.... Dizzy.... About now.

If this is to confuse gamblers, then can someone please explain movie theater carpet? Its just as nauseating.

@LyndaFitz really? Isn't that the whole point of inspiration? Not much is original if you really think about it. I can get you a stool if you'd like to get off that horse.

Wherever the 'inspiration' came from, I dig it!

I actually kind of like the last one...

But yeah, when you can get dizzy just looking at a little square of these carpets, imagine what it feels like when you're really drunk and trying to find the elevators or the front door...

If you click on the actual site, the Encore's carpet is wonderful! In real life, it goes with the rest of the place.

The hotels aren't that confusing--not the nice ones, like the Wynn and the Encore. No more confusing than a mall.

I love Las Vegas. Thanks so much for this.

Awesome! I want carpet number 4 so bad!

Hey GenMoore - if you had read my post you would know where my pictures came from. The pictures I featured are by a friend of my husbands who works at a pulp mill in BC - the Maluszynski pictures are professionally taken as part of a photographic assignment.
If it was important to clarify this you could just contact me. Happy to help :-)
Fiona