Falling in love with the Jumeirah Al Qasr in Dubai is easy. Stretching out for 40 hectares along the coat of the UAE, this glittering resort exudes luxury and style from every inch of its paradisial setting. But it’s much more than beauty and glamour that make the complex’s Madinat Arena special to Luke Bonner. […]
Automotive pioneer Henry Ford hated market research. When explaining why, he supposedly said, “if I asked customers what they wanted when I started, they would have said ‘a faster horse.’” More than a century after Ford launched his namesake company, his quip would lend its name to one of country music’s highest profile festivals. With […]
Asked how he’d like to be remembered as a designer, this Los Angles based video and VFX content creator didn’t point to any of his singular accomplishments, of which there are many; instead he suggested that perhaps it would be for some future project not yet started. Clever? Yes, but those familiar with the award-winning […]
Tungsten made its first appearance in an electric lamp in 1903. The grayish, white element has been captivating people with its warm, engaging glow ever since. Even as old school filament fixtures have been largely replaced by more efficient LED units, simulated tungsten-like looks are prominently featured in lighting designs. Julien Reux, of Black Lantern […]
Perched atop a worn and rugged 321 meter high mudstone hill, the ruins of Castell Dinas Brân have inspired a sense of awe, and a more than a bit of storytelling, over the past nine centuries. There was, legend has it, a Norman knight who upon learning that no one was brave enough to remain […]
“Every reunion is a type of heaven,” an American philosopher wrote over 100 years ago. This piece of paradise was in the air at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD on Thursday May 20 when Toby Keith kicked off his “Country Comes To Town” tour. Stepping onto the stage, the country superstar […]
Throughout its eight year history, this column has been focused exclusively on individual designers. What better way, we reasoned, to explore the mysterious, lonely process of turning a blank page (or computer screen) into a living, breathing and vibrant design than to delve into the creative soul of the person responsible for making that magic? […]
“I apologize for such a long letter, I didn’t have time to write a short one,” Mark Twain reportedly once told a friend. The 19th century American humorist liked to recount this story to emphasize the power of minimalism. In his case, this involved paring language down to its core to make more powerful points […]
Asked to describe his impression of Global Citizen’s Vax Live, The Concert To Reunite The World, Tom Kenny answers with a simple six-word phrase, “Full of Grace, Full of Light.” The globally televised event, which raised $302 million, enough to procure 26 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, was certainly all of that. There was […]
With its vintage Moorish architecture, complete with domed ceilings and towering minarets, the Saltair Pavilion looks as if it popped out of a vintage movie. The building and its predecessors, the first of which was built in 1893, has indeed been featured in multiple films and music videos. It’s even been the subject of a […]
There are no demarcations in the red hot center of the creative process where different visions hurtle toward one another at blistering speeds, surrendering much of their individual identities along the way, to give rise to something new and truly unique. Over the past 25 years, this Munich-based designer has become accomplished at navigating his […]
It was hard for Matthieu Larivée to believe the words he was hearing from Chantal Chamandy when she called one day in 2007. Larivée had created lightshows for a few theatre concerts by the Egyptian-born Québécois singer, and now on the other end of the line, there she was asking him to design a show […]