For the past few months I have encountered a lot of concept art. Some as set design concepts, some in other fields. Much more so than usual it seems. Certainly enough to find inspiration. That last statement has more to do with the quality of the art than mere quantity. Simply put, concept art is [...]
I finally watched Mad Men on Sunday. I know, I know, as a tragically trendy urbanist, I should’ve been all over this show. The production values are excellent, from production design to props to wardrobe, hair, make-up, lighting and cinematography. But I wasn’t. Why? You ask? Well, it is, as I say to my relentlessly [...]
We’ve never worked in a Festival before. I knew that NYMF has a 30 minute turnaround, but, I don’t think that includes seating the audience. The MITF has a 15 minute turnaround, including getting the audience in, seating the audience and starting the performance. There are financial penalties to the production if the ‘curtain’ is [...]
KLAD is proving scenic design and props and collaborating with an extraordinary group of people, including Director Dennis Courtney on a new play, Civil War Voices, opening on Saturday July 24 as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF). I was so moved by this work, it is not about specific battles or the [...]
Set Design is an assemblage of many different talents and skills. One of those required is the use of typography and calligraphy. Hats off to set and lighting designer Cris Dopher for calling attention to this blog post about type designer and calligrapher Richard Lipton. I had not heard of the publicity shy Richard Lipton, [...]
Although I saw a great many terrific things at the ETC; portfolios, Shadyside, the space and projects, I was there to lecture. If I have the schedule correctly, the ETC invites a prominent speaker to visit each week and address the students on Wednesday afternoons. The sessions are scheduled for two hours including Q&A. In [...]
This could change the way site surveys and meeting are conducted! We’re used to passing pads around at meetings so thoughts can be expressed. Then someone takes the notes away to digitize and distribute. Well, if this experimental drawing package Freeform from Ember becomes an actual App, then the world will have been suitably changed. [...]
Not for us, but for our client; PPI. We’ll take as much credit as possible, though. We learned recently that PPI has been cited by the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards for their work on new studios and control for The Transportation Security Administration division of the Department of Homeland Security. KLAD, of course, provided the [...]
For a long time we have had a section on the main site for downloads. The intent has always been to post some of our standard Vectorworks files like Default Stationery and Default Textures. Never got around to that. Until today. Nothing is ever perfect, especially files that need to continually evolve. So we hope [...]
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