Posts Tagged ‘designer’
A Great Way to Learn Vectorworks
March 28, 2013
A Great Way to Learn Vectorworks This is shameless self promotion, but I wouldn’t do that if I didn’t think it would help people. Last Week, Nemetschek Vectorworks announced the publication of the second edition of my book:Entertainment Design; Scenic, Lighting and Sound, with Vectorworks Spotlight 2013. Second Edition. This volume is about 40 pages longer than [...]
2013 | Architecture, Design Basics, Teaching, VectorWorks, VWX Spotlight and Design | Tags: Architecture, design, designer, drawing, KLAD, learn, lighting, Lighting Design, research, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, Theatre, tools, TV, VectorWorks, writingComments (0)
Some designers are just crazy
February 6, 2013
or maybe ignorant, despite years of education and practice. As Lighting Designers, we should agree here, but as designers, we just don’t think you can reject most of the elements of design. Sorry. Saw this piece at Dezeen this morning. Then tossed it off and had to go hunting for the post in order to [...]
2013 | Architecture, set design critique | Tags: Architecture, design, designer, KLAD, Lighting DesignComments (1)
Vintage Office Supplies!
January 7, 2013
The family fortune was made and lost in the typewriter and stationery business, Maybe that’s why we love this stuff. It’s certainly ancillary to the set and lighting design business, and now so much is antiquated, but still. We do need some of these items from time to time, but paperless is the way we [...]
2013 | Industrial Design, Inspiration | Tags: design, designer, KLAD, Lighting Design, scenic design, set designComments (1)
Holiday Gift Guide – Jewelry for Designers (and others)
December 19, 2012
This is not a guest blog post, but thanks to the unnamed, former stage manager, and now theatrical General Manager, with whom I once (and maybe future) worked. Actually, more than once. And I suppose these are most likely for theatrical and film designers, probably not fashion or graphic designers. And travelers of all stripes. [...]
2012 | Holiday Gift Guide | Tags: costume design, design, designer, Lighting Design, scenic design, set design, VectorWorksComments (0)
Holiday Gift Guide For Sound Designers
November 27, 2012
by Scott O’Brien, Guest Blogger Scott O’Brien (composer/sound designer) has designed and engineered theatre, dance and concert programs at Lincoln Center, Riverside Church, Theatre North Collaborative, American Stage Company, Centenary Stage, The Abingdon Theatre, George Street Playhouse and the World Financial Center. He is the Resident Composer/Sound Designer for American Globe Theatre and Theatre East (both [...]
2012 | Guest Blogger, Holiday Gift Guide | Tags: adventures, designer, gift guide, guest blogger, holiday, TheatreComments (0)
Set Design Happens….
September 25, 2012
In a BBQ joint during lunch, we designed a set for a musical. We were having our initial meeting with the director, and in between getting to know each other and looking over menus, we began to discuss the show. Luckily, the restaurant provided something to draw on, and Kevin quickly took advantage. When the [...]
2012 | Events, From the Road, Humor, The Studio, The Work | Tags: adventures, design, designer, drawing, Inspiration, KLAD, Lighting Design, research, scenic design, set design, sets, TheatreComments (0)
About that cocktail napkin sketch….
August 14, 2012
Designers have to find ways to communicate with clients across a broad spectrum of industries. The default way many of us do that is by quickly sketching out an idea on whatever blank surface is within reach. As in many aspects of life, business is often conducted in a social setting, over a drink, a [...]
2012 | Art for Art's Sake, Happy Hour, Humor, Inspiration, The Studio | Tags: adventures, cocktails, design, designer, drawing, drinks, Inspiration, KLAD, pens, scenic design, set designComments (0)
Cool Tool for the Traveling Set Designer
August 2, 2012
Our KLAD studio is tricked out with the tools a set designer in the 21st century needs to be on top of the game. However, no matter how great Skype is, or how much the internet helps streamline research, or how powerful Vectorworks is, we still have to take our show on the road. We [...]
2012 | Architecture, From the Road, Industrial Design, The Studio, Theatre, VectorWorks | Tags: Architecture, design, designer, drawing, Inspiration, KLAD, scenic design, set design, Theatre, VectorWorksComments (0)
Does Design Have To Work?
June 8, 2012
“Designers are artists of real issues. We are not creating art by any means, art is a selfish act and design is a social act.” -unknown. I’ve been contemplating this quote for quite a while. When I first read it, I was a bit put off. I make my living by design, and there’s always [...]
2012 | Architecture, Design Basics, Industrial Design, set design critique | Tags: adventures, Architecture, art, design, designer, environmentComments (0)
KLAD’s Latest Pop up – It’s all Set Design
May 15, 2012
We’re really excited about one of our latest projects - a pop-up in Times Square. Its happening very soon, so keep checking back, I’ll be posting photos of the process and progress. Here’s the shot of the raw space, taken during our first meeting and initial site survey. Tweet
2012 | Architecture, The Studio, The Work, Theatre, VectorWorks | Tags: adventures, Architecture, color, design, designer, drawing, KLAD, Lighting Design, scenic design, set design, sets, TheatreComments (0)
Jens Risom celebrating nearly a century of iconic design
May 8, 2012
“Comfort vs. function in furniture can be quickly resolved. A well designed sofa settles the question in one sitting” – Jens Risom
2012 | Industrial Design, Inspiration | Tags: art, color, design, designer, Inspiration, Modernism, museumComments (0)
Pantone Chocolate Please
May 6, 2012
It has been way too long since I’ve indulged in my love of food and drink here on the blog. We’ve been so busy here in the KLAD studio that I haven’t had time to cook, bake or mix up classic cocktails in forever. I do find minutes here and there to read food blogs, [...]
2012 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Inspiration | Tags: adventures, art, color, colour, design, designer, InspirationComments (0)
I remember when MiMo didn’t have a name…
April 3, 2012
…it was just architecture, or more directly, and simply, the buildings. Not even that really, as I didn’t yet have a set designer’s vocabulary or a lighting designer’s appreciation for the way the sun, and neon lit the sculpted facades. Well, maybe the neon, who doesn’t love neon. These are the things that make up [...]
2012 | Architecture, From the Road, Inspiration | Tags: adventures, Architecture, color, colour, design, designer, KLAD, Lighting Design, Modernism, set designComments (0)
Art Director’s Note Book: Modernist Furniture Pieces
December 30, 2011
Here are a few pieces I’ve archived as inspiration research for dressing some of the sets we design at KLAD. These pieces may not yet be available on the general market, they serve as jumping off points for creating a look, mood, feeling and may speak to a character or setting that is essential to [...]
2011 | Inspiration | Tags: design, designer, elegant, environment, Inspiration, lighting, Lighting Design, Modernism, scenic design, set design, setsComments (0)
I really want to love this, but…
October 12, 2011
Here’s a chandelier designed by Thomas Feichtner, featured at Dezeen Platform. It is a teardrop crystal suspended from a black bent tube. The tube houses an LED that points up towards the crystal. When I first glanced at this, my eye went directly to the chunky black tube. No, No, No, the focal point should [...]
2011 | Industrial Design, Inspiration | Tags: adventures, design, designer, lighting, Lighting Design, researchComments (1)
Love as a metaphor for a War metaphor?
June 21, 2011
Uncrate recently turned us on to the Kiki De Montparnasse Chess Set. A far cry from most chess sets. Chess, is, of course, a game of war and strategy. War is the metaphor for the movement, play and strategy. War, Medieval War, is usually the visual metaphor for the design of the playing pieces. In [...]
2011 | Design Basics | Tags: designer, drawing, Modernism, set designComments (0)
First The Set Designers Came For The Carps…
March 11, 2011
Now our intrepid set designers have their sights on the scenic painters. In our last edition of Designers Know Best, we took you on a little tour of the shop and highlighted some of the early work of the carpenters. Obviously, they were thrilled with us during our visit and greeted us enthusiastically today upon [...]
2011 | From the Road, Humor, Television, The Studio, The Work, Uncategorized | Tags: adventures, art, color, design, designer, happiness, KLAD, paint, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, TVComments (1)
Set Designers in the Shop – Take Cover!
March 10, 2011
KLAD made a field trip today to check on the progress of three sets we’re having built. It is always gratifying to see our set designs coming to life, and to spend a little time with the carpenters and scenic painters that make it happen. The shop has just started, so there are [...]
2011 | From the Road, Television, The Studio, The Work | Tags: adventures, design, designer, KLAD, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, TVComments (0)
Set Design Inspiration: Modernism Week
February 22, 2011
It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs, CA! If, like us hard working set designers here at KLAD, you couldn’t get out to CA this year, I’ve added some links to Modernism Week, and the spectacular Dinah Shore house designed by the super talented Modernist Architect, Donald Wexler. I’ll be posting nuggets of information as I [...]
2011 | Architecture, Events, Inspiration | Tags: Architecture, art, design, designer, elegant, environment, Inspiration, Modernism, researchComments (0)
Drafting of Design: Vintage Tools of the Trade
December 20, 2010
Every once in awhile when I need to step away from technology and all its wonderfulness, I spend a few minutes on Shorpy.com. Here you can get a glimpse into the past, slow down and quietly contemplate how much things have changed and really, how much of life is constant through time. Today I happened [...]
2010 | Architecture, Inspiration, The Studio, VectorWorks | Tags: Architecture, design, designer, drawing, KLAD, pens, scenic design, set design, VectorWorksComments (2)
Chuck Jordan – A Driving Force in Design
December 16, 2010
Chuck Jordan, a passionate designer of some of the most beloved and popular General Motors car and trucks passed away last week at 83. Jordan joined General Motors in 1949 after graduating from MIT. He began his career working on trucks, tractors and trains. His talent grabbed attention and he was moved to GM’s advanced [...]
2010 | From the Road, Industrial Design | Tags: adventures, art, design, designerComments (0)
Scotch Review; The Balvenie
November 30, 2010
We recently helped our friends, and neighbors Joseph and Terry DeLucia with a few minor details in their newly renovated kitchen. They did an amazing job. I give their kitchen our highest praise; it looks almost as good as if we designed it! In return for minor assistance, the DeLucias provided a major reward; a [...]
2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: designer, drinks, set design, Television, TheatreComments (1)
Revolutionary Industrial Designer Eliot Noyes
November 22, 2010
In 1940, Eliot Noyes was named the first director of the new Industrial Design Department at MoMA. He befriended Charles and Ray Eames, putting them front and center on the modern design stage. Noyes is one of the under-recognized architects of the Modern movement, a Harvard trained architect whose structures include World’s Fair pavilions, homes, [...]
2010 | Architecture, Industrial Design, Inspiration | Tags: Architecture, art, design, designer, Inspiration, ModernismComments (0)
Dream Design -Glitz, Glamour, Gangsters
August 18, 2010
The Golden Age of Hollywood gave us a fantasy world that was carefully created by the big studios. Set Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design and cinematography were artfully used to create a living dream. People with talent and ability were made into stars, their names, look, speech and lifestyle were developed by the studios to [...]
2010 | Film, Inspiration | Tags: art, design, designer, elegant, Inspiration, KLAD, lighting, Lighting Design, scenic design, set design, setsComments (1)
When Whimsy Works
July 29, 2010
“I swallowed the stuff. For a moment I felt as if somebody had touched off a bomb inside the old bean, and was strolling down my throat with a lighted torch, and then everything seemed to get all right.” -PG Wodehouse. Carry on, Jeeves Today a touch of serendipity came my way as I was [...]
2010 | Art for Art's Sake, Humor, Inspiration | Tags: art, design, designer, happiness, Inspiration, KLAD, lighting, Lighting Design, Modernism, researchComments (1)
A few good Vectorworks Downloads
February 28, 2010
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 [...]
2010 | Teaching, The Work, VectorWorks | Tags: design, designer, drawing, lighting, Lighting Design, scenic design, set design, Television, Theatre, tools, TV, VectorWorks, writingComments (0)
Manolo blogs about MY shoes!
February 26, 2010
Good shoes are important accessories. First they make a solid statement about the individual. Second, proper shoes provide proper support for the back. Never skimp on shoes. Manolo has a terrific blog about shoes done with reverence and humor. He has been on our blog roll for a long time. I have had his blog [...]
2010 | Inspiration | Tags: color, design, designer, elegant, set design, sets, shoes, Television, TheatreComments (0)
4 Ski Slopes
February 25, 2010
It’s double sided, remember? You did read yesterday’s post? If not, scroll down. Tweet
2010 | The Work | Tags: design, designer, environment, green, signageComments (0)
65 Designers, no waiting
February 23, 2010
Cliff Kuang has an interesting post up at Fast Company on personality traits of designers. The Myers-Briggs personality test was taken by 65 designers, and skipping over the charts and graphs – you can see them if you click on the above link – here are the findings, as described by Kuang: According to the [...]
2010 | Teaching | Tags: Architecture, art, color, colour, design, designer, drawing, lighting, Lighting Design, museum, research, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, Theatre, TV, VectorWorks, writingComments (0)
20 Years of Photoshopping
February 19, 2010
I haven’t been using Photoshop for 20 years, but close. My first version was 2.0. My friend Chris Klug suggested that Photosop and (then) Fractal Design Painter (now Corel Painter) would change the way I make art. He was right, as usual. Undo with an airbrush is an unbelievable technical advance. Of course, that does [...]
2010 | The Studio, VectorWorks | Tags: adobe, design, designer, drawing, paint, Photoshop, scenic design, set design, sets, signs, tools, VectorWorksComments (3)
36 Basic Vectorworks Classes
February 11, 2010
This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post about Vectorworks Layers. Now as then, I’ll put most of the nitty gritty after a break. If you’re interested in Vectorworks and speak the lingo, click through. If not, scroll down, there are (we like to think) lots of other interesting things to read and comment on, especially [...]
2010 | Television, Theatre, VectorWorks | Tags: Architecture, design, designer, drawing, lighting, Lighting Design, projection design, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, Theatre, tools, TV, VectorWorksComments (1)
8 Basic Vectorworks Layers
February 10, 2010
This post is based on a currently ongoing discussion on the Vectorworks Theatre Discussion e-Mailing List. I’m going to put most everything ‘below the fold’ here as if you’re not a Vectorworks user, the rest of the post might as well be written in an Alien language. Tweet
2010 | Teaching, Television, Theatre, VectorWorks | Tags: Architecture, designer, drawing, lighting, Lighting Design, projection design, scenic design, set design, sets, Television, Theatre, tools, TV, VectorWorksComments (0)
More than 70 Concept Cars
February 5, 2010
But why do none of these fly? Concept cars, like Haute Couture allow designers’ imaginations to soar, even if four wheels are required on the ground. It is interesting to see the influence of set design on industrial design. Many of these vehicles and some current production vehicles all conjure images of Tim Burton/Anton Furst’s [...]
2010 | Industrial Design, Inspiration | Tags: design, designer, drawing, environment, Film, Industrial Design, Inspiration, scenic design, set design, TelevisionComments (0)
Modernist Design Master: Catalano
January 29, 2010
Eduardo Fernando Catalano (1917-2010) a brilliant modernist architect from Buenos Aries passed away yesterday. I’ve been a fan of his work since I was introduced to the “Raleigh House” I love the dynamic energy of his hyperbolic roof lines. I think the word hyperbolic is cool too. Check out Triangle Modernist Houses for more on [...]
2010 | Architecture, Art for Art's Sake, Inspiration | Tags: Architecture, art, design, designer, Modernism, research, scenic design, set designComments (0)
2 responses to 1 offense
January 20, 2010
Lorraine of Ouno Design responded to my post yesterday on her blog in the comments. I followed suit. Chime in here or there. Tweet
