This Munich-based designer has earned global acclaim for his collaboration with Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) for artists like Adele, Phil Collins, and The Rolling Stones. Recently, he has been responsible for the co-lighting design of the current Rammstein stadium tour and Genesis’s Last Domino tour with WBD. Beyond the world of concert and touring, his […]

Pierre E. Roy of Agence de spectacles Pierre Roy says that he has “great respect for science,” but when it comes to design and art, he believes that feelings carry far more weight than so-called hard scientific evidence. Take the color purple, science says it does not really exist, but is made up by the […]

“I see the statue in the marble and chip away until I set it free,” Michelangelo is supposed to have said. The Renaissance genius was echoing a deep desire that has powered creatives of all types through the ages: to peel back external layers of expectations and reveal new possibilities! This sentiment is beautifully reflected […]

This Primetime Emmy nominated designer is always ready to acknowledge the industry legends who have helped him along the way. Among them is Joe Paradise, whose words years ago about showing restraint in lighting still ring in his head to this day. Happily though, there was one bit of advice from his early mentor that […]

Spanning time and more than a few changes in style, culture, and technology, as he’s navigated his way through concert, theatrical, broadcast, corporate, and just about every imaginable genre in his storied career, this English-born designer has worked relentlessly on the art (and science) of making lighting meet the moment. It’s a mission he is […]

Wishing is said to be a close cousin of hope. Hope, as philosophers remind us, “springs eternal,” crucial to our identity as humans. Perhaps this is why the ancient Etruscan custom of breaking a wishbone for the chance of having a dream come true continues to resonate today! This timeless energy runs through multi-platinum singer […]

Opportunity knocks in strange ways, sometimes even in the form of a crumpled piece of paper that lands on your desk. A little over 13 years ago, Justin Kitchenman was working at Premier Global Productions in their previz suite. Things were going well for the talented young LD from Philadelphia, and then one day, Creech […]

Music resides in the space between the notes. Composers from Mozart to Debussy have echoed this sentiment in one form or another for centuries – and with good reason, since without this subtle spacing, even the most soaring composition devolves into noise. This Belgian-based designer believes that the same principle applies to the lighting as […]

The transformative power of chemicals, comes not from the individual elements themselves, but from their interaction with one another. Combine hydrogen with oxygen and you get water. Put it together with nitrogen and out comes ammonia. Two very different results, indeed! The same, as every designer knows, is true of colors. The drama of their […]

Over 200,000 people attended Glastonbury 2025, an impressive number indeed, but not nearly as great as the 21 million who tuned into the BBC’s coverage of the iconic festival, plus the untold millions more who engaged on social media. Tim Fawkes was very mindful of both when he ran the show he designed for The […]

Anyone attending John Legend’s widely celebrated 20th anniversary tour earlier this year couldn’t help but be swept up in the chronological narrative of the iconic artist’s career. The star himself shared special moments with fans… flawlessly performed classic hits brought back memories… and the evocative imagery on stage conveyed a sense of time unfolding. The […]

The multiple award winner has earned the universal respect and admiration of his peers by combining a relentless attention to even the smallest detail with a fearless willingness to push his creative horizons in new, often uncharted directions. His distinctive work manages to be richly textured and nuanced without ever straying from the simplest and […]