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Collection by Zach Edelson

Best of #ModernMonday: Set and Stage Design Today

Every Monday, @dwell and @designmilk invite fans and experts on Twitter to weigh in on trending topics in design.

Today we discussed design for set, stage, and temporary installations with @vsquaredlabs and @scottpaskstudio.

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2013: Sou Fujimoto Called a “cloud of steel,” Fujimoto’s gorgeous grid, assembled from 28 kilometers of white poles, is almost translucent. The barely visible roof, built from clear polycarbonate discs, ruffled in the breeze. Photograph © 2013 Jim Stephenson
2013: Sou Fujimoto Called a “cloud of steel,” Fujimoto’s gorgeous grid, assembled from 28 kilometers of white poles, is almost translucent. The barely visible roof, built from clear polycarbonate discs, ruffled in the breeze. Photograph © 2013 Jim Stephenson
Sunken Garden, Chase Manhattan Bank PlazaNew York, New York Completed in 1964, the subterranean brick-lined water garden features boulders Noguchi collected from Kyoto's Uji River.
Sunken Garden, Chase Manhattan Bank PlazaNew York, New York Completed in 1964, the subterranean brick-lined water garden features boulders Noguchi collected from Kyoto's Uji River.
Exterior of the Grand Budapest Hotel, created with miniatures. One place in particular loomed large as an influence, the Grand Hotel Pupp, the gem of Karlovy Vary, a famed spa town in the Czech Republic that hosts an annual film festival. It’s part of a strip of pastel-painted buildings on the Slovenska River in the city center, all painted in shades of tangerine, pistachio and bright yellow ochre that inspired Stockhausen. He says the exterior of the Pupp is the closest thing to the Grand Budapest.
Exterior of the Grand Budapest Hotel, created with miniatures. One place in particular loomed large as an influence, the Grand Hotel Pupp, the gem of Karlovy Vary, a famed spa town in the Czech Republic that hosts an annual film festival. It’s part of a strip of pastel-painted buildings on the Slovenska River in the city center, all painted in shades of tangerine, pistachio and bright yellow ochre that inspired Stockhausen. He says the exterior of the Pupp is the closest thing to the Grand Budapest.
He specified many reflective surfaces, including custom brass lamps and a gold-leaf wall covered in gold globes.
He specified many reflective surfaces, including custom brass lamps and a gold-leaf wall covered in gold globes.
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