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Leon Max envisioned a major shift in strategy that relied on a revamped business plan supported by a new visual language for his retail environments. The objective of Max to expand his fashion line with 70 new stores nationwide and to target the e-commerce market is reviewed that inspired a name change from Max Studio to MaxStudio.Com.

Fifty-seven guest rooms including nine suites and contemporary interiors designed by Yabu Pushelberg, the hotel is a trendier younger sibling of the Four Seasons Hotels family.

Seoul-based Boon, a fashion retailer, desired an urban, New York City design for its new showroom and retail store. The firm hired Manhattan-based LOT/EK for the project. The firm developed a floating wall system consisting of flourescent-illuminated and semiopaque panels for the structure's interior.

Bottom Duvivier and Bernhard Blauel Architects designed the open-plan office space for RealNames Corp. in Redwood City, California. Fluorescent lighting with colored sleeves is wrapped around a core tower of enclosed rooms, which vibrantly animates the remaining open space.

A description is presented of the use of a lighting scheme for the interior design of shoe shop for Sketchers USA in Hollywood, CA. The design features a high-contrast illumination scheme by the Lighting Design Alliance.

The transformation of an alley into a community hub at Chess Park in Glendale, California is described.

Architect Satoshi Ohashi and Lighdesign have transformed the three floors at CAD center, Tokyo into a self-contained glowing metropolis. The lighting elements seemingly guide guests and workmen through the office.

Roppongi J, which is a nightspot, located in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo shows the convergence of the Eastern and Western Cuisine that is supported by a multicultural mix of design elements. Roppongi J, which is designed by David Rockwell of New York-based Rockwell group and has lighting effects by London-based Isometrix Lighting + Design, consists of a bar at the entry, an international restaurant with Japanese accent and an American restaurant.

A design firm, Jump studios, has been drafted by the Nike, U.K., marketing director to envision a work environment where the company could develop new products, market footwear and clothing lines to the buyers. In order to customize fixtures for different work environment, the designers collaborated with a lighting manufacturer.

The transformation of train stations throughout Spain from mere points of arrival and departure to entertainment and retail centers by the Spanish rail authority RENFE in partnership with developer Grupo Riofisa (NECSA) is described with particular reference to the Salamanca rail station. RTKL and T. Kondos Associates' innovative use of lighting to demarcate the daytime and nighttime avatars of the station is highlighted.

The designing of the advertising agency Fallon, New York in its new premises that is 28000 square foot home base within Cass Gilbert's landmark Woolworth building is described. According to the Map principal architect Morris Adjmi, they took some of the principles of its neo-gothic architecture and reinterpreted them in a modern way.

Jeff Shi focuses on design as a jeweler. When his new shop opened, D'Fly, he did the same when it came to the building.

MTV Online recently moved into a 145,000 square-foot building in the East Village of New York City. The building features innovative lighting and architectural forms. The article features photographs of the new building.

It's hard to classify Korn, the band that broke out of Bakersfield, CA, in 1995 and crashed categories and convention to create a new sound in music. Sometimes called new [...]

Tina Turner Roars Back on Tour Tina Turner tours like the best of them. The rock-and-roll veteran is out there strutting some pretty fantastic stuff on her current 24/7 World [...]

Gloria Hallelujah Pop diva Gloria Estefan found a New Year's resolution on Broadway. For her Millennium tour, which kicked off at the new American Airlines arena in Miami, she enlisted [...]

The Design Team of Kiss Me, Kate Talks About Brushing Up Cole Porter's Classic for Broadway The first Broadway revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate was filled with as [...]

Almost 20 years since the birth of the first moving light, the industry is breaking out of its adolescence. The playing field is much more crowded, compelling moving light manufacturers [...]

How often do you settle in for a Shakespeare play and see young fans scream out for their favorite player, 'Dromio, I wannna meet you!' How often does the Bard [...]

Meat Loaf has been an enduring staple of the global concert touring scene for more than two decades. His shows blend a theatrical style with powerful, lush musical tapestries that [...]

Look around you. It's no illusion that our everyday environments have an eye-catching luster. From malls to restaurants to airports and beyond, the marketplace is vying for our attention by [...]

An analysis of the lighting construction at the Royal Academy of Arts Restaurant, London by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) is presented.

The redesigned Hungerford Bridge in London plays an important role as a pedestrian route by creating a tourist loop that helps to connect the north and south banks of the river Thames. The redesigned construction consists of two new suspension footbridges that are attached to the sides of the existing, utilitarian railway bridge.

Elliott + Associated designed a new art gallery and bar in the Bricktown neighborhood of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The firm wanted the site to reflect its industrial past. In addition, the architects used colored lighting in the building which changes quarterly.

Six years ago, women's clothing designer and retailer Leon Max Inc. envisioned a major shift in strategy that relied on a revamped business plan supported by a new visual language for his retail environments. Max's lone-range goal was to expand his Los Angeles-based fashion line with 70 new stores nationwide and to target the fledgling e-commerce market that inspired a name change from Max Studio to MaxStudio.Com. To refashion the chain's visual identity for this massive build-out, Los Angeles-based architect George Yu was asked to create a customer-friendly signature design that would unify the company's image at various retail sites of different sizes across the country, then take the branding beyond, into Internet.

The Four Seasons hotel designed by the joint-venture team of architect Nikken Sekki and Takenaka Corp., one of Japan's largest design-build companies, creates an intimate reserve hovering above the bustle of Tokyo, Japan's Marunouchi business district. With only 57 guest rooms and contemporary interiors designed by Yabu Pushelberg, the hotel is a trendier younger sibling of the Four Seasons family. Toronto, Ontario-based partners Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu were brought in by the Four Seasons management group to forge the hotel's fresh identity and reflect the modern tastes of its young owner Hong Kong, China businessman Richard Li. The hotel's main public venues are centrally located on the seventh floor. Public areas are also enveloped in warm colors.

Concrete Architectural Associates was recently hired to renovate and expand the Supperclub nightclub in Amsterdam and to design another Supperclub site in Rome. The article focuses on the colorful lighting at the nightclub.

A description is presented of the use of a lighting scheme for the interior design of an office building for the Los Angeles County court system. The lighting system accommodates brightly and dimly lit rooms.

When commissioned to design a new 14,700-square-foot headquarters for CAD Center, a multimedia technology company in Tokyo, Japan, architect Satoshi Ohashi found inspiration in the kinetic, light-box energy of the surrounding streetscape. The progressive spirit and growth of the company, which has expanded its specialty from architectural computer graphics to include virtual reality, Web design, and digital visualization, reminded the architect of an urban microcosm — vibrant and in flux. Reflecting upon this metaphorical link between client culture and city, Ohashi set out to transform three floors of standard-issue office space into a self-contained, glowing metropolis. Built in four phases, the headquarters encompasses a first floor with an entry lobby, administrative space, and a gallery to showcase the company's projects.

This article focuses on lighting design of a building in Tokyo, Japan. In midtown Tokyo, Roppongi Hills is a new, $4 billion mixed-use redevelopment project by builder Minoru Mori that aims to be a premier international tourist destination and cultural center. Situated at the foot of Mori Tower, a 54-story office complex topped by a museum, is a low-rise galleria zone of 200 shops and restaurants. Lighting emphasizes the array of materials and creates a sense of movement through the space. The shimmering ambience is repeated by an illuminated, amber resin bar top that engages the senses.

This article focuses on the lighting architecture of the restaurant SEA in Brooklyn, New York City. The 7,500-square-foot restaurant, a former meatpacking warehouse, is the sixth SEA Thai Restaurant Group venue designed by Charoonkit Thahong. Vintage lighting fixtures and chairs are combined with tables and benches built from wood salvaged on-site. Other tables are Noguchi-inspired. Thahong devised a colored-lighting scheme to distinguish zones, red in the lounge, green in the dining area, and yellow at a second bar toward the back. In the center of the room, a reflecting pool inspired by Thailand's floating markets is presided over by a standing Buddha grazed by underwater spotlights.

Focuses on the business operation of South Park Fabricators, a design firm in San Francisco, California. Plans of the company to launch custom lighting fixtures; Collaboration of the management staff on the design and construction of interiors, facades and lighting fixtures; Information on Larissa Sand, owner of the company.

The article features the Mixed Greens art gallery in New York City, designed by Leven Betts Studio, lighting by Tillotson Design Associates. Architects David Leven and Stella Betts, principals of Leven Betts Studio, allowed the challenging conditions of the gallery's existing raw space to dictate the renovation. A deep central beam and five irregularly spaced columns led the architects to create a custom dropped ceiling as a unifying element.

This article informs that New York City's Symphony Space cultural center has updated its image in a marriage of architecture, graphics, and lighting. A new marquee is one signature of the renovation. Fashioned from an aluminum panel with laser-cut lettering designed by Pentagram, the marquee is intersected at the corner by a column inscribed with the names of performing arts disciplines. Cline Bettridge Bernstein transformed Polshek's Modernist composition into a beacon. End-emitting fiberoptic channels with metal-halide illuminators create the illusion of silhouetted letters. Fiber-optic channels also illuminate the text of the column, providing a consistent quality of light and color.

Recalling his boyhood, architect Jay Valgora says he enjoyed visits to the steel mill near Buffalo, New York, where his father worked. Valgora revisited this early fascination recently when his firm, Walker Group, was commissioned by the real estate company Filo to design the Max Ocio commercial center in Bilbao, Spain. Because the center's facade faces a main artery running through Bilbao, the design team used lighting to boldly accentuate materials and form for a signature look. A forced perspective main stair framed by panels connects four levels of the center. Colored fluorescents illuminate a series of perforated metal panels to give graphic interest to the side of the building.

Santiago Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain, is a mammoth“city within a city,” home to an opera house, planetarium, and an aquarium that was conceived by architect Felix Candela as a world beneath the sea. Clad in a thin white concrete shell, the Oceanographic Park's two-level main building emerges from a man-made lake in an arc that recalls the majestic pattern of a fish breaking the waves. Inside, a school of illuminated spheres floats in midair, echoing the organic forms of the marine life on exhibit.

Discusses how Montreal-based architect Jaime Bouzaglo has integrated lighting into design projects. Bouzaglo's passion towards the effects of shadow and light since childhood; Details of lighting effects used by Bouzaglo in projects.

Focuses on the architectural lighting of the main library in Orlando, Florida. Interest of architect Christopher Janney in music and in architecture; Type of lightings used by Janney on the library; Impact of the lightings on the passers.

Provides information on the 23-city concert tour of singer Marc Anthony which was aired by HBO in February and March 2000. Production design of the concert; Lighting design; Comments from production and set team members.