Nightclub Design

IFJ Magazine - B Bar at the Betsy Hotel

Bigtime Projects meet IFJ Magazine

IFJ Magazine, the Indian review of world furniture, interiors and design, included three Big Time projects in their July-August publication. Bubble Charlotte, B Bar at the Betsy Hotel and Crobar NY were included. ...

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Bubble Charlotte

Bubble Charlotte Project

With the grand opening of Bubble Charlotte on May 17th raining down great reviews from numerous press and publications, you may now feast your eyes on Big Time Design's latest creation!...

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Viva Las Vegas: Welcome Gansevoort

We at Big Time have a certain affinity for Las Vegas. One of Big Time's very own was married on the pirate ship at Treasure Island last year. It's history is as colorful and unlikely as they come.  Vegas started out serving as a stopover on the pioneer trails to the west,...

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Nightclub Design is now Re-design which is the new re-fit which is the new cool which is the new grey which was the old black

[caption id="attachment_907" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Rain Miami"][/caption] Over the years we've designed dozens of nightclubs, bars, and residential projects. In the process we've designed, then re-designed the same space on a few occasions. Two of them being Crobar Chicago and crobar at Cameo Theater in South Beach. Crobar Chicago was a re-design...

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Nightclub & Bar Convention

It's almost time for the years biggest nightclub,bar  and hospitality industry expo Nightclub&Bar in the lovely, wonderful and sinful Las Vegas. Aside from all the partying the convention is attended by 31,000+ visitors. The convention is the industries most renowned trade show when it comes to our favorite beverage and...

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Pop Up Bars migrating from L.A.

The whole pop-up bar or restaurant idea has it's roots in L.A. where it spread like wild fire and has now made its way over to the east coast and specifically Miami. A friend of ours here at BTD is managing a new popup in South Beach and we thought...

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Nightclub Design Evolution

One would think after all we've seen, from nightlife's eponymous crobar to cameo theatre miami, LIV, Marquee Las Vegas and all other nightclub bar raising mentionables left out, that the evolution of nightclub design (and production) had set the bar so high as to wonder how anyone could continue to...

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South Beach: Not Your Grandfathers Nightclub Anymore

When we arrived in Miami on a little beach called South in 1999 we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into or how our presence here would help raise the bar even in the slightest to the international fish bowl South Beach has become. I remember an Esquire...

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Coming Soon: nightclubdesign.com

[caption id="attachment_757" align="alignright" width="212" caption="Glow Chicago"][/caption] NIGHTCLUBDESIGN.COM These days almost every thing has it's place and home on the internet and every subject has a multitude of websites devoted to it.  For example, houzz.com, provides an exchange of ideas and projects for home remodeling and design that is inspiring to your average...

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Discover why nightclub designers are the life of a million dollar party.

Big Time Design's Callin Fortis speaks with Aspire, a business and luxury magazine exclusively published for business class and first class flights on Etihad airways. The article, Castles in the Clouds, says, "They're bold, beautiful and guarentee a good time. Discover why nightclub designers are the life of a million...

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