Design

B Bar Design on Abduzeedo Daily Inspiration Blog

We were posted on design site Abduzeedo in their inspiration photo blog, RAWZ, for beautiful nightclub design. Nice to see the work appreciated by the masses and we got a bit of traffic we're assuming from night club lovers or at least those who loved the one-of-a-kind interior design of...

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Bottle Openers for Night Clubs with Style

We at Big Time like to work with the best in the industry when it comes to night club design. That means designers, architects, sound engineers, electricians...

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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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You can learn anything on Youtube; well almost anything

The social phenomenon is nothing short of, well...

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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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Callin Fortis & B Bar at the Betsy Hotel featured in Secret Society: Modern Speakeasy Style and Design

We're excited to announce the book release of SECRET SOCIETY featuring Callin Fortis and Big Time Design's award-winning speakeasy inspired project, B BAR, located in the Betsy Hotel in South Beach.               FROM THE BOOK "When asked what key elements create a successful nightlife venue, Fortis describes the need for a narrative: 'Without...

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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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