Press & Accolades
February 10, 2010
The Callin Fortis-designed space's true wonder is the vinyl ceiling that mirrors the entire space, causing a bit of disorientation - or is that just the cocktails?"
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February 5, 2010
"Echoing the privileged pomp of Prohibition days, the B Bar in the basement of The Betsy has just opened in Miami Florida, offering a sumptuous take on a speakeasy, designed
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February 2, 2010
"The Gatecrasher lion, so symbolic of the brand's glory days, may have hung up its glow sticks and laid down in the ashes of the Sheffield club, but Gatecrasher has
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February 1, 2009
The Miami-based designer is responsible for envisioning some of the most famous nightclubs in the world, developing an empire based on offering people a good time. His award-winning concepts have
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October 15, 2008
(Birmingham) - An interview with Callin Fortis, founder of US-based Bigtime Design, on his conceptual design for the new £5 million Gatecrasher Birmingham. Callin Fortis, founder of Bigtime Design, is
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October 1, 2008
The Gatecrasher lion, so symbolic of the brand’s glory days, may have hung up its glow sticks and laid clown in the ashes of the Sheffield club, but Gatecrasher has
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September 2, 2008
To this end, Gatecrasher has spent £5million and hired famed American club designer Cal Fortis, the man behind the Crobar venues in New York and Miami, to transform The Works
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September 1, 2008
Gatecrasher have enlisted the expertise of designers Big Time Design, headed up by a legendary nightclub designer Callin Fortis, to create the ultimate Miami style club experience, devised in Ibiza,
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August 15, 2008
100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN NIGHTLIFE As the duo behind international clubhouse Crobar, Ken Smith and Cal Fortis are a power team. Fortis creates the ambiance and Smith keeps
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April 10, 2008
WORLD'S TOP NIGHTCLUB DESIGNERS: BIGTIME DESIGN Designer, nightlife impresario and Bigtime co-founder Callin Fortis primarily known for the nightclub design and branding of the international and award-winning brand of
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January 1, 2008
CROBAR IMPRESARIO RETURNS Designer, nightlife impresario and Big Time founder Callin Fortis – primarily known for designing and branding the international and award-winning brand of Crobar night-clubs – is
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October 10, 2007
COVER STORY: 6TH ANNUAL CLUB WORLD AWARDS Big Time Design wins the Best Nightclub Renovation and gets nominated for Best Nightclub Interior Design for their work on Cameo
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September 1, 2007
COVER STORY: NIGHTLIFE'S 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE The iPod of nightlife might not be the perfect analogy, but it certainly matches the type of brand recognition crobar enjoys. The
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July 2, 2007
COVER STORY: CAMEO - MIAMI'S HOTTEST NEW CLUB Cameo is the brainchild of Callin Fortis, club owner and designer (Big Time Design), and, with his business partner, Ken Smith,
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July 1, 2007
CLUB DESIGNERS With Cameo, Chicago kingpin Callin Fortis undid his crobar creation and remade it in the likeness of the Palladium of the past. Picture Wright retrofitting the insides
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June 1, 2007
CAMEO, MIAMI The start of 2007 saw a new venue, Cameo, join the competitive Miami club scene. A replacement for the popular Crobar club, it is a collaboration between
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April 15, 2007
“It’s going to happen,” says designer Cal Fortis, who is sitting in a small office in the Cameo Theatre, chain-smoking Marlboro Light 100s, talking about his attempt to remake his
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March 5, 2006
HEAVY When asked what his favorite aspect of his job is, Crobar brand Co-owner and Co-creator Ken Smith says nothing of mingling with celebrities, rubbing elbows with the greatest
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