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Villa Bagatelle - Hospitality & Hotel Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Villa Bagatelle

The mission statement was clear. Create a boutique hotel experience from an internationally acclaimed food and beverage outlet. With outposts in NYC, St. Tropez, and Ibiza the journey from bread to bed began with an airy elegance in the heart of South Beach.accommodations ranging from 370 to 2,100 square feet,...

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Watusi - Restaurant Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Watusi

A hip neighborhood with a hip celebrity chef. This pairing of high style with chef Suzy Crofton was intended to be chic yet accessible. All of the fixtures in this 80-seat eatery with a large bar scene were specifically designed and fabricated by BTD. This was the first all-inclusive design...

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Union Restaurant

  A historic landmark used to print The Portland Press Herald, the original purpose of the building now THE PRESS HOTEL and home to UNION was the source of our design inspiration. To say there is history lingering in that structure would be like saying Lincoln was just another president. Food as...

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Exit 66 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Nightclub Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Exit 66

This full-throttle, high-beam joyride kicks it hard down a blacktop frontage road of Americana roadhouse culture....

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Orbit Room - Chicago - Nightclub Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Orbit Room

Thematic but hip, a design driven concept this project melded a little bit of George Jetson with a hipster 50′s drive in on steroids. Done on a 100K budget, the creative use of drywall forms was the unique factor in value engineering another award-winning nightclub design....

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Kaboom - Nightclub Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Kaboom Nightclub

Chicago’s first multiplex nightclub. This 25,000 square-foot, former pumping station was converted to five mini nightclubs all under one roof. The name Kaboom drove the design concept. The design, much like the name was indeed explosive. Each area had its own name and style. Several of the rooms not only...

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Glow - Nightclub Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Glow

The clients had a unique vision in this Chicago project. The combination of fine dining, a stylish lounge with a high-tech twist on technology. A signature element was the D.J. in the dining room and a video camera in the kitchen to engage the diner in the food preparation experience....

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Crunch - Hospitality Design by Bigtime Design Studios

Crunch Fitness

When former Morgan’s Hotel Group brand manager Tim Miller was charged with the task of re-branding a national chain of fitness centers he turned to Bigtime Design. The Crunch mission statement is “the apex where fitness and nightlife collide.” Deemed as a design driven, dynamic new re-birth for Crunch, the...

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