[caption id="attachment_158" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Collaboration: Collins and Fortis"] Joinery Detail My friend Tim Collins of Skwehr Design wasn't always my close friend. The design community is a small one here in Miami and when I came to this Island of South, beach that is, I was astounded by my inability...
Continue ReadingThe cameo nightclub was just a beta test for this behemoth Truthfully, I was going to take today off. We all worked in the studio late crunching out a deadline for CRUNCH and had to make a fed ex deadline by 2pm. Side bar: Hire a design/architecture firm that works on...
Continue ReadingDesigner, nightlife impresario and Bigtime founder Callin Fortis – primarily known for designing and branding the international and award-winning brand of Crobar nightclubs – is combining fashion, music, branding and architecture into one package with Bigtime Design. Bigtime's recent projects include working as the interior architects for Morgan’s Hotel Group’s Mondrian...
Continue ReadingSimon Raine is a genius and he knows nightclubs and nightclub design. When Simon gave me the keys to his $8 mil, and yes that is $8 mil re-branding of his design driven super club. I had no idea he was as big a visionary and had cajones the...
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