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Republican and Democratic Debate Set Designs

Notice how the Fox News and CNBC debate stages contrast from the drama of the CNN versions.  The Fox News stage is flatter in comparison and more classic.  The CNBC stage is super direct and kind of lacking in drama. Then again, I guess that makes sense as CNBC is a business network and FOX news’ audiences are more “traditional”.  

But when you look at the CNN stages they’re so high stakes.  With their reflective surfaces, light boxes and sharp media content, the design guarantees the to maximize the drama between candidates.  In one of the designs they use Air Force one like it’s a trophy.  Win the debate and win Air Force One.  

I love how bold all of these are though and how no matter the camera angle, you always end up with strong lines, colors and with the candidate at the center of it all.  

Message me if anyone knows who designed these.  I would love to chat with them about the process and how these came to be.  

Politics is theater.  

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Work shopping a new play and spent some time today experimenting with holographic scenery (or using light to create physical architecture.)

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"The World’s First Reality Robot Opera”

My Square Lady is a coproduction of Gob Squad, Komische Oper Berlin and the Neurorobotics Research Laboratory at Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin. The production is an adaptation of My Fair Lady  re-envisioned for the robot, Myon.

“...Gob Squad will try to pass off as a human, using all the means of the world of opera to teach it about the most human of qualities - emotions.   We are quite excited by the idea, because in the process of training Myon we feel certain that all kinds of mind-bending questions concerning the nature of humanity might emerge: what does it actually mean to be human? What are emotions and why do we need them? Does a robot need them, too? Why do we want to have artificial intelligence? Why do we want to have opera? Does Myon need a costume?”

More on the project at their website:

http://www.gobsquad.com/projects/my-square-lady

A peek inside the process:

And how the production manifested:

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Coming to your local Friday's - the first MISTLETOE DRONE.  

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Disney's Proof of Concept Marionette Drone

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Disney's Patent Application Displaying A Larger Scale Version

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Check out my extremely talented friend Kevan Loney and his Augmented Reality Performance Research & Adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s “Eiffel Tower Wedding Party” performed in live and virtual space. 

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A robot named hitchBOT traveled all the way across Canada in a month, relying only on rides from strangers and tweeting photos and status updates for the entire journey. Source

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Disney’s Patent Drawings for Drone Actors and floating projection pixels.  

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“R.U.R. is such an exciting play for me. This was the play where the word ‘robot’ was coined. The whole concept of robots doing work for us was born out of this play. It shows how theater can shape our thinking. The robots in the play are very different than what we think of robots as today. They are not nuts and bolts, they are almost like biotechnology creatures.”

JD Talasek 

Rossum’s Universal Robots is a 1920 play by Czech writer Karel Capek.

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In addition to ROBOTS:

Crypton's voice synthesizing program, vocaloid popstar Hatsune Miku, performs in live 3-D concerts.

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"Secret Thoughts"

Directed by: David Thacker

Design by: Ciaran Bagnall

Featuring Arthur the robot, built by Laura Durham

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"It's just another dimension of animation."

- Walt Disney

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Not A ROBOT per say but still a digital form of acting.  

DESIGN: The Future of Makeup Has Arrived

Using incredibly precise light projectors, Nobumichi Asai has demonstrated how a person’s face can be digitally altered in real-time.

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"Death and the Powers: A Robot Opera"

Directed by: Diane Paulus

Designed by: Alex McDowell

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"Robots"

François Junod and Christian Denisart with  Bluebotics