Saturday, September 29, 2007
Consultants map the shape of things to come in venue design
Live Design: "When Theatre Crafts was launched in 1967, the word “venue” had one meaning: theatre. Forty years later, “venue” encompasses retail centers, themed entertainment projects, houses of worship — pretty much anything with a touch of the theatrical. The consultants engaged in the field have found their places under the expanding umbrella concept of venue design. Ted Ohl, partner in Bronx, NY-based design/build company Pook Diemont & Ohl (PDO), laughingly recalls a moment of crisis when the firm, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next month, was just starting up. “I hung up the phone and realized that I'd called the last person I knew who ran a theatre, the last person we could do some work for.”"
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This article really touches on how important it is to branch out in your opportunites and interests in this business. I feel that sometimes It's incredibly vital to the growth and stability of the entertainment business to be able to take in other things and apply them as need be. Like the article says, it's more important to be able to locate information quickly than to just know everything, and I find this to be true in so many applications. Sure plenty of designers and TDs graduate from schools but their versatility isn't always as ample as it should be.
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