This year production designer Bruce Rodgers designed high-profile gigs such as the Country Music Association Awards, Premier Boxing Champions, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, XVII Pan American Games Opening Ceremony, and of course, Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show featuring Katy Perry. In fact, he’s been making a name for himself for years, designing all over the world for all kinds of cultural and global events, including a set built overnight in the heart of south central LA in the midst of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, in the hopes of bringing people together. He’s also designed launches for Microsoft Windows 95 and 2000; a floating interview set in a flooded soundstage for Titanic’s director James Cameron; and the 1996 AT&T Global Olympic Pavilion, the site of the tragic explosion that inspired him to finally found his own design studio, Tribe, Inc. Clearly, the man behind the name has led a life as equally fascinating as the projects he’s designed.
Check out a timeline including some of his more prominent projects in the slideshow above, and read a full designer profile of Rodgers.
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