•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 28, 2025
STIR looks at the production design of the speculative series' disorienting spaces and the inspirations it draws on to provide a compendium of references to pop culture.
by Anmol Ahuja, Anushka Sharma Jan 17, 2025
At the inaugural edition of ADFF:STIR Mumbai, an array of international films, architectural pavilions and compelling conversations took over the NCPA from January 10-12, 2025, in Mumbai, India.
by Aarthi Mohan Jan 08, 2025
Five frames, five narratives: the pavilion by Manish Gulati and Shruti Gupte x ICA Pidilite, presents a temporal and spatial dialogue bridging culture, art and genres.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 06, 2024
With a minimalist approach and a focus on storytelling, the New York-based production designer brings global events to life through his innovative stage designs.
by Aarthi Mohan Oct 04, 2024
In an exclusive interview with STIR, Tony Award-winning designer Finn Ross shares how technology and narrative in video design are reshaping live entertainment.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 19, 2024
The 40th MTV VMAs come to life with production designer Matt Steinbrenner’s innovative design, featuring four stages and a reinvented Moon Person.
by Bhawna Jaimini Aug 01, 2024
With impressive filmography spanning more than two decades, the Indian filmmaker opines on not having a singular visual aesthetic that holds his work together, a strength that shines through his stories.
by Ekta Mohta May 03, 2024
From the 150-year-old neoclassical edifice at Horniman Circle to the glittery Jio World Plaza: Hermès’s two showrooms in the city casts a bridge between the old and the new.
by Anmol Ahuja Feb 16, 2024
In an exclusive conversation with STIR, legendary production designer Jack Fisk unpacks the bearings of Scorsese’s sprawling epic of deceit and usurpation set in 1920s Oklahoma.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 24, 2023
STIRred 2023: In a year of sizeable returns for the business of film, STIR compiles a list of towering cinematic achievements with designs and other worlds to boast of.
by Anushka Sharma May 18, 2023
The widely followed musical event unfolded in Liverpool, featuring a monumental stage set-up by New York-based design firm Yellow Studio.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 20, 2023
Winner of the Best Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, EEAAO's production designer Jason Kisvarday speaks with STIR on the magic and mundanity of the film.
by STIRworld Mar 16, 2023
Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, the first women designer duo to produce the Academy Awards set, emphasised nostalgia and love for films, through cinema hall iconography.
by Jincy Iype Dec 27, 2022
Best of 2022: From Oscar-nominated production designers to trend forecasters, STIR recalls compelling conversations centred on the disciplines of architecture and design.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 03, 2022
In an interview with STIR, the Berlin-based curator sheds light on his book Anime Architecture and its accompanying exhibition AKIRA - The Architecture of Neo-Tokyo.
by Bhawna Jaimini Aug 20, 2022
A conversation with art director and production designer Hashim Ali on his work on the viral hit Pasoori for Coke Studio Season 14.
by Anmol Ahuja Apr 07, 2022
True to the Guillermo del Toro signature, the Oscar-nominated production designer talks about converting surreal dreams to nightmares in the eponymous classic tale of desire.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 29, 2022
From desert worlds to rustic barns to carnival funhouses and abstract edifices, STIR brings you enticing conversations with four of this year’s Oscar nominated production designers.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 28, 2022
Featuring 90,000 Swarovski Crystals, the set at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles offered a message of inclusivity and community from a utopian future of 'elegance and electricity'.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 26, 2022
The Oscar nominated production designer walks STIR through the monochromatic, square framed no-place in Joel Coen’s adaptation of the profound Shakespearean tragedy.
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