Studio Bound: Five Projects That Define Production Design in 2025
Studio Bound was founded in Singapore 10 years ago with a simple belief: environments shape how people connect.
Not just what they see, but what they feel. Whether it’s a ceremony watched by millions or a theatrical residency experienced night after night, the work has to do more than look good. It has to mean something.
Here are 5 recent projects that show where Studio Bound is now.
Bob Marley: Hope Road, Las Vegas (2025)
Studio Bound’s most recent major production. A residency celebrating Bob Marley’s life and message through immersive circular stage design and a kinetic light canopy that echoes the rhythm of reggae.
The design challenge was creating togetherness. Making the audience feel like they’re part of the performance, not just watching it. The stage pulls people in, spatially and emotionally. Joy as architecture. Community as scenography.
This is Studio Bound’s approach to Las Vegas residencies—not spectacle for its own sake, but environments that serve the story being told.
Souk Wonders, Riyadh (2025)
Here traditional souk aesthetics meet contemporary production design. Studio Bound blended cultural authenticity with the technical demands of modern live entertainment.
Riyadh has become a major focus for the practice. Saudi Arabia is investing heavily in cultural infrastructure, and the scale of ambition matches anything done globally. Souk Wonders represents how Studio Bound approaches cultural sensitivity in design—respecting the heritage while creating something new.
VIA Riyadh Opening Gala feat. John Legend (2023)
Red carpet glamour meets architectural precision. Produced by Five Currents, this project required designing for audience flow, stage reveal timing, and kinetic lighting that felt both luxurious and minimal.
The challenge with high-profile galas is making technical complexity invisible. Everything has to work perfectly, but it shouldn’t feel engineered. The lighting, the materials, the spatial relationships—they all have to support the event without overshadowing it.
Terhal, Saudi Arabia (2025)
Produced by Dragone, Studio Bound designed environmental elements with dramatic golden sphere structures and projection mapping for Saudi audiences.
This project showed Studio Bound’s ability to work with world-class creative teams on large-scale theatrical productions in the Middle East.
The golden spheres became signature visual elements—sculptural forms that worked both as physical architecture and projection surfaces. The challenge was creating environments that felt monumental while serving the intimate storytelling Dragone productions are known for.
AMYSTIKA: The Secret Revealed, Las Vegas (2022)
Amystika was a collaboration with Criss Angel and Franco Dragone. Studio Bound designed theatrical environments for magic and illusion—dreamlike voids, portals and collapsing architecture that played with psychological perception.
The technical challenge was building for illusion mechanics. Every scenic element had to support hidden performer props, watertank platforms, inflatable tentacles, LED architecture. The design had to look surreal while functioning mechanically under extreme precision.
This project showed Studio Bound’s range—from broadcast journalism to psychological theater.
What Studio Bound Does
Studio Bound designs environments for ceremonies, broadcasts, themed attractions, and live events across five continents. The work operates at multiple scales: Las Vegas residencies, Middle Eastern ceremonies, Olympic broadcast sets and permanent installations across Asia.
Based in Singapore since 2015, Studio Bound brings together designers, concept artists, technical drafters, and production managers. Multidisciplinary from the ground up. Every project balances creative vision with engineering reality.
Studio Bound in a nutshell? Emmy Award-winning. Projects in over 20 countries. Collaborations with Dragone, Universal Studios, BBC Sport, CNN, Warner Bros and Expo 2020 Dubai. We can’t wait to see what exciting projects the future brings.
Learn more: www.studiobound.sg
About Patrick Larsen
Patrick Larsen is an Emmy Award-winning production designer and founder of Studio Bound in Singapore. His work spans from Olympic broadcast environments to Las Vegas residencies, from Expo 2020 Dubai ceremonies to themed attractions across Asia. Before founding Studio Bound, Larsen worked as VP Design Director at Jack Morton Worldwide in New York and trained in regional theater and opera across the United States.