Articles

Selected articles

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   Atmosphere as Attraction: Five Orange County Restaurant Environments I Kept Coming Back To

   Themed Entertainment Jul 1, 2026

   A scenic designer reflects on five accessible Orange County restaurant environments that use atmosphere, set dressing, lighting, layout, and mood to create small-scale themed experiences beyond the theme park.

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   Video Game Environments: Lessons for Scenic Design

   Scenic Design Jan 6, 2026

   How environment design lessons from games can sharpen scenic world-building, audience orientation, and spatial storytelling.

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   Studio Ghibli-Inspired Immersive Dining Experience

   Themed Entertainment Apr 14, 2025

   A themed entertainment studio project exploring how theatre design students translated environmental storytelling into a Studio Ghibli-inspired immersive dining concept.