Patrick Larsen is an Emmy Award-winning production designer and founder of Studio Bound, Singapore. Over two decades he has designed environments for Expo 2020 Dubai, Olympic broadcast productions for NBC/BBC/CTV, Universal Studios Singapore, and theatrical productions across the Middle East and Asia. Visit studiobound.sg or read more at patricklarsen.studio This is where I write about the work.
17 Aug 2026 6 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.09
Every production design commission comes with a version of the same question: what does this place need to feel like? For corporate galas and Olympic broadcasts, that question has a relatively bounded answer. For cultural heritage productions, the a...
8 Aug 2026 1 minute read 1 comment Patrick Larsen $0.09
If your creative output depends on inspiration showing up, you don't have a process. You have a gamble. Let me push back on one of the most beloved ideas about creativity: the muse. The story that you wait, inspiration arrives from somewhere beyond...
30 Jul 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.05
Franco Dragone is one of the most significant directors in large-scale live entertainment — the creative force behind Cirque du Soleil's most celebrated shows, and the founder of Dragone Productions, which has produced theatrical spectacles across La...
30 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.02
Why the biggest canvas needs the most self-control. Think of astonishment as money in a fixed account. Every time you astonish an audience, you spend some, and the balance doesn't refill during the show. Spend it all in the first ten minutes and the...
21 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.10
Twenty-five years in, I've never once seen a lightning bolt. Here's what I've seen instead. In October 2025 I gave a keynote at World Stage Design in Sharjah — the quadrennial performance-design event, this time in the UAE. I started with work I had...
15 Jul 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.04
Every production I've worked on where the design intent didn't survive the build had the same problem: a handoff. The creative concept left the room and entered a technical process handled by different people. Each step away from the original idea p...
7 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.09
What Lila at Enchanting Valley taught me about continuity. Here's a principle Lila drove home for me: if you want a place to feel whole, don't design the show and the venue as separate jobs. Design them as one. Lila is the resident show at Enchantin...
6 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.27
When the same person writes it, directs the vision, builds the set and designs the costumes, a show stops feeling assembled Here's a small idea about creative work that Varuna proved to me better than any project I've done: coherence is easier to bu...
3 Jun 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.08
Most of production designer Patrick Larsen’s career has been built around work that disappears. Expo 2020 Dubai ceremonies that ran for one extraordinary evening. Broadcast sets rebuilt when a show changes format. Singapore’s National Day Parade — m...
31 May 2026 7 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.16
I founded Studio Bound in Singapore and have led every commission in the portfolio from first brief to final installation. Over twenty-five years the work has spanned live event environments, broadcast design, permanent installations, and theatrical...
