Studio Bound was founded in Singapore ten years ago on one conviction: designed environments shape how people connect. Not only what they see. What they feel.
Whether the work appears in a ceremonial space watched by millions or a theatrical residency experienced night after night, the production design must do more than look right. It has to mean something. Here are five recent Studio Bound productions that show where the practice stands now.
Bob Marley: Hope Road, Las Vegas (2025)
Studio Bound’s most recent major production. A Las Vegas residency at Mandalay Bay celebrating Marley’s life through a 75-minute immersive walk-through, room to room through themed environments.
The central production design challenge was togetherness — building an environment where the audience is spatially and emotionally inside the performance rather than positioned in front of it. Community expressed through scenography. Joy as architecture. This is the approach Studio Bound brings to immersive residency design: environments shaped to serve the specific story being told, not spectacle constructed for its own sake.
Souk Wonders, Riyadh (2025)
Traditional souk aesthetics brought into contemporary production design for Dragone. Studio Bound’s approach to culturally grounded design works with heritage as a living creative resource rather than as decorative reference — the marketplace architecture is simultaneously authentic and theatrical, familiar and fantastical.
VIA Riyadh Opening Gala featuring John Legend (2023)
Architectural precision at red-carpet scale. Produced by Five Currents, this production required designing for audience flow, choreographed stage reveals, and kinetic lighting that had to feel simultaneously luxurious and restrained. The measure of success in high-profile galas: technical complexity completely invisible. Everything serves the event without making itself felt.
Terhal, Riyadh (2025)
Produced by Dragone. A cylindrical projection tower at the heart of a circular arena serves as the single physical element that becomes everything: a library, a cosmos, a marketplace. 360-degree projection mapping for Saudi audiences. Monumental in scale, intimate in storytelling — the tension that defines the best Dragone productions and demands the most from production design.
Amystika: The Secret Revealed, Las Vegas (2022)
A collaboration with Criss Angel and Franco Dragone. Studio Bound designed theatrical environments for magic and illusion: vintage carnival spaces — dark, surreal, fantastical — where every scenic element served the specific mechanics of each illusion. Every scenic element had to accommodate hidden performer access, watertank platforms, inflatable structures, and LED architecture — while appearing surreal and effortless to the audience.
What These Five Productions Have in Common
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, permanent installations across Asia.
Emmy Award-winning. Projects in over 20 countries. Collaborations with Dragone, Universal Studios, BBC Sport, CNN, Warner Bros, and Expo 2020 Dubai. The consistent principle across all of it: design is not decoration. It is the infrastructure through which people feel something that matters.
Patrick Larsen is an Emmy Award-winning production designer and the founder of Studio Bound, based in Singapore. Over two decades, he has designed environments for global audiences — from the Expo 2020 Dubai ceremonies and Olympic broadcast sets to Las Vegas residencies, Broadway-scale theatrical productions, and permanent installations across Asia and the Middle East. Studio Bound takes projects from concept to build with one fully integrated team of designers, concept artists, technical drafters, and production managers. Visit studiobound.sg or read more at patricklarsen.studio
Further reading: Designing Expo 2020 Dubai: Ceremonies Under the World's Largest Dome | Studio Bound: Five Projects That Define Production Design in 2025
