Studio Bound was founded in Singapore in 2015 on one structural principle: the people imagining the production and the people responsible for building it should never be separated into different departments.
The name carries its meaning deliberately. ‘Bound’ — moving forward with purpose, committed to a destination, creating connection. That is what the production design work is for.
The practice is multidisciplinary by design, working across stage design, broadcast television, themed environments, galleries, and live events across five continents. All projects share one condition: failure is public, and there is no opportunity to address problems after the audience arrives.
Why Singapore for a Global Production Design Practice
New York and London were both viable bases. Singapore was the deliberate choice. The city occupies a genuine strategic position between Eastern and Western markets — geographically, culturally, and commercially. Working across those markets simultaneously is an operational reality in Singapore rather than an occasional project stretch.
Time zones allow real-time collaboration with both Asian and Western clients. Cultural fluency across very different contexts is developed continuously through sustained presence rather than constructed artificially for specific projects. These are not theoretical advantages for an Emmy Award-winning production designer working globally — they are operational ones that affect every project.
How the Studio Actually Works
Most design organisations separate creative from technical. Designers develop; engineers assess; production managers deal with constraints as they emerge. The divisions are clean on paper and problematic in practice.
Studio Bound does not work this way. Concept artists sit alongside technical drafters. Production designers and production managers participate in the same conversations from the start. When creative vision and engineering reality are in continuous dialogue rather than sequential phases, problems surface early — when they are design challenges rather than crises. The studio handles the full range from concept through build: master planning, show direction, set and stage design, themed attractions, costume design, multimedia and projection mapping. One integrated team throughout.
Defining Productions
Expo 2020 Dubai remains Studio Bound’s most technically complex project. Environmental design and scenic elements for opening and closing ceremonies beneath Al Wasl Plaza’s 130-metre dome: 3,000 lighting fixtures, 1,000 speakers, 1,300 costumes, professionals from 56 countries, 745 costumes representing 192 nations. Olympic broadcast environments for Vancouver 2010 (BDA Gold Award) and Rio 2016. The Emmy Award in 2012 for NBC News Education Nation.
Recent work: Bob Marley: Hope Road in Las Vegas (2025), Souk Wonders in Riyadh (2025), Terhal in Saudi Arabia. Singapore National Day Parade 2019. Universal Studios Singapore. BBC Wimbledon. The Middle East has become a major focus through ongoing collaborations with Five Currents and Dragone.
What Studio Bound Was Built To Do
Studio Bound works with NBC Universal, BBC Sport, CNN, Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Disney, Dragone, Five Currents, and clients across automotive, technology, entertainment, and cultural sectors.
The studio stays selective. Not every opportunity. Work that advances the understanding of how designed environments create shared experience and cultural connection across genuinely different audiences. Not spectacle for its own sake. Production design as the infrastructure through which diverse people find common emotional ground.
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 for Permanence | Studio Bound: Where Ideas Become Reality
