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March 8, 2013
by Callin Fortis

Nightclub Design is now Re-design which is the new re-fit which is the new cool which is the new grey which was the old black

[caption id="attachment_907" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Rain Miami"][/caption] Over the years we've designed dozens of nightclubs, bars, and residential projects. In the process we've designed, then re-designed the same space on a few occasions. Two of them being Crobar Chicago and crobar at Cameo Theater in South Beach. Crobar Chicago was a re-design...

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February 8, 2013
by Callin Fortis

Nightclub Design Evolution

One would think after all we've seen, from nightlife's eponymous crobar to cameo theatre miami, LIV, Marquee Las Vegas and all other nightclub bar raising mentionables left out, that the evolution of nightclub design (and production) had set the bar so high as to wonder how anyone could continue to...

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March 17, 2011
by Callin Fortis

CROBAR WORLDWIDE

Crobar is an awarding winning and internationally renowned nightlife brand owned by partners, and founders, Ken Smith and Callin Fortis. Originally friendly competitors in Chicago, they joined forces in 1989 to collaborate on more than a dozen successful restaurants, lounges and nightclubs in Chicago, Miami, and New York City. It...

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March 5, 2011
by Callin Fortis

Nightclub Construction; Miami

In June of 1999 we ascended on Miami Beach with a crew of qualified nightclub builders to pull off the most daunting task of the decade; to build CROBAR MIAMI. The problem with Miami is in its inherent transient nature. You need to check and double check all...

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February 27, 2011
by Callin Fortis

This guy has skills

Meet Mario Alfonso De Armas. Understated. Humble. Brilliant. I met Mario some time ago. I'm sort of surprised I had not met him before as the Crobar Experience launched a host of creative careers. Initially he came to the studio as a "photographer" to shoot a campaign for EXIT 66...

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July 21, 2009
by Callin Fortis

I Want my Luxury Brand in a Bottle; Damnit!

I have written about this recession and what I think it means for the hospitality, nightclub design and nightlife industry as a whole. I have seen many trends, ups and downs in the economy and general malaise in the nightclub business. We have become a country of need...

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July 19, 2009
by Callin Fortis

The Memory Hole

  At a time when I find it so odd and indifferent that Big Brother is no longer a concept, but a harsh reality, I find irony in the news in the New York Times eerily disturbing but not surprising. This excerpt from the Times speaks for itself. "In George Orwell’s...

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June 23, 2009
by Callin Fortis

Mushrooms for the salon of the bourgeoisie: In memory of Pierre Paulin

Sandra Hofmeister writes an amazing tribute to an amazing designer and humanitarian. What would the world of design be without Pierre Paulin? Many of his designs have already become timeless icons, avant-garde and classic at the same time. In spite of having every good reason to let people celebrate...

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February 8, 2009
by Callin Fortis

Crobar: ‘The Making of a Mega Club’

'Crobar, The making of a mega club' follows the planning,construction and gala opening of New York's hot, new megaclub. Part 'Trading Spaces' and 'Studio 54, ' the video will feature interviews with nightclub designer Callin Fortis and Kenny Smith, co-owners of Crobar....

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January 3, 2009
by Callin Fortis

Inroducing: Pug Doe

Pug Doe If you are expecting some spark or new tip on nightclub design or how the tony Mondrian Hotel was received or what is being creating for the all new and improved Betsy Hotel make over in South Beach, you are about to be sadly mistaken. Instead...

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