Developed and implemented design concepts for a number of contemporary spaces including clubs (CustomBar, Inochi); showrooms (Angel, Frozen, Stüssy); exhibition spaces; high-impact public areas for banks that combined commissioned site-specific artworks and media installations, as well as unique private residences. Among his best known works is the design concept for the multipurpose information and entertainment pavilion for the London 2012 Olympics, the Olympic Zeppelin on Trafalgar Square.

Founder and Editor in Chief of MONITOR magazine, a publication focused on innovations in architecture, design and contemporary technologies, established in 2000 and distributed in 24 countries worldwide. Over the years, MONITOR has featured exclusive, in-depth interviews with outstanding personalities from various creative fields, such as Dieter Rams and Helmut Lang, Konstantin Grcic and Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto and Bjarke Ingels, Junya Ishigami, Makoto Sei Watanabe and Peter Zumthor, Rick Owens and Thom Mayne, to name but a few. Godfrey Deeny (now Global Editor-in-Chief of fashionnetwork.com, formerly Editor-in- Chief of Vogue Hommes International and Fashion Wire Daily, Men’s Fashion Critic of The Financial Times) has praised MONITOR as “a beguiling mixture of architecture, industrial design, fashion, retail concepts and art,” that “packs real punch with its sleek graphics, minimalist typography, punchy photography and editorial zest”.

Author of the original idea and Producer of the award-winning art film Gravitation: Variation In Time And Space (2015), starring the world-renowned prima ballerina and contemporary dancer Diana Vishneva, and filmed with unique PHANTOM cameras using state-of-the art technologies. The 2013 Pritzker Prize winner, Japanese architect Toyo Ito described the film as “really beautiful” and “inspiring his imagination”, while the eminent contemporary choreographer, performer and poet Carolyn Carlson said that she “admired enormously” the film that “concerns all people”.

Rem has curated a number of exhibitions presented internationally in major cultural hubs like Milan, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, and New York, and focused on innovative, future-oriented design and architecture. These include the exhibitions of Zaha Hadid, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Jacob + MacFarlane, Makoto Sei Watanabe, among many others. He has developed the concept and launched MONITORBOX, a new kind of platform combining a club and a retail store focused on architecture, design, art and other creative practices and aimed at bringing together representatives of various creative disciplines.

As the Producer of one of Russia’s top progressive electronic music bands, Deadушки, in 1999-2002, he has produced their album “PoR.no”, recorded with Mute Records/London and Melodia/Saint- Petersburg.

A widely known producer and promoter in Eastern Europe, George owned and operated many restaurants, bars and night clubs and received a dozen international industry awards for his public relations and marketing projects. As the founder of an ad agency, George is deeply experienced in event marketing and public relations. He founded Russia's "Zeppelin" brand in 1997, then his famous Nightclub "Zeppelin" opened in December 1999 as one of the first venues for pop and rock performances including artists like Emir Kusturica, The Tiger Lillies, Vacuum, Tonino Karotone, Joan Aguzarovoj, and Mummy Troll. The first club shows of Leningrad and Glukoza were performed there, as did world-known electronic dance music (EDM) acts like Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold, Basement Jaxx, Darren Emerson, Sonique, Benny Benassi, and Seb Fontaine. FortDance, DJ Mag's "Best in Europe" EDM festival, was organized at the club. In 2004, he founded "Zeppelin PRO" advertising and marketing agency to produce music festivals, concerts, events, advertising, promotions, below-the-line, and public relations campaigns for the world's leading luxury brands. Petrushin founded and produced projects including Red Summer MTS with Shakira and Black Eyed Peas, a U2 concert, the Alfa 4D Show, and the Alfa Future People festival of electronic music. In April 2012, George and his wife Julia opened Zeppelin Art Gallery, a modern art space in Moscow exhibiting leading Russian photographers. Today he is CEO of Miami-based Zeppelin Communications.

Founder and president of the concert agency Talent Concert International (TCI).

Eduard Ratnikov made his career integrating the Russian market into the international network of concert business, on an equal basis with Europe and the USA. TCI is the first concert agency to organize performances of foreign stars in the former Soviet Union and has actively operated in the Russian market for more than 20 years. During this time, the company organized 2000 concerts and 200 tours of international bands in Russia.

The company specializes in running international band tours across Russia, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. Company specialists organize highly complex logistics for tours, from ticket sales to marketing strategy to transportation. In 2015 the company set a new record organizing and managing the largest Russian tour of Limp Bizkit, with the band's “Money Sucks" tour achieving nineteen concerts in eighteen cities across the eleven time zones of Russia in two months.

In 2016, the company organized the international music festival MAXIDROM with main headliner Rammstein and for the first time in its history, the festival successfully generated profits with more than 80,000 attendees.

TCI has been proud to work with: Rammstein, Jennifer Lopez, Scorpions, Alice Cooper, Limp Bizkit, Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Jean Michel Jarre, Black Eyed Peas, Deep Purple, Chris Rea, Korn, The Rasmus, 50 Cent, James Blunt, Garbage, Nick Cave, The Prodigy, Blur, Pet Shop Boys, Dead Can Dance, The Cardigans, Moby, Evanescence, and others.

The company works with the world's largest and most successful brands like Pepsi, Addidas, Harley Davidson, and more.

Michael Caputo is a globally-recognized marketing and communications strategist with 30 years of experience, working with high-profile elected leaders and corporate chief executives. A frequent TV news analyst and radio talk show host, his work has been commended by reporters around the world for spirited, creative and unrelenting advocacy of his clients. From 2008 to 2010, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Tigertail, the highly-respected Miami arts and performance organization. He co-founded and serves as Managing Director of Miami-based Zeppelin Communications.

People like Diana Vishneva define the vector of their practice. They are dance philosophers. – William Forsythe

Diana Vishneva (1976). Principal Dancer at the American Ballet Theater in New York (2005-17) and the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg, Vishneva is widely regarded as the world’s prima ballerina assoluta. The extraordinary technique of an accomplished classical dancer with an ardent desire for experimentation have led her to collaborations with leading contemporary choreographers. In 2013, Vishneva performed in Maurice Béjart’s Bolero, being the first Russian ballerina after Maya Plissetskaya to dance this highly coveted principal part with Ballet Béjart Lausanne. Outstanding choreographers including John Neumeier, Carolyn Carlson, Alexei Ratmansky, Jean-Christophe Maillot and Moses Pendleton have created dance pieces specially for Vishneva.

http://dianavishneva.com/en/dv/biography/

Edward Clug is concerned with relationship of a man with the past, with time itself. – Ballet Journal

Danse Aujourd’hui praises the beauty and precision of Edward Clug’s dance and the way it deepens the impression left by the music. Edward Clug (1973), contemporary dance choreographer and artistic director of the Slovenian Maribor Ballet who has succeeded in putting the company on the international dancing map by participating in the largest theatre festivals, such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (USA), The Stars of the White Nights festival in the Mariinski Theatre St.Petersburg, Arts Festival in Singapore and Seoul International Dance Festival in Korea. As a choreographer, he received international acclaim with Radio & Juliet (2005). Clug was repeatedly invited to create new works for Stuttgart Ballet, Zurich Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Les Grands Ballets in Montréal and other ompanies around the world. In 2014, German magazine Tanz acknowledged him as one of the future’s hopes in the field of choreography. In 2015, his work for one of the world’s most innovative and prestigious contemporary dance companies, Nederlands Dans Theater, received rave reviews, leading to a series of new and ongoing collaborations with NDT.

One of the ’50 Most Influential Designers in America’. – Fast Company – One of ’Wired Magazine’s ‘50 people who will change the world’. – Wired (Smart List)

Carlo Ratti (1971), architect, engineer and inventor; professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he directs the Senseable City Lab, and a founding partner of the design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life and design, Ratti has co-authored over 500 publications and holds several technical patents. He has been featured in Esquire Magazine’s ‘Best & Brightest’ list and in Thames & Hudson’s selection of ‘60 innovators’ shaping our creative future. Blueprint Magazine listed him as one of the ‘25 People Who Will Change the World of Design’ and Forbes – as one of the ‘Names You Need To Know’. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – have been included by TIME Magazine in the list of the ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been a TED speaker and curator of the BMW Guggenheim Pavilion in Berlin and is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, and as special adviser on Urban Innovation to the President and Commissioners of the European Commission.

http://www.carloratti.com

One of the ’50 Most Influential Designers in America’. – Fast Company – One of ’Wired Magazine’s ‘50 people who will change the world’. – designNET

Tobias Gremmler (1970) – designer, artist, author, academic, researcher and musician. Born in Germany and based in Hong Kong, Gremmler is active both in Europe and Asia combining his key pursuits: digital media, motion graphics & interface design and artistic exploration. ‘In our cultural projects we can go beyond the digital; we can break the rules, transfer them to other media and develop hybrid forms,’ Gremmler says about his experiments in interconnecting performance with new media. Important collaborations include artistic work for Neues Theater (Munich, Germany) and Stadttheater Bern (Switzerland); Blixa Bargeld; Asia’s leading theatre festival Zuni Icosahedron; Hong Kong’s influential musicians Tat Ming Pair; artistic direction for the likes of Apple, Adidas, BMW, Daimler Chrysler, Toyota and Siemens; research programs at Sony Europe and University of California at Berkley, to name but a few.

https://vimeo.com/210745500

From audiovisual school to sound engineering. The multifaceted experiences and recognition in different areas inspire him to create a distinctive, personal style. These Light Art installations express an unusual balance between nature and artifice. He focuses his work on new perceptions of light. Wellness and contemplation, emotion and sensation are his cornerstones in creating unique pieces of light that emphasize connection with nature and yourself. The light is the real star. The light produces a multitude and incredible game of suggestive reflections that animate the space and your imagination. His pieces have been displayed in New York, Biwako Japan, Italy, Paris. Design exhibitions and fashion magazines; AD Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Marie Claire, Glamour, to name a few. In 2005 he received a "Young Designer Award" from AD magazine Europe. He has collaborated with ETRO, The Baglioni Hotel in London and Ferragamo's Fashion Show.

Bart Hess creates work that distorts the human body in delightful and troubling ways. Visually, it’s astonishing. – Beautiful Decay

Our wildest and most disturbed dreams of the future landscape near the work of Bart Hess. – Francesca Gavin, visual arts editor of Dazed & Confused and curator of Soho House Group

Bart Hess (1984), artist and designer based in the Netherlands and working internationally, describes his art as ‘futuristic fashion’. Trying ‘to bring together the digital world and the analogue world’, he explores several fields combining material studies, animation and photography in a surrealist manner. Known for his cooperation with Lady Gaga; experimental artist and ‘body architect’ Lucy McRae; fashion photographer and digital imagery pioneer Nick Knight; avant-guard fashion designers Iris van Herpen and Walter van Beirendonck, Hess creates futuristic fabrics and textures that blur the boundary between textile and skin, human and new species. In 2015, Hess created stage design and costumes for the renowned Dance Company Nanine Linning’s production Silver. His work has been shown in a solo exhibition Future Bodies in Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; as well as in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal; Centre Georges Pompidou and Gaîté lyrique, Paris; The Institute Of Contemporary Arts, Singapore; Saatchi Gallery, London, among others.

http://barthess.nl

The Vision: To explore the outer edges and capabilities of electronic musicality without compromise, to turn sound design into an art and aspire to make records that sound like no one or nothing else. United by a shared passion for progression, technical innovation and ruthless quality control (plus large amounts of gaming, hip-hop and humour) Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger have worked together since leaving school. Within two years of their 2003 debut release they’d already appeared on some of the most agenda-setting labels in drum & bass: Moving Shadow, Subtitles, Renegade Hardware, Shogun, Ram and many more. But even then they had no idea how successful their partnership would be.

A decade deeper: From their drum & bass roots they’ve proceeded to stamp all over the musical map to become one of the most established and uncompromised acts in electronic music. From their unique, custom-built floating triple-studio complex in Groningen, they’ve created benchmark productions, established three respected labels (Vision, Division, Invisible), remixed rave titans such as The Prodigy and Skrillex, curated their own Noisia Invites festival and scored games such as Devil May Cry and Counter Strike and music for movies such as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Transformers 3. To really understand where they’re coming from, what makes them tick and how their unique three-headed machine works visit one of their Noisia Invites shows. A place where the trio hold court, bouncing off the sonic chaos of guests from Gaslamp Killer to Teddy Killerz. Or lock into a Noisia Radio show where each show reflects their humour, the wider and more experimental tastes that they can’t express in their sets.

Crucially, experience Outer Edges: The band’s second album and performance concept, a vast project that sees them exploring the periphery boundaries of their expansive palette, pushing and pulling their vision further than it has previously been. Musically trouncing any typical treatments, arrangements and elements. Visually heightening, physically stimulating, technically unique and immersive in such a way it translates from festival mainstages to underground clubs, Outer Edges is the most defining chapter in the trio’s ambitious vision so far, allowing them to realise their designs in a whole new performance context.

New limits set both in the studio and on stage, the outer edges have been established… Only to reveal even further targets in the vision’s distance. The uncompromised explorations continue.

Kendall Coffey is a founding partner of Miami's Coffey Burlington law firm. He is a leading US lawyer based in Florida and practicing nationally, representing global businesses and prominent clients in high-profile cases. A former US Attorney appointed by President Bill Clinton, Kendall has appeared on television hundreds of times over the years to provide legal commentary as a guest analyst for global media outlets like CNN, FOX, MSNBC, SiriusXM Radio, Univision, and more.

He leads the Sleeping Beauty Dreams advisory board as they assist the production with wide-ranging counsel.

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