1st Edition
Inside Set Design Discovering and Developing Design Ideas for Theatre
Introduction 1 The Creative Process is the Design Process 2. The Order of Concern 3. Managing Your Process 4. Design Decisions: Dealing with Thoughts and Ideas 5. Abstraction in Design 6. The Flow State 7. The Deliverables of Scenic Design 8. Thoughts for Young Designers – Becoming an Artist/Designer 9. Pulling It All Together
Biography
Joe Tilford’s work includes hundreds of set and lighting designs that have earned him acknowledgement as a unique and visionary artist of the American professional theatre. His body of work includes designs for major professional theatres throughout the United States; among them are The Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., San Diego’s Old Globe, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and many others. His set designs have been exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial in the Czech Republic and in a solo retrospective exhibit, The Designs of Joe Tilford, at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. A prominent figure in American higher education, he has taught design at Wright State University, Northwestern University, and at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he now holds the titles of Dean Emeritus of the School of Design and Production and Professor Emeritus of the Scenic Design Program.
