Set designers Es Devlin and John McGuire have responded to singer Lorde's accusation that Kanye West stole the design of his latest live show, by stating that glass boxes are nothing new.
Lorde took to Instagram earlier this week to accuse Kanye West and Kid Cudi of stealing the idea of performing in a suspended glass box from her previous performances, which included a set designed by Devlin.
However, Devlin and McGuire ? founder of Trask House, which designed the Kanye West and Kid Cudi set in question ? have defended the artists by pointing out that suspended glass boxes are not a new idea.
Lorde "wasn't the first person to use a floating glass box"
Devlin told Dezeen that using suspended glass boxes is "not in any way new", and posted images of a suspended glass box she designed for the English National Opera in 2007 on Instagram. McGuire made a statement to defend his studio's design. "[Lorde] wasn't the first person to use a floating glass box, she won't be the last," he told the New York Times.
"She doesn?t own it, her designer didn't invent it, he continued. "Cubes and floating aren't new to Kanye West, stage design or architecture. A quick google of floating glass box brings up many instances of suspended glass cubes."
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