New York architect David Rockwell's models of his flamboyant set designs for Broadway shows and movies, from Hairspray to Team America, are documented in these photographs.
On top of architecture, interiors and furniture projects, Rockwell and his team have designed over 30 sets for productions both on and off Broadway.
David Rockwell's set design for musical She Loves Me features a 1930s parfumerie that pivots open to reveal its interior, and won a Tony Award in 2016
He won a Tony Award in 2016 for his backdrop for the musical She Loves Me ? which included a "jewel-box" parfumerie based on 1930s Budapest that pivoted open to reveal an opulent interior ? and his portfolio also includes hit shows Hairspray, Legally Blonde and Kinky Boots. "For me, theatre is a microcosm for so many of my emerging interests that became focused in practicing design," Rockwell told Dezeen. "That is, design as a social experience, as a means of communication, as a collaborative process to create, and as an aesthetic universe only limited by imagination."
Rockwell designed models for 2004 cult movie Team America: World Police, which was filmed using puppets
As well as his theatre work, Rockwell designed and built the sets for 2004 cult puppet movie Team America: World Police, including a hidden lair inside Mount Rushmore.
His latest set design is for a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Delcorte amphitheatre in Central Park, running 11 July to 13 August ...