Theatre Design & Technology - Fall 2008 - 5

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theatre
design &
technology
T he peer-review jour nal
for design, production and
technolog y professionals
in the perfor ming arts and
entertainment industr y.

This issue exactly balances design and technology. We have

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two articles about design, two about technology, and two ar-

david rodger

ticles which combine the two disciplines.
Holly Poe Durbin finishes her three-part series about
designing for various media with an exploration of how de-

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signers as storytellers make visual decisions for recorded
media-film, television and digital gaming. Iryna Kuksa looks at the often-overlooked American

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designer, Norman Bel Geddes, and describes an educational CD which features a 3D visualization of

raYmond KenT

Bel Geddes' extraordinary production of Dante's The Divine Comedy.
On the technical side, Steve Nelson returns to the subject of fall protection which he and Rocky

architecture

peggY roSefeldT

Costume design & Technology

paTriCK m. finelli

Computers & Software

Paulson wrote about in 1996. Nelson argues that the boring written documentation required by

William KenYon

OSHA regulations is as important to saving lives as is carefully engineered personal protective equip-

jerrY gorrell

ment. Dennis Dorn and Ken Vannice also note how OSHA requires hazardous tasks be done by

david C. gloWaCKi

"qualified personnel" and urge TD&T readers to certify their own qualified status by participating in

riChard devin

education

engineering

health & Safety

lighting design

the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP).

riChard peTerSon
management

John von Szeliski is concerned about many recently built performing arts centers. He thinks architects and consultants need to examine some common design flaws and re-dedicate themselves to
connecting audiences and artists in fresh ways. Finally, Frank Mohler attempts to answer a centuriesold question about theatrical machinery in Renaissance Florence. -dr

roberT l. SmiTh & heidi hoffer
Scenic design

dave ToSTi-lane
Sound design

bill broWning

Technical production

arnold WengroW
book reviews

William j. bYrneS
inside USiTT

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