Elysium
Services
Live Entertainment
Client
Lunar Gala
Duration
Pennsylvania, U.S.A
software
2025
skillset
Creative Direction
Info
A fashion show that brings out the truth within ourselves. A revelation in motion. Lunar Gala is the biggest student-run fashion show in Pittsburgh. The 2024 theme was: Liminal, occupying a position at, or on a boundary or threshold. The 2025 theme was: Elysium, paradise is not a place, is the act of becoming.
Paradise is not a place, it is the act of becoming
A conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults, taken on by Lunar Gala 2025.
What does stage design at lunar gala entail?
Stage Design
As co-head, I worked alongside a partner and a team of designers and architects
Space and seating, design and led screens
Create and lead the stage design team through elysium
Objective
UNFOLD PROCESS
One's path to eternity
We wanted the stage to be a walking experience, one where models were bound to follow.
Translating the vision
Starting with more logistics, seating, space, everything seemed to take a circular shape. The whole team sketched their ideas.
Bringing it in real life
As we sketched, we also went into Rhino and did a few iterations. We wanted it to explore the idea of flow.
What's the action plan?
Lunar Gala collaborated with the production company, Hughies, for stage design. Our designs had to be clear for their team.
Translating our vision
After many iterations, we chose an almond shape with colors differentiating the path from the eternal space. With the screens following the path.
Even though our diragrams were labeled as clear by the company, sadly the stage did not represent the diagrams sizing and materials. Carrying this as a lesson moving forward.
Introducing Elysium
Guide to the ideal experience
Right here
Where each step leads towards freedom
Hazy memory
Of where you are, far away from who you were
Elysium
Happiness is not a destination, it's the journey
