A continuous, organically articulated landscape was conceived to foreground a rigorously minimalist approach to stage design.
// 2026
// Festival
// California, USA
The spatial composition established a seamless transition from a sculptural primary stage, whose geometry gradually descended into the audience, extending outward to connect with a secondary platform embedded within the crowd.
This architectural strategy dissolved conventional boundaries between performer and spectator, allowing the built form to permeate the audience field and generate a unified, immersive environment. Within this framework, stage, lighting, and video operated as an integrated system, collectively constructing a cohesive experiential world centred on Justin Bieber.
The overall spatial flow reconciled the monumental scale of the Coachella Main Stage with a focused directional energy, concentrating visual and perceptual attention toward the artist and the immediate energy of his performance.
Credits
Director and Performer Justin Bieber Creative, Show direction, Video Human Person – Ben Dalgleish, Molly Leishman, Ian Valentine, Matt Cummer, Phoebe Morris Live stream director Becky Garner Stage Design Stufish Entertainment Architects Lighting Design Nick Vann Nostrand Lighting Programming Roeland Schuijren Animation – Human Person / Certain House Additional Animation – The Hos Brothers, Jason Ting, Drew Tyndell, Black Lake Notch Design – Lewis Kyle White, Andrew Marchbank, Sean Tejada Media servers and programming Darkmatter Youtube integration Hovercast Production team Jason Danter, Chris Vineyard, Jon Baden, Dan McGee, Samm Stangeland
