Bruce Rodgers, Founder and President of Tribe, Inc., and 26 year veteran of the entertainment design industry is highly recognized and respected for his talents as a Production Designer, Art Director, Concept Designer and Creative Consultant. Bruce’s design influence has defined the visual language of popular entertainment. Bruce and the Tribe, Inc. team are credited with design innovation for music tours, concerts, variety and music talent shows, television, advertising, corporate/industry trade shows and exhibits, national political conventions and events.
Tribe, Inc. has been honored by many esteemed industry organizations. Recent Awards and Recognitions include:
- 2015 Nominated for an Art Director Guild award - Super Bowl Halftime Show, Bruno Mars
- 2014 Nominated for an Art Director Guild award - Super Bowl Halftime Show, Beyonce
- 2013 Nominated for 2 Art Director Guild awards - Super Bowl Halftime Show, Madonna & Democratic National Convention
- 2012 Set Design of the Year for the Parnelli Awards, Super Bowl Halftime Show, Madonna
- 2011 Live Design Magazine, Excellence Award for the Jay-Z and Eminem four stadium tour at Comerica Park, Detroit and the first ever concert at the new Yankee Stadium, NYC
- 2010 Art Directors Guild nomination, Best Production Design, Super Bowl Halftime Show, The WHO 2010
- 2010 Set Design of the Year for the Parnelli Awards, Super Bowl Halftime Show, The WHO
- 2010 Emmy nomination, Super Bowl Halftime Show, The WHO
- 2008 Art Directors Guild nomination, Excellence in Production Design Award, 2007 Super Bowl Halftime Show, Prince
- Live Design Magazine’s Top 50 Most Powerful People
Tribe’s 2014/2015 projects include:
- Opening Ceremony for the Pan Am Games 2015
- Premier Boxing Tour 2015
- Super Bowl Halftime Show, Katy Perry
- 2014 iTunes Festival in London, Austin
- HBO’s Concert For Valor 2014
- Dierks Bentley Sounds of Summer Tour
- Tribe’s ninth consecutive CMA Awards
- Tribe’s forth consecutive Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Tribe’s sixth consecutive CBS Upfront At Carnegie Hall
Scheduled for 2015/2016 completion, Bruce and the Tribe team are designing:
- 2015 iTunes Festival in London
- Tribe’s ninth consecutive Super Bowl Halftime Show
- 2016 Democratic National Convention
Bruce’s previous design and art direction credits include:
- Tribe’s eighth Super Bowl Halftime show
- Rihanna & Eminem’s Monster Tour
- Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball World Tour
- Backstreet Boys World Tour
- Ultra Music Festival Main Stage
- US Olympic Hall of Fame at McCormick Place 2009 & Harris Theatre 2012
- The CW network’s new television show, “The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep”
- Beyonce’s World Festival Tour
- Andrea Bocelli, Central Park Concert
- The Black Eyed Peas, Central Park Concert
- Jay-Z and Kanye West, co-design, “Watch The Throne” World Tour
- Black Eye Peas, “The E.N.D.” World Tour
- Bruce Springsteen, The Magic Tour
- Tim McGraw, World Tour
- Rascal Flatts “Nothing Like This” Tour
- Ivete Sangalo at Live at Madison Square Garden
- Jay-Z and Eminem, Stadium tour (awarded a 2011 Live Design Magazine Excellence Award)
- Dave Matthews Band (seven tours)
- Mötley Crüe (two tours)
- The great Leonard Cohen, world tour design
- The 2008 & 2012 Democratic National Convention
- The set for Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech at Invesco Stadium
- President Obama’s November 4th Election Night Stage in Grant Park, Chicago
- The Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington D.C. on January 20th, 2009.
- More: www.tribedesign.net & http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734678
A noteworthy achievement in Bruce’s career is his contribution to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Bruce designed and developed the “AT&T Global Olympic Village”, a 90,000 square-foot, transportable tensile structure providing meeting and entertainment space for Olympic Athletes and their families, as well as a live music venue and media center.
Bruce’s industry reputation and experience have earned him invitations to teach production design classes at universities across the nation. In 2008, Bruce was asked to join the faculty of Live Design Master Classes and has since taught Master Classes at Live Design International, a leading tradeshow and conference for live design professionals in North and South America. Classes include: ‘Designing with Projection and Video Surfaces’ to In-depth case studies of his large-scale design projects, from conception to opening night.