Debbie Millman Instagram – In 2003 the artist @esdevlin’s career took a turn. She’d already made her name as a theater designer, where her conceptual and sculptural stage designs had long impressed London theater world. But in 2003 Devlin turned some of her attention to concert set design, and her work impressed pretty much the entire world. She’s done concert sets for Beyonce and Jay Z, for Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, for opera festivals, the Olympics and even for the Super Bowl. She also helped launch the Sphere in Las Vegas with her work with U2. There is currently an exhibition of her work at The Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City, and she joins me on this extra special Design Matters interview. Link to listen is in my bio. Images that follow, all designed by Es Devlin: Slide 2: Adele in concert Slide 3: Beyoncé in concert stage design Slide 4: The Weeknd in concert stage design Slide 5: Don Giovanni opera stage design Slide 6: Jay Z and Ye in concert stage design Slide 7: Royal Ballet stage design Slide 8: Salome opera stage design Slide 9: Carmen opera stage design Slide 10: U2 concert stage design Cover image in front of her first solo retrospective at the @cooperhewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum, photographed by Jason Ardizzone-West