Work in the news:

UPDATE: It looks like not all of the props are headed to Hong Kong. Some of the more memorable items such as the Zebra Bar are now in the recently opened Vinylmation/D Street at Downtown Disney West Side.

I recently saw a photo of an empty Main Salon where over 1000 props used to live and it hit me, the Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island in Walt Disney World really is no more. It took a lot of early morning Rose Bowl swap meet buying trips to fill those storied walls. I hope the art director in Hong Kong inheriting these unique items has as much fun working with them as I did. AC was definitely one of my favorite projects!

KidZania the award-winning children’s edutainment center brand continues its rapid growth. Plans are underway for an American debut and sites are in the works for Cairo, San Paulo and Shanghai.

Coverage of KidZania Dubai can be found in these local newspapers: Dubai Chronicle, the UAE Today, and the Khaleej Times.  To see KidZania in action, watch Martin Lindstrom’s video report of KidZania Tokyo for Advertising Age and read a Dubai reporter’s story in The National chronicling one child’s experience.

See the opening announcement for KidZania Seoul.