How the Oscars Incorporated 90,000 Swarovski Crystals Into the Ceremony’s Stage Design

variety.com:

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe 94th Academy Awards is returning to the Dolby Theatre this Sunday, and Swarovski has teamed up with Emmy-award creative director and designer David Korins (“Hamilton”, “Dear Evan Hansen”) to provide 90,000 Swarovski Crystals for the stage design.Perhaps the most dazzling aspect to Korins’ staging is the crystal curtain, which is made from Swarovski Crystals. “The beautiful thing about working with Swarovski Crystals is that you use them just the way they are.

They shine and sparkle the way you want them to,” Korins tells Variety. “With Swarovski Crystals, there’s no need for scenic enhancements, what you want to do is accentuate what they are already meant to do and that is capture and reflect light beautifully.” Korins’ stage design will also feature a dome, two floating orbs illuminated with strands of Swarovski Crystals and a swirling design.

Producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan wanted a design that felt modern and fun.Korins wanted the stage design to have an aesthetic that is based on inclusivity, community and a world that boldly and unapologetically glows with positivity from the inside.

He said, “Our design is incredibly future-forward, and one that feels like it’s positive and light-emitting. It’s fair, bold, muscular, and it’s masculine and it’s feminine.”A three-time Tony nominee, Korins won an Emmy for his work on 2016’s “Grease Live” and also designed the set for the 2019 Academy Awards.