Thomas Baker is production designer and creator of environments for
television, corporate & special events, retail, exhibits, concerts, theatricals
& more. Thirteen of Mr. Baker's eighteen years in the profession have been based
in New York City. He founded Baker Brothers Creative in 2004 as an extension of
his production design career and a birthplace for even more varied projects,
after leaving a long-standing position as Senior Designer for Hotopp Associates
Limited.
For 6 years he designed The Cam Nealy Foundation's annual event Comics Come
Home hosted by Denis Leary, featuring comedians Eddie Brill, Lenny Clarke, Dane
Cook, Janeane Garafalo , Jay Mohr, Colin Quinn , Steven Wright and more. He has
designed television environments for ESPN, ABC Sports, CNBC, CBS Sports, PBS,
Fox News, Comedy Central, and the Discovery Channel. Designs for Live Stage
include: the inaugural performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
(featuring Rita Moreno, Savion Glover, more) and the Kimmel Center in
Philadelphia (featuring Sir Elton John), Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Tour in Egypt and
India, The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Walt Disney’s MGM Studios, and the Big
Apple Circus. Theatricals include BEAT: A Subway Cop's Comedy (The Kaufmann
Theatre) starring John DiResta and several national tours for New York's TheatreworksUSA.
Corporate environments for international heavy-hitters such as General Motors,
Daimler Chrysler, Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Cadillac, Jaguar, Pfizer, Bristol Meyers
Squibb, IBM, ITT Sheraton, Panasonic, Victoria’s Secret, General Electric,
Gillette, Deutche Bank, AOL Time-Warner, Intel, Yahoo and more, every day.
From the artist: "Many years ago I worked for a Broadway designer who held
that 'If your pencil's not moving, you're not really thinking'. I think he meant
"solving", but no matter…the notion is one of the few rules of thumb I've found
that pass the test of time - even though no one uses a pencil nowadays, and much
work is accomplished nonetheless. The point is - design is work. Anyone who
tells you otherwise is a hack, a charlatan or a flake at best. I mean it! Design
is beautiful, saturating and consummately satisfying…work."
BA Visual Arts, Otterbein College. MFA Scenic Design, North Carolina School
of the Arts.