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The spark for ATOMIC started over thirty years ago with London-based production designer Tom McPhillips. He became known for creating innovative sets that travelled lightly, set up quickly and looked dramatic on stage.
We’ve grown to encompass a deep pool of world-class professionals. From drafting, to welding, to 3D animation, we create immersive environments for the world’s top bands and biggest brands. Our work now ships across the globe and we have home bases stretching from Los Angeles to Tokyo.
Our core philosophy has never changed. Our work travels lightly, sets up quickly and looks dramatic on stage. We strive to make your show day a success by seeing around corners, getting our hands dirty, collaborating and delivering with no surprises.
Click through the constellation points below to cruise through ATOMIC’s history.
Tom McPhillips begins painting backdrops and scenery for theater, opera and television productions, opening his own studio in 1976. Before long he branches out and begins designing for live shows and music videos by Culture Club, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and many more!
Tom McPhillips begins painting backdrops and scenery for theater, opera and television productions, opening his own studio in 1976. Before long he branches out and begins designing for live shows and music videos by Culture Club, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and many more!
Tom’s work is seen on tour and in the studio with some of rock n’ roll’s biggest artists: Michael Jackson, The Who and Paul McCartney. Even better, his designs become known in the industry for their ease of use, fast set-up, creative construction techniques and innovative materials.
Tom moves to the U.S., and launches a set construction shop to build his iconic designs. ATOMIC is born: “A Tom Mc” Phillips Design.
As the video era takes off, ATOMIC begins providing design and construction for music videos, awards shows and televised concerts including hundreds of episodes of MTV Unplugged and A&E Live by Request.
Corporate marketers turn to ATOMIC for help creating pop-up stores, immersive brand environments and live experiences that engage their fans. Over time, Nike, Target and Victoria’s Secret join the ATOMIC client list, alongside Turner Television and CBS Networks.
ATOMIC launches a rental division and begins shipping creative, modular scenery and soft goods all over the world. Interchangeable products and endless combinations help designers make any event an ATOMIC event. Packs small, plays BIG is born! Rental Solutions changed its name to Modular Systems in late 2019.
The ATOMIC production team grows and officially gets rolling producing top-notch events from some of the world’s biggest brands.
ATOMIC celebrates 20 years in business!
We’ve come a long way… and with the help of our awesome employees, partners, clients and friends we look forward to doing what we love – for people we love – for many years to come!
1. What's your drink of choice?
1. Iced Tea
2. Flying
3. Shark
1. Blanton's Neat
2. Teleportation
3. Panda
1. Vietnamese coffee
2. Control thunder and lightning
3. Goat
1. G&T (Hendrick’s for the gin)
2. Telekinesis
3. Golden Retriever
1. IPAs
2. Teleporting
3. Cat
1. Cold Smoke Scotch Ale by KettleHouse Brewing
2. Telekinesis
3. Paul Brunner
1. Coke occasionally with some Jack
2. Telekinesis
3. Wombat
1. Dr Pepper on the Rocks
2. Flight
3. Wolf
1. Sazerac
2. Teleportation
3. Raccoon
1. Iced Coffee
2. Prefers to remain mortal
3. Koala
Tell us why we can't live without you!
1. AM: Earl Grey, PM: Gin & Tonic
2. Telekinesis
3. Giraffe
1. Black tea with milk and honey
2. Always finding the best parking spots
3. Impala
1. Champagne & Chambord
2. Mind Reading
3. Mama Bear
1. Chocolate Milkshake
2. Superhuman Speed
3. A Dolphin
1. Sangria or Margarita
2. Power to multiply myself (so I can rest)
3. Wolf
1. Yards IPA
2. Emotional Manipulation
3. Alex Thomas
2. What power does your alter-ego super hero have?
1. Miller Lite
2. Invisibility
3. I would want to be a bird to fly free
1. Diet Coke or Tito's
2. Many powers, like Supergirl!
3. Lion
1. Bud Light
2. Total Self Sufficiency
3. Wolf
1. Coffee in the morning, Augustiner at night
2. Spread Knowledge
3. ALF
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Stone manipulation
3. Orca or Mountain Goat
1. Something dark; coffee or beer
2. Flying
3. R.O.U.S. (Rodent of Unusual Size)
1. Nitro Cold Brew with Sweet Cream
2. Sorcerer Supreme with none of that Thanos nonsense
3. Red Panda
3. If you were an animal, what would you be?
1. Beer and Coffee
2. Invulnerability
3. Moose
1. Keystone Light
2. The Ability to Fix Anything
3. Bald Eagle
1. Tito's with lime
2. Quantum Tunneling - The ability to walk through walls
3. Jaguar
1. Miller Lite
2. Teleportation
3. Lion
1. Shirley Temple
2. Teleporting
3. Pegasus
1. Crystal Pepsi with Gummiberry juice
2. To get people to forgive non super hero Brian
3. Ghost of a half Lab half German Shepard
1. Sweet Tea
2. Flying (or Strength or Fire)
3. Wolf, a white one
1. Gin
2. Time Travel
3. Albatross
1. Hudson Valley Brewing Animal Balloon or a glass of Bourbon Barrel-Aged Cabernet Sauvignon
2. Teleportation
3. Eurasian Eagle-Owl
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1. Jack & Coke
2. Strength
3. Eagle
1. Thai Iced Tea
2. Being in multiple places at once
3. Elk
1. White Russian
2. Breathing underwater
3. Sea Dragon
1. Black Tea
2. Teleporting
3. Koala
1. Sam Adams Boston Lager
2. Ability to communicate in all languages
3. Lion
1. Water
2. I would rid all people of their diseases
3. Eagle
1. Jack and Coke
2. Teleportation
3. Wolf
1. Bailey's Irish Creme with Coffee
2. Underwater Control
3. Direwolf
1. Beer
2. Healing
3. Griffin
1. Ice cold water fountain with good water pressure
2. Teleportation
3. Great Pyrenees
1. Crystal Pepsi
2. Wolverine Claws
3. Cat
1. Old Fashioned
2. A “reset” belly button – A Mulligan For Life
3. Molehawk - a mole with a Mohawk
1. Well-balanced English Ale
2. Teleporting
3. Hammer head shark, mainly because they are bad ass
1. Tea
2. The Ability to Fly
3. Octopus
1. Fresca or a goof Mai Tai
2. An eidetic memory
3. Australian Shepherd. I wish I had that much energy.
1. What's your drink of choice?
1. Stella Artois
2. Flying
3. Dog
1. A lot of water or anything with chocolate
2. I'm part of the "tele" team, meaning teleportation, telekinesis, and telepathy
3. A big cat because they're lazy and fierce!
1. Yuengling Lager
2. Telekineses
3. Espeon (the best Pokemon)
1. Sunkist
2. Incredible 'telepathetic' abilities
3. Lion
1. Coffee
2. Flight
3. Cat
1. Vodka Martini, no olives
2. Immortality + power to give immortality to loved ones
3. Ocelot
1. Coffee
2. Mind Reading
3. Orca
1. Anything sweet, light, and refreshing
2. Flying
3. Dolphin
Tell us why we can't live without you!
1. Smuttynose IPA
2. Time travel
3. Grizzly bear
1. Lots of water keeps me going, beer's good too
2. Power in numbers, alter ego with a versatile skill set
3. Papa Bear
1. Sea Dog Bluepaw Wheat Ale
2. Absolute Potential
3. Phoenix
1. Coffee
2. Ability to stop time
3. Hagrid
1. Gin & Tonic
2. Time Travel
3. Since I have two of my own, a dog
1. Turkey Hill Iced Tea or Moosehead Beer
2. Superhuman Strength and Wizardry
3. Cat, because I'm waiting to strike when the opportunity is right.
2. What power does your alter-ego super hero have?
1. Water
2. Time-travel
3. Shark
1. Southern Style Sweet Tea
2. Superhuman Stamina
3. A Flying Squirrel
1. Meadow Tea or Hazy IPA
2. Wizardry
3. Cheetah
1. Hefeweizen
2. Elemental Transmutation
3. Gray Wolf
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Passive invulnerability (I’m completely indestructible, provided I don’t resort to violence)
3. Bear in the Big Blue House
1. Coffee
2. If I told you that I'd be blowing the cover on my secret identity as a fabricator
3. Dog
1. Mountain Dew
2. Healing & Persuasion to Make People Kind to One Another
3. An Eagle
1. Ballast Sculpin IPA
2. Going Super Saiyan
3. Optimus Prime
3. If you were an animal, what would you be?
1. Iced Thai Tea
2. "Avatar, master of all four elements"
3. Cat, specifically Luna from Sailor Moon
1. Yuengling Lager
2. Reading minds
3. Falcon
1. Gueuze
2. The power to resist pizza
3. Great Blue Heron
1. Oliver Brewing's Space Pants
2. Shape-shifting
3. Wolf
1. Captain & Coke
2. Immortality, so I could continue to spread positivity forever and ever
3. Wolf
1. Yuengling Lager
2. Time Travel
3. Eagle
1. Rum & Coke
2. Shapeshifter
3. Elephant
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1. Negroni
2. Earth-Bending (like in Avatar: The Last Airbender)
3. Capybara
1. Nice glass of Knob Creek whiskey
2. Open time rifts to travel between past, present, and future
3. A tiger
1. Coke
2. The ability to freeze time
3. Lion
1. A Fresh Margarita
2. Being infinitely fully rested
3. Quokka
1. Bailey's (Creamy)
2. Predicting the future
3. A Puppy Bear
1. Iced Mocha
2. Teleportation
3. Sea Otter
1. Bluephoria Yerba Mate
2. Flight
3.Black Panther
1. Ecto Cooler
2.The legacy of Johnny Lawrence and Cobra Kai Dojo
3. The majestic Sea Pig
1. Water
2. Time manipulation
3. Tiger
1. Gin and tonic
2. Super-powered hair to catch people, save animals, put out fires and be a self-protective shield
3. A Butterfly
1. Iced coffee OR jalapeño margarita
2. Excellent memory
3. Bottlenosed dolphin
1. Manhattan
2. Weather control
3. Magpie
1. Moscato
2. Teleportation
3. A cuddly puppy
1. Nitro Cold Brew or Dark Roast Drip
2. Change evil souls into humanitarians
3. Octopus
1. What's your drink of choice?
1. Lemonade
2. To always know the right thing to say
3. An ant: they move mountains and value community
1. Hot Chocolate
2. Shape Shifting
3. Hippocampus
1. Water or Victory Brewing Co. beer
2. Is being a wizard a superpower? Because that would be AWESOME!
3. An otter
1. Green Tea
2. Magnetic Powers
3. Bear
1. Lemonade
2. Flight
3. Some days a raccoon and some days a wolf
1. Buffalo Trace Bourbon - neat or on rocks
2. Power of Invulnerability
3. A Cheetah
1. Ice water with a squeeze of fresh lime
2. Superhuman strength and reflexes
3. Ibex
1. A good, cold beer
2. Invisibility
3. Shark
Tell us why we can't live without you!
1. Oolong tea, Disaronno on the rocks or an Oregon Pinot Noir
2. Flight and being able to adapt to the physics of space
3. Manta ray or hawk
1. Yuengling
2. Always Have a New Way to Mess with Alan Fackler
3. Dog
1. Matcha Latte
2. Time-travel
3. Barn Owl
1. Beer
2. Flying
3. Bearmanpig
1. Whiskey Soda
2. Stop Wars!
3. Horse
2. What power does your alter-ego super hero have?
1. Orange Crush
2. Touch any musical instrument and be able to play it well
3. Kangaroo
1. Anything with enough lime juice to cure scurvy
2. Shapeshifting
3. A BIRD!
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Super speed
3. Chimpanzee
1. Duh, BEER.
2. Teleporting would be pretty sweet
3. Dog
1. Raspberry Iced Tea
2. Flight
3. The Bald Eagle
1. Berry Fruit Smoothie
2. Teleportation
3. Eagle
3. If you were an animal, what would you be?
1. AM/PM: Black Coffee PM: G&T with Hendricks and Lime
2. Bionic hands that can be any tool
3. Cat!
1. Malibu Bay Breeze
2. Ability to talk to animals, specifically the best golden retriever ever, Sophie
3. A baby harbor seal
1. Tequila/Pineapple
2. Teleportation
3. Lion
1. Coke Zero and coffee
2. Telekinesis
3. A family dog
1. Coffee, Water, or Gose style beer
2. The ability to cure disease/illness
3. The closest I could get to One-Punch Man is a Mantis Shrimp. So Mantis Shrimp.
1. Black coffee
2. Talk to animals
3. Kangaroo, I like to have pockets
1. Any Monster Energy Drink
2. To be Invisible
3. Mountain Lion
1. My Secret Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Lemon Drop Martini
2. Flying
3. A dolphin at a fantastic Aquarium
1. Caramel Latte
2. Replication
3. Cat
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1. Life
2. Time Travel
3. Bingo of the Banana Splits
1. Lloyd's Light
2. Perfect memory recall
3. Thundercat
1. Water
2. Flying, to get around quicker
3. Wolf
1. Diet Coke
2. Teleportation
3. Cat
1. Gin & tonic with a wedge of lime
2. Teleportation
3. A cat at a super cozy cat cafe
1. Carrot and orange juice with a splash of apple juice
2. Controlling plants and being able to shape-shift
3. Hummingbird
1. Coffee
2. Flying, then I wouldn't have to worry about traffic!
3. Dolphin, playful spirit and love to swim.
1. Coffee
2. I can fly!
3. Wolf
1. Turners Iced Tea from Pittsburgh
2. Flight so I never gotta pay for gas
3. A dog so I could still play ball
1. Laphroaig
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2. Kamehameha or autonomous ultra instinct
3. Silverback
1. Raspberry Iced Tea
2. Shoot Webs out of my Wrists!
3. Cheetah
1. Silver Tequila
2. Lie Detection
3. Larry David
1. Flavored water or coffee
2. To fly
3. Dog
1. Black Coffee (AM), Scotch (PM)
2. Teleportation
3. Beaver
1. Dr. Pepper
2. To grow at will
3. Fox
1. Miller High Life and a shot of Bushmills
2. The ability to speak, read and write any language in the Universe
3. A panther
1. Beer
2. Telekinesis
3. Eagle
1. Flying Dog Raging Bitch Belgian style IPA on cask
2. To cure every known disease
3. A Blue Whale
1. A South Side
2. Psychokinesis
3. A dog
1. Ice water with lemon
2. Super strength
3. A honey badger because the honey badger don't care
1. Bourbon
2. Time Travel
3. Bald Eagle
1. Iced Coffee
2. Reality Warping
3. Giraffe
1. Coffee iced or hot depending on the weather
2. Knowing the conscious & subconscious thoughts of others
3. Hayabusa
1. Things containing Cascade and/or Chinook Hops
2. Time control
3. A Muppet