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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. IPAs
2. Teleporting
3. Cat
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. Coffee in the morning, Augustiner at night
2. Spread Knowledge
3. ALF
1. Something dark; coffee or beer
2. Flying
3. R.O.U.S. (Rodent of Unusual Size)
1. Beer and Coffee
2. Invulnerability
3. Moose
1. Tito's with lime
2. Quantum Tunneling - The ability to walk through walls
3. Jaguar
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1. Frangelico
2. To pull infinite all-nighters
3. Sabertooth Tiger
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. Natty Light
2. Telekinesis
3. Shark!
1. Sweet Tea
2. Flying (or Strength or Fire)
3. Wolf, a white one
1. Thai Iced Tea
2. Being in multiple places at once
3. Elk
2. What power does your alter-ego super hero have?
1. IPA Beer
2. Flying
3. Lion
1. Black Tea
2. Teleporting
3. Koala
1. Jack and Coke
2. Teleportation
3. Wolf
1. Beer
2. Healing
3. Griffin
1. Well-balanced English Ale
2. Teleporting
3. Hammer head shark, mainly because they are bad ass
1. Stella Artois
2. Flying
3. Dog
1. Coffee- Hot, Iced, or Intravenous
2. Any superpower!
3. A bear - quiet, not harmful, but protective of its clan if threatened
1. Sunkist
2. Incredible 'telepathetic' abilities
3. Lion
1. A good beer and/or coffee
2. Telekinesis
3. Sloth
3. If you were an animal, what would you be?
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. Water or Stout
2. Regenerative Healing
3. The Wolf
1. Hefeweizen
2. Elemental Transmutation
3. Gray Wolf
1. Guinness
2. Crazy strength (like The Hulk)
3. Ox
1. A-Treat Big Blue
2. Bulletproof
3. Greyhound
1. Kombucha
2. Immortality
3. The Maned Wolf
1. Ballast Sculpin IPA
2. Going Super Saiyan
3. Optimus Prime
1. Gueuze
2. The power to resist pizza
3. Great Blue Heron
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1. Black Coffee by day, Jack & Coke by night
2. Precognition
3. Spider Monkey
1. Mimosa
2. Animal Communicator
3. Whale - Strong communicators, exhibit peaceful strength and form strong bonds with others
1. Ecto Cooler
2.The legacy of Johnny Lawrence and Cobra Kai Dojo
3. The majestic Sea Pig
1. Iced coffee OR jalapeño margarita
2. Excellent memory
3. Bottlenosed dolphin
1. Vinho verde
2. The power to rid people of hate, anger, fear and suffering
3. Alpaca
1. Seattle's Best Iced Coffee
2. Healing
3. Discoppopotamus
1. Lemonade
2. To always know the right thing to say
3. An ant: they move mountains and value community
1. Beer
2. Flying
3. Bearmanpig
1. Knob Creek & Coke on the rock's
2. Seven Different Kinds of Smoke!
3. Phoenix or Kung Fu Panda
1.Basil Hayden Dark Rye
2. Time travel (but I’ll settle for Master of Time Management)
3. A Westie
1. Duh, BEER.
2. Teleporting would be pretty sweet
3. Dog
1. Berry Fruit Smoothie
2. Teleportation
3. Eagle
1. Coke Zero and coffee
2. Telekinesis
3. A family dog
1. My Secret Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Lemon Drop Martini
2. Flying
3. A dolphin at a fantastic Aquarium
1. A whiskey based cocktail
2. Learning through osmosis
3. The Beaver
1. What's your drink of choice?
1. Life
2. Time Travel
3. Bingo of the Banana Splits
1. Coffee
2. Flying, then I wouldn't have to worry about traffic!
3. Dolphin, playful spirit and love to swim.
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. Orange juice
2. The power to steal other superhero's powers and use them as my own
3. Kangaroo
1. A skinny vanilla latte
2. Mind reading
3. An Otter. Otters are petite, engaging creatures overflowing with positive energy
1. All kinds of coffee
2. Teleporting
3. Cat
1. Flying Dog Raging Bitch Belgian style IPA on cask
2. To cure every known disease
3. A Blue Whale
1. Ice water with lemon
2. Super strength
3. A honey badger because the honey badger don't care
1. Things containing Cascade and/or Chinook Hops
2. Time control
3. A Muppet