Luxury Life asks Sotto about new Global 7000

Luxury writer and editor, Jared Stern contacted Eddie Sotto to get his thoughts about what custom design potential he sees in the new Bombardier Global 7000. 

BESPOKE Airborne Magazine hails SkyRanch.

Nice profile piece in the industry publication "Bespoke Airborne Connectivity and Style." 

TALKING CREATIVE PROCESS. Hanging on to Big Ideas and designing them.

Here are our 2 latest articles on Blooloop.com, the most widely read magazine for themed entertainment. 

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So fun to think of Herbie as he was the best teacher and friend you could have...

SottoStudios/LA joins TEA, Themed Entertainment Association

 SottoStudios is proud to announce that we joined the TEA, the Themed Entertainment Association. This is the premier organization in the theme going to tame it in the street and we are proud to be a part of it. We believe being at the center of the the action is the perfect way to leverage our 30 years of entertainment design experience, and be part of the future of immersive technology and innovation. 

Sotto becomes Blooloop.com contributing Author

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For several years Eddie has been posting articles on LinkedIn and has written advisory quotes in various books and publications. The hottest and most widely read amusement industry publication, Blooloop,com reached out to Sotto to invite him to share insights and experience as a contributing “author.” After a stirring lecture at IAAPA on the topic of theme parks as art, Sotto responds. Check it out here. https://blooloop.com/art-theme-parks/

A secret insight revealed to Walt Disney in creating great experiences.

This brief video interview touches on the effect amusement legend and pioneer Dave Bradley had on my career. At the time we met in 1980, I was a young designer at Knott's Berry Farm, thirsty to learn. Bradley was an "old timer" and had seen it all. He had managed the big bands of the 1940's and owed a Kiddieland (Beverly Park) all his own. Now he was building fiberglass Carousels and even had produced the ore car bodies for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland. As the owner of Bradley and Kaye, a ride manufacturer, he was also doing some work for my first employer, Knott's Berry Farm. I had designed a ride vehicle he was to engineer and build. He gave me lots of great advice and our vehicles are still running at the farm today, nearly 3 decades later.  The more you got to know Dave, the more you'd appreciate the experience behind the humility. You'd find his best story is as older than Disneyland itself,  in his early conversations with a curious Walt Disney. 

Dave's simple wisdom lives on. At Disney Imagineering, the DNA of Tokyo Disneyland's "Pooh's Hunny Hunt" and EPCOT's "Mission:Space" were conceived with Bradley's golden rule at their core. Many thanks and a debt of gratitude to the teams of WDI super talent that took those shows to the finish line and made them the incredible projects they are. Dave would be proud.

Dave Bradley 1911-1988. Pioneered fiberglas Carousel horses, ride engineer , designer manufacturer. Bradley and Kaye Rides. Owned Beverly Park.