John-Michael Tubbs

The Design Oasis

The Design Oasis is Your One-Stop Cross Rental Resource. We Specialize in Rentals +We Have the Best Gear on the Market +Our Staff is Available 24/7 +We Provide Support +We Deliver Founded by two partners with a background in lighting design themselves, Luccas Oliveira and Abbas Ritscher, The Design Oasis set out to distinguish itself as a different, more "client-centric" rental business from the very beginning. "At the time, we saw how much local production companies struggled to get good service on weekends, evenings and even during lunchtime," recalled Oliveira. "Most rental houses wouldn't even pick up the phone on weekends, let alone replace malfunctioning gear. So that's when a light bulb went off – we thought that if we started a rental house that not only would be open and accessible 24/7, but would also deliver 24/7 with no extra charge on weekends or nights, we would be providing a service that production companies desperately needed, but were not getting." Within the past two years alone, The Design Oasis has more than doubled in size, now employing a fulltime staff of 15. Its sales have increased at a phenomenal rate of 100 percent or more annually. The company is being increasingly relied on as a one-stop source for lighting, video and audio gear by designers for major artists, venues and events -- from Julio Iglesias, to Sea World, to the Bonnaroo Music Festival.