What the best clubs have in common—and it’s not the lineup

What makes a club truly great?

In the second edition of What I’d Build, artist and cultural commentator ARNII turns his attention to the people behind the venue, and why getting that right matters more than anything else.

From The White Hotel in Manchester to Nowadays in New York and the late De School in Amsterdam, the rooms that stand the test of time aren’t running on one person’s taste. They’re built from a collective of people who trust each other to shape the room together.

From graphic designers who drive the creative vision of a club, to the booker, the light tech, the welfare team, ARNII makes the case that everyone in the building should be a co-curator.

Tell us: which clubs do you think are doing this right?

You can also revisit the first episode here, in which ARNII thought about the space itself, from the building to the layout, the sound system, and more.