Carry On Airlines Named Finalist in the 2026 Architizer A+Awards
Carry On Airlines has been named a Finalist in the 2026 Architizer A+Awards in the Hospitality – Bars & Wineries category. The recognition celebrates the project's immersive aviation-inspired design and places it among the year's most distinguished hospitality interiors.
Pretty Decent Concepts heads to Old Town Scottsdale
Phoenix Business Journal reports that Pretty Decent Concepts will introduce multiple hospitality concepts at Arbor Old Town, with longtime collaborator PETERMAX Co. integrated throughout the project’s design and creative development.
Carry On Airlines: Designing Through the Details
More than a themed cocktail lounge, Carry On Airlines is a fully realized piece of experiential architecture. Design Icon explores how PETERMAX Co. transformed just 775 square feet into one of hospitality's most immersive destinations.
How Cleaverman & Carry On Became America’s Most Talked-About Restaurant Concepts
Peter Maxwell Bowden, founder and creative director of PETERMAX Co., joins Teddy Myers of Pretty Decent Concepts to discuss Cleaverman, Carry On Airlines and the making of immersive hospitality concepts built to endure.
Think You Have the World’s Best Designed Bar? Here’s How to Prove It.
Think you have the world’s best designed bar? Prove it! Carry On in Phoenix was named Best Bar Design in North America by The World’s 50 Best Bars in 2025, recognizing its fully immersive 1970s-inspired airline interior designed by Peter Bowden and PETERMAX Co.
Forbes Spotlights Carry On Airlines’ Gold Key Award
Forbes spotlights Carry On Airlines by PETERMAX Co. as the winner of the Judges’ So Cool Award at the 2025 Gold Key Awards, celebrating its immersive interpretation of 1970s luxury air travel.
BDNY Exhibitors, Spaces Look at Future of Hotel Design
Hotel Management highlights Carry On Airlines by PETERMAX Co. as the recipient of the Judges’ So Cool Award at the 2025 Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design.
Carry On Airlines Wins Gold Key Award in Boutique Design's 2025 Gold Key Issue
Carry On Airlines takes flight once again with recognition in Boutique Design's 2025 Gold Key Issue. The feature celebrates PETERMAX Co.'s Gold Key-winning cocktail lounge while also recognizing Drop Dead Gorgeous as a finalist, highlighting two immersive hospitality projects honored among the year's most notable designs.
Carry On Airlines Wins Two Honors at the 45th Annual Gold Key Awards
PETERMAX Co. received multiple honors at the 45th Annual Gold Key Awards, with Carry On Airlines winning the Bar/Club/Lounge category and the prestigious Judges' So Cool Award, while Drop Dead Gorgeous was recognized as a finalist in the same category.
Carry On Bar — Retro-Futurism Inspired by 1960s Aviation
HoReCa Furniture profiles Carry On as a case study in immersive hospitality design, exploring how Peter Bowden’s aviation-inspired Phoenix cocktail bar uses spatial planning, custom furnishings, lighting, technology, and period materials to build a complete retro-futurist experience.
You Can Sip and “Travel” in This Immersive Cocktail Experience Inspired by the Golden Age of Aviation
My Modern Met takes readers inside Carry On, the immersive cocktail experience in Downtown Phoenix designed in collaboration with PETERMAX Co., where the glamour of 1960s air travel inspires a richly detailed, private-aircraft interior.
PETERMAX Co. Earns Two Recognitions in the 2025 Hospitality Design Awards
PETERMAX Co. earned two recognitions in the 2025 Hospitality Design Awards: Carry On Airlines won its category, while Powder Room was named a finalist.
High design: Phoenix plane bar named most stylish spot in North America
Phoenix New Times spotlights Carry On after the Peter Bowden-designed cocktail experience earned the Best Bar Design Award from North America’s 50 Best Bars, which praised the immersive Phoenix venue as a “masterclass in retro-futuristic design.”
Space Case: Carry On
PHOENIX magazine spotlights Carry On, the immersive Downtown Phoenix cocktail experience designed by Peter Bowden of PETERMAX Co., with a custom interior inspired by the glamour and social energy of 1970s air travel.
Plane-Themed Bar Carry On Arrives in Phoenix
Carry On has arrived in Downtown Phoenix, offering a 90-minute immersive cocktail experience inside a luxurious airplane-inspired interior designed by Peter Bowden.
Inside Wren & Wolf with Peter Bowden, Teddy Myers and Thor Nguyen
Peter Maxwell Bowden, Teddy Myers and Thor Nguyen—partners in Pretty Decent Concepts—join A Taste of AZ to discuss Wren & Wolf, its day-to-night transformation and the collaboration behind the downtown Phoenix hospitality destination.
As Carry On Gets Closer to Takeoff, Here’s What to Expect at the Plane-Themed Bar
Carry On brings the glamour of 1960s and 1970s air travel to Downtown Phoenix with a fully immersive cocktail experience designed by Peter Bowden.
Carry On to Open in Downtown Phoenix
Carry On brings the golden age of private air travel to Downtown Phoenix with a vintage aviation-inspired cocktail lounge designed by Peter Bowden of PETERMAX Co.