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The design allows the light to be easily extracted for a post-decorative fit or service; a solution that has not been previously made available until now. Developed from Ecoled's Eyeconic range of miniature and modular LED downlights, the plaster-in version of the Eyeconic Trimless allows the light engine, free of a spring clip, to be inserted or fully retracted from the front using Ecoled's custom tool.

James Cadisch, marketing director at Ecoled, comments, "This is one of the smallest and most powerful luminaires on the market. Coupled with our latest innovation, the Eyeconic Trimless is not only elegant, but also pra

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The Plessey LEDs are being used in the Consol Solar Jars which are manufactured by Suntoy, a South African based company. Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park are using 1000 Consol Solar Jars as one of its key set pieces. Plessey's GaN on Silicon LEDs are being used as they offer manufacturers flexibility when designing custom light fittings due to their compact, eco-friendly and sustainable nature.

This is the first time globally, that wireless DMX technology has been used to activate so many solar powered lanterns in an art exhibition of this magnitude. The technological challenge was made easier in collaboration with UJ (University of

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When lighting designer Travis Shirley was tasked this summer (his fifth year with the festival) with lighting the festival's Main Stage - called the Ranch Arena - he knew he also had an experience mission: to offer an equal opportunity lighting rig for both daytime and nighttime artists. To do this, he designed and specified a lighting rig that would cut through daytime ambience and that would also do justice to light up embellishments of the stage design. Longtime festival vendor Christie Lites (rep Robert Roth) worked closely with

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A must-stop venue for many of those visitors was the LePlur Stage, epicentre of the festival's EDM centric acts, a stellar group that included The Chainsmokers, Party Favor, Die Antword, DJ Mustard, Black Tiger Sex Machine and Cakes Da Killa, to name a few.

Leaving no doubt that this was a major EDM stage was the eye searing lightshow created by the team at Solomon Group. Their power-packed rig was anchored by a beefy collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures. The production design of the LePlur stage was done by the brother team of Jonathan and Matthew Foucheaux.<

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Organisers, The Enchanted Forest Community Trust, have ensured that for each of its 15 years, a fresh theme using the very latest in technology, has been designed to bring the forest and loch to life.

This year appears to be no exception. Running from 29 September to 30 October, the event has so far scooped awards from the Scottish Events Awards (Best Event Marketing), CIPR Pride Awards Scotland (Best Integrated Campaign & Outstanding Small PR Consultancy) and the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Business Star Awards (Business Growth Award) to name but a few. For the sixth year, lighting designers Kate Bonney and Simon Hayes joi

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The company was founded by Hans Willems in 2006 to 'tackle all those challenging, crazy and innovative projects that occur in the industry - with style, flair and imagination'.

Back in 2006 Willems had a big dream, which was to work with like-minded people to realise ambitious projects that pushed the technical envelope and required custom solutions.

Now with 14 full time staff, all with multi-disciplinary knowledge, a team of top project managers, an extensive R&D department, an international portfolio of clients and numerous projects, large and small, standard and esoteric on the CV - there's every reason to celebrate the first decade of WIcre

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The festival is an annual event celebrating the diversity of cultural heritages across the world, giving young people a platform on which to showcase songs in their native language, accompanied by ethnic dancing. This year, 160 nations took part as the tour visited Thailand, Brazil, Morocco, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Australia, Senegal, South Africa, USA, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Romania, Germany and Belgium. Around 12,000 people attended at the ISS Dome in Dusseldorf, one

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He also chose Robe BMFL Spots and LEDWash 600s among other lights to assist the process at two of the main sites - Sint-Pietersplein 'past and future' and Citadelpark 'a party for all the senses'.

The Floralien, funded by the Flemish government and the city of Ghent, has been running every four years since 1809, and this was the first time that Thomas - more used to lighting massive EDM events like I Love Techno and a diversity of others from industrials to opera in

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The survey asked 1,013 organisations how they thought leaving the European Union would affect the arts in the UK. It reveals that, of 267 applicable responses, 75.3% said this would affect their UK productions by having a negative impact on their ability to bring artists and organisations into the UK. A large number of those surveyed were worried that barriers on bringing artists into the UK would result in a dip in artistic quality. Threats highlighted by arts organisations included "less sharing of skills, ideas and prac

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All standard Paradigm touchscreen themes are available from within the app and it is available for both Android and iOS devices. Paradigm Mobile Button Station App is compatible with all Paradigm Control Systems running version 3.1.0 or newer software.

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In keeping with the city itself, their grand 2,500 sq. ft. space was a myriad of adventure, bathed in a cornucopia of lighting, which visitors wasted no time in exploiting.

An open area at the front, adorned with demo tables bearing the new fixtures, enabled lighting professionals to get up close and personal with the products before joining GLP staff in the meeting and hospitality area.

The massive backdrop to the stand emphasised the company's status as the official lighting supplier for Exhibitionism, the curation of Rolling Stones' artefacts, successfully transferred from London, and shortly to open in New York.

Timecoded lightshows took place on the hour as the sides of the booth dropped to provide an immersive experience. The present

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"All my Gary Numan shows are very dynamic," says Edwards. "I find Avolites products allow me to achieve that very easily. The Tiger Touch II's intuitive functionality meant I could create a high-impact show with minimal programming time."

Despite touring to some of the country's more intimate venues such as Nottingham's Rock City and Bristol's Motion nightclub, Edwards did not hold back in creating a series of huge, high-energy looks. To get the most out of his rig, which focused on Martin MAC Aura XB, Ayrton Magic Blade and Robe Pointe fixtures, the designer drew on the updated features of Avolites' latest Titan version 10 software. The full lightin

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This Halloween, the epicentre of the local EDM scene was the venerable downtown Lincoln Theatre, where Pulse brought five of the area's top DJs on stage to throw down some dope bass lines and traps. Revving up the intensity level many times over was a relentless, eye-searing light show that featured 12 Intimidator Scan LED 300 moving fixtures and four Hurricane Haze 2D water-based haze machines from Chauvet DJ.

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"The number one thing I was shooting for when designing this set was impact," Nohling explains. "I wanted to have a large quantity of fixtures that had the ability to create the impact we were looking for. That meant we needed a fixture that fit a price point that allowed us to have enough across all of our campuses to make an impact and a powerful beam from each fixture. We looked at a lot of different fixtures and the ACL 360 Bars were a great solution for what we needed."

Eagle Brook's six campuses range from large purpose-built facilities to more traditional church buildings to auditoriums. All of Eagle Brook's

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The changes have produced a remarkable body of work and it's a mark of their durability that this autumn BMTH embark on their most ambitious European tour yet. "The show is a complete re-design from what fans saw last year for the launch of 'That's the Spirit'," says the band's production manager Rob Highcroft. "Louis Oliver at Okulus has created a three-dimensional video environment for the band that will startle all who come to see them."

Oliver's design is both radical and huge: "It's a massive commitment of gear and people for us," said Alex Leinster from

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Taking their place among the lighting rig's static LED and traditional incandescent fixtures are The Joan's four new SolaSpot Pro 2000 LED source moving head spots. With a 600W Bright White Engine kicking out 26,000 lumens, the 2000s also include frost, 5 to 45 degrees zoom range, linear and three-facet prisms, and more.

"They've also got two animation wheels, two rotating gobo wheels

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Isagenix is a worldwide company involved in the health and nutrition industry, with annual global revenues in excess of $500m. For their annual awards and celebration gala - attended by more than 14,000 associates, employees and media personnel -Isagenix demanded the very best in dramatic visual production. They turned to CG Creative who selected Marq Lighting's RezoTubes to create exciting visual effects for both the Gala and the after-party the following day.

CG Creative's technical producer Thomas Isarin reports, "We used Marq's RezoTubes for the Gala/Award event that spanned two different night

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"We're humbled and honoured to be recognised again by Worship Facilities," said Berenice Chauvet, Vice-President of Chauvet. "Our product development team has been intensely focused on developing LED fixtures with the brightness and performance capabilities needed to replace less efficient incandescent products. This award is a testament to their efforts."

The first LED ellipsoidal bright enough to serve as a true key light in large house of worship and theatrical applications, the Ovation E-260WW consumes far less power and generates far less he

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The Last Five Years opened last week to critical acclaim. It stars Samantha Barks and Jonathan Bailey and is directed by Jason Robert Brown himself. Regarding the production, Howard comments: "The set, which is designed by Derek McLane, is a dark blue brick box with naturalistic set pieces that are brought on throughout for particular numbers. One of the roles of my design was to give a sense of literal location along with reflect the sentiments expressed th

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English lighting designer Mark Wheatley crafted a precise harmonization between the lighting and video, as so much of the narrative performance relies on timing.

"Much of the vocal work is done by characters on the screen, so synchronization between lighting and projection is pretty crucial to the success of the show," Wheatley said. "It is quite a theatrical presentation so far as drawing focus

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Hawthorn worked with the show's Lighting Designer Tim Mitchell to provide lighting equipment to supplement The Rep's in-house rig. This included Hawthorn's new-to-stock Vari-lite VL1100TSDs, alongside Martin Mac Viper Performance and Viper Wash DX fixtures.

"There were several challenges on The Exorcist, including maintain the sleight of hand. There were many illusions in the show and the lighting had to distract the audience and conceal the effects" said Lighting Designer Tim Mitchell. "Control of the light was very important. We had

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Simon will now take charge of the Shenzhen operation, which is instrumental in sourcing video and lighting technology in China. Simon will work closely with Frederic Opsomer and the team at PRG Projects, who specialise in the development of custom LED for special events, touring projects and installations.

"After spending the past eight years in Shanghai, I am looking forward to the new role and challenges," says Simon." I leave behind a

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The 2016 iteration of the stand was built on the solid foundations of the 2014 show, the major change being a transition from projection to LED technology, supplied by LED Vision in the form of two highly new ROE BP 3.91mm screens with a total resolution nearing 6k, all run via Brompton M2 Processing and fed from d3 Technologies v2.5 Servers.

The lighting, supplied by MGG, was designed to make the stand 'pop' and stand out, and given its close proximity to doorways and the serious weight restrictions on the venue, required ultra low-weight fixtures that could provide both vivid colour and adequate

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The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter who has sold more than 18m albums toured this summer with a full band, bringing his classics such as Running on Empty and Somebody's Baby to audiences across the country.

Building on Browne's last album, lighting designer Steve Comer made only a few changes to the previous design, including opening up the stage space by cutting side towers and placing the lights on the downstage truss. One important aspect for the lighting design for Browne's tour is the desire for an LED prominent rig such as Bandit's exclusive GRNLite Moving Washes, GRNLite Par 64s, Elation 2 Lite LED and GLP X4S, giving the production a cooler, lower power-consumption look.

"The flexibility the