Despite being one of the shortest A roads in the UK, the A3220 is also one of the busiest, forming a vital link between Clapham on the south and the A40 at White City. So the overbridge at the northeast corner of the Westfield site was the ideal location for further Lighthouse screens to complement the highly successful installation at the Holland Park roundabout, just to the south.
Two screens have been installed, one facing northbound
RSA MD Paul Nicholson explains: "Due to the economic downturn I was looking at ways of making what we believe are already extremely competitively priced products, namely the Tannoy VQ Live and the Innovason Eclipse, even more affordable. It's clear that some rental companies are reluctant to enter into finance schemes when interest rates are virtually at zero, yet lenders are still asking for 10% + APR interest on leasing and hire purchase deals.
So, we decided that one particular route to owning new cutting edge audio products would be to offer a brokerage scheme whereby Gearsource Europe could directly manage a deal to move on a customer's existing or redundant equipment in order to release
Production company, EML, has supplied lighting, sound and large format projection - powered by two ArKaos A10 media servers - for the tour.
Olivier Demoustier, EML's light designer, began by spending a week in a WYSIWYG studio, setting up and testing the show, before taking two days to programme over 3000 cues for the three-hour show and synchronizing them with the live orchestr
Almost 30 nominations were received from across the industry and these were narrowed down to a shortlist of 10 finalists for the panel of judges to ponder upon. The judges for this year's awards were Roy Bickel, Tony Giovannetti, Anne Militello, Jason Rudolph, and Wendall Harrington.
The judges panel was chaired by Mike Wood, who said prior to announcing the winners, "The winner might be a product that could change the industry, it could
ColorReach Powercore and iW Reach TR Powercore are the road-ready versions of ColorReach Powercore, the flagship high-performance floodlight from Philips Color Kinetics. These rental-friendly floodlights generate enough light output to replace multiple flood and wash fixtures for large-scale and long-throw applications.
ColorReach TR Powercore offers over 5,000 lumens of output, light projection of over 500 feet, and the ability to generate millions of colours and dynamic effects without the need for maintenance-intensive coloured gels, filters, or mechanical scrollers. New royal blue LEDs are standard with ColorReach TR Powercore to offer deeper, more saturated colou
Lighting designer for Wynn Resorts is Tom Kowalczuk who has the job of creating a variety of lighting designs across the Wynn property, from club to casino to convention room.
The elegant atmosphere at XS caters to a clientele who are looking for a more relaxed, intimate environment, but, as Kowalczuk explains, that doesn't exclude a dynamic lighting system.
"For XS, we really had to sell the moving lights," he says. "The owner wanted the club to be subdued, s
A new compact beam fixture in the MAC family also featured. Additionally on display were a host of lighting and video control solutions, as well as updates in the Jem and Magnum line of fog and haze machines. The new Martin RADAR, an innovative RDM communication protocol and information feedback system also featured.
The MAC 401 Dual is a fresh and versatile LED moving head washlight with an innovative double-sided design that gives it flexible dualfunctionality, for example as a double washlight or beam reflective mirror.
The MAC 301 Wash is an LED moving head washlight that features a powerfully fast zoom with an impressive zoom
With its contemporary design Iberia LED offers improved visual acuity, better vertical luminance, and smoother visual transition which allows for positive enhancement on property visibility and pedestrian awareness, as well as better vertical illumination, says the company.
Considerable energy savings are achieved due to its advanced no-shielding design, which achieves lower light trespass whilst delivering light precisely where it is intended to go. The long life of LED's (50,000 hours i.e. up to 10 years) is particul
It is DBN's fourth year working for production company Ear To The Ground with this pop-up nightclub, which features an impressive DJ line up and live performances from some of the finest dance bands. This year, the lighting design has been created by Simon Barrington, who has worked closely with DBN's project manager, Pete Robinson.
The lighting fixtures were all chosen for their small sizes and high impact. There are a total of 16 Martin Professional MAC 250 Entours, eight Clay Paky Alpha Wash 300s and six CP Alpha Wash 575 moving lights - distributed across all the trusses - together with eight Atomic strobes and 16 Stu
This striking first ever national monument for the organisation is located in the gardens of the RNLI's HQ, and commemorates the 778 RNLI lifesavers lost since its foundation in 1824. The sculpture was designed by artist Sam Holland, and the by Satu Streatfield.
The sculpture shows a stainless steel boat containing a lifeboat crew member saving a casualty from the water - a bold and dramatic statement reflecting the history and projecting the future of the RNLI, symbolising courage, loss, selflessness, remembrance and hope.
LTP has worked in a similar role on other SaMA lighting projects, and was asked onboard when the li
Ashton's work, Crown of Light, covered the entire North fascia of the Cathedral including all sides of the three towers, and was the largest installation of the festival, and arguably also the biggest cathedral projection to date in the UK. Durham Cathedral dates back to 1093 and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the country. It is a designated UNESCO world Heritage Site along with nearby Durham Castle which faces it across Palace Green.
Ashton received an initial brief from Artichoke's Helen Marriage and Nicky Webb about the narrative and direction of the show. Taking these as a creative starting point for the storyboard, he t
When interior designer Colin Stone (of Stone Me!) was brought in, it was with the task of upgrading a typical 1980's social club interior - by creating an ever-changing environment which it would be equally comfortable hosting formal conferences, banquets and wedding receptions to full-on entertainment for up to 600 people.
"This was a very dated function room which resembled a big top inside," remembers Stone. "The client wanted it to be more contemporary - sufficiently warm for the majority of uses but with elegance and opulence to enable it to host wedding receptions.
"The logical decision was to keep the environment neutral and
The latest recruit to White Light is Nathaniel Seekins, who joins the company as a CAD technician after completing a BA in Theatre Practice at Central, following on from majoring in Technical Theatre and Design at the University of Connecticut. "I was introduced to the company two years ago by lighting designer David Howe, who I was assisting at the time. Since then I've come in for console training and carried out some work for White Light's production team. I decided to join White Light mainly because of the company's excellent reputation in the
US trade body ESTA named ETC and Martin Professional winners of the prestigious Rock Our World Awards which recognise outstanding, innovative achievements by ESTA members. Only a few weeks earlier, the Germany-based Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA) presented the Grand Mosque with a Recognition Award for Best New Project. Other awards bestowed on the Grand Mosque in the past have included the IALD Award of Merit, IES Award of Excellence and two Middle East Lighting Design Awards for Project of the Year and Best Public Building Lighting Project.
With lighting designed by Speirs and Major Associates (SaMA), over 1,200 fixtures - including ETC Source Four luminaires - are controlled by 21 ETC Congo Light Servers an
The gig was part of the multi-city fundraising effort in aid of the 2009 BBC Children in Need Appeal, which resulted in donations of over £20 million, which will be used to fund projects aiming to help make positive changes to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
Lighting was designed by BBC Northern Ireland's Jim Devlin and programmed by John Gallagher. PSI's project manager was Brian Reilly, who comments: "It was great to work with Jim Devlin on another prestigious event for BBC Northern Ireland. All went very smoothly for a production of this size, and the teamwork between PSI's staff and the BBC production team worked brilliantly."
PSI ha
While at the LDI Expo, Pendergrass had the opportunity to speak with House of Worship lighting experts and learn more about the field. He also received a private tour of the Elation booth and had dinner with Elation executives.
Pendergrass was selected because of his dedication and talent in the field of lighting design. "We developed the E3 contest to enable young LD's and students to see the opportunities that exist in the House of Worship market," said Eric Loader, director of marketing. "Thomas Pendergrass' work is exceptional and we are
The main design attraction of this five-star, 500-room, 85,000sq.m complex, is the curvilinear grid-shell covered with over 5,300 diamond-shaped steel panels, containing nearly 5000 RGBW LED fixtures, each controlled by e:cue's control server through RDM protocol. 32 e:cue Butler XTs, RDM capable, provide bidirectional communication between the LED lighting on the grid-shell, and e:cue's control server for status monitoring of LEDs. The system sends status reports to building management and automatically adjusts the intensit
At the core of the lighting rig are 18 Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs, together with some Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs. It is a compact sized rig for the ambitious visuality and storyline of the show, and as Kunttu puts it, the ColorSpot 700E ATs "really work hard".
The fixtures are hung above the stage in various upstage and downstage positions for optimal stage coverage, with some on the deck. Kunttu utilises most of their features and functions during the all-action show which flips between real and virtual worlds in a rich mix of music, visuals, acrobatics and choreography.
"Reliability, dynamics and real fl
The open days were well attended by close to 200 visitors. "614 sandwiches, 75 litres of Coca Cola and 453 cups of coffee ensured everyone was well wired and able to benefit from the 10 seminars that helped make this event a great success," says Lightco managing director, Marc Kocks.
One seminar was specifically dedicated to Robert Juliat followspots. Visitors were given a master class in Robert Juliat technology and had the opportunity to ask questions and try out the units, including a Super Korrigan and Flo, for themselves.
The RJ Super Korrigan is a powerful 1200W HMI followspot with a 7° - 14.5° beam angle and a high light output, making it ideal for medium- to long-throw venues. The RJ Flo is
"I aim to help ARRI introduce novel, innovative lighting technologies to the entertainment lighting market, and maintain close ties with those who work in this field to ensure that ARRI develops the right tools for their needs," says Fletcher. " Expanding our capabilities in industrial lighting is another important goal, and I aim to support customers in their use of ARRI lighting systems for technically demanding industrial applications."
Fletcher previously worked for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the U.S. Department of Energy
Lighting designer Mariano de Tassis reports: "The original idea for the lighting design came directly from the artist and was then developed jointly by myself and Fabrizio 'Bicio Marchi, production and designer manager. We needed to interpret this album concept with different colour schemes, paying great attention to the succession of individual scenic moments. The basic input aimed to confer maximum emotion to the characters and elements telling the 'story', with just a glimpse of the silhouettes of the musicians."
Much of the lighting system was branded Clay Paky: Alpha Spot HPE 700 to demarcate the space on the stage (arranged
More than two kilometres of the tree-lined street linking the Arc de Triomphe to Concorde have been illuminated using a combination of GE's Constant Color CMH lamps as well as LED technology. More than 400 trees, including both rows of trees lining the avenue, have been lit up to sparkle like a "glittering forest". A second line of 120 trees in the inside row are decorated with 30,000 dynamic flashing lights to represent the "light from falling stars".
"GE Lighting is very proud to have been chosen once again to illuminate one of the most prestigious avenues in the world. Using the most energy efficient CMH and LED technologies, we have created a magi
The Opening Ceremony of the 11th National Games at the Jinan Olympic Sports Centre recently relied on 2,500 lighting fixtures. This number exceeded the 2004 Athens Olympic Games opening ceremony and is very close to the Beijing Olympic Games. Furthermore the show utilised 246 PIGI projectors for a 20,000sq.m video screen, eight grandMA full-size and 40 MA NSPs (Network Signal Processor) controlled more than 40.000 parameters. Each MA NSP can calculate 2048 channels.
Lighting designer and chief programmer Weng Chun Pu reported, "The grandMA supplied us with an outstanding performance. If we haven't had the grandMA, we couldn't have realised the show the way it is."
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Fulfilling a commission from Jackie Cooper PR, longstanding Litestructures customers United Visual Artists (UVA) specified four large chandeliers, two of them 6m high and another two 8m, one of each to hang in both buildings. The circular bases have 2.5m diameters constructed using LitePro290-3, all clad with black powder coated aluminium sheet.
UVA provided the creative driving force behind the project, with Litestructures interpreting the design into aluminium assemblies, pre-building and pre-wiring all elements off-site at their Wakefield base. Litestructures then coordinated the installation,
