DALLAS, TX – JCPenney’s new store opening added some sizzle to the occasion. The Plano-based company hired the messaging architects at Corporate Magic to conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 30 that would capture attention. The centerpiece of the day was GoVision’s 9-foot x 16-foot “GoBig” LED unit.
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The BCEC Gets a Dramatic Visual Update, Inside and Out
When the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) was first designed in the 1990s, the design called for exterior features that would change the Boston skyline and interior displays that would impress attendees not just with aesthetics but with practical — and revenue-generating — communications capabilities. Read More »
Solar-Powered Stage from Kleege Industries and Sustainable Waves
Kleege Industries has been around since Nevin Kleege designed and built his first “plank and ply” stage in 1984. Sustainable Waves has been an alternative energy trail-blazer for eight years. The two companies got together to come up with Helios 250, a solar-powered mobile stage. It toured the country from May to August 2011 with the Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown and Vans Warped tours, soaking up the rays and providing enough power, even on cloudy and rainy days, to provide 120 amps at 120V for up to 12 hours. Read More »BURBANK, CA – Chaos Visual Productions recently joined forces for a day with PathPoint, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities and/or disadvantages reach their fullest potential. It was all part of National Disability Mentoring Month. The be:Cause Campaigns put PathPoint and Chaos together as part of its ongoing campaign of “partnering the profitable with the passionate.”
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AD X Media Group, Cirque du Soleil Combine Live Performance with “3D” Projection
In July, AD X Media Group, a multi- and mixed-media company specializing in large format 3D projection, collaborated with Cirque du Soleil on a visual extravaganza for the opening night of the big convention in San Diego for comic books, Comic-Con. Read More »
When I crossed over from the television broadcast domain to the live events market a few years back, there was a fairly steep learning curve regarding all the lighting, staging and video equipment required to produce shows. With LED walls in particular, I figured that you simply connect a video signal to the LED wall, and presto — I-Mag images appear on the wall behind the lead singer. Well, not so fast, Sparky.
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