SAN FRANCISCO – When San Diego-based Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED) was hired by John Halloran Associates to light the RSA keynote speakers and ancillary events at the annual RSA Conference, the company's lighting designers used Prelite Studios to previsualize content for 85 Martin LC Panels onstage.
Read More »NEW YORK – Nominations opened May 1 for the third annual ESTA Rock Our World Awards, which recognize achievement by ESTA Members in new products, product applications, or projects. These awards were created to recognize both the creator of technology and the designer or integrator who applies the innovation in a real world environment.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC – Joel Spira, inventor and developer of the solid-state electronic "dimming device" and chairman and founder of Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, Penn., is donating materials linked with the company's 50-year history to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
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MACON, GA – For the Asylum nightclub here, Atlanta-based Integrated Visions Productions LLC has tiled six projectors together to create a 136-foot-wide display. IVP also produced the custom HD content, which is synched to the music that plays in the club.
Read More »NORTHFIELD, OH – Stage Research named Horizon Solutions of London, Ontario as master distributor for Canada. Horizon Solutions is a supplier of professional audio, theatrical and concert lighting and video system needs.
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ELKHART, IN – Harman named Jim Garrett market manager for the Harman High Performance A/V brands, including Mark Levinson, Lexicon, Revel and JBL Synthesis. Garrett has over 18 years of industry experience.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, was built in Finland and equipped with a lighting control system from Electrosonic's Finland office (Electrosonic Oy Ab). The control system is used for lighting gear in most of the public spaces for the floating behemoth, and also in the Royal, Loft and A-suite cabins and decks.
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NORFOLK, VA – Occupying 2.8 acres along the city's waterfront, Town Point Park was recently renovated by the City of Norfolk. The renovation included a lighting installation by Blue Steel Lighting Design from Virginia Beach, Va. that includes Anolis LED gear.
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BOSTON – The Boston Flower & Garden Show, held for the first time at the Seaport World Trade Center, included a lighting design by Nancy Goldstein supported with equipment from Scharff Weisberg 25 professional garden and landscape exhibitors.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – DBN Lighting supplied lighting design, equipment and control for the week-long re-opening of Manchester's redeveloped People's History Museum in the city's center. The museum's focus is on the lifestyles and challenges faced by ordinary working people.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Although the ETCP Rigging-Arena and Entertainment examinations will be offered for the first time at InfoComm this year, the deadline for submitting applications to sit for the paper and pencil examinations is quickly approaching; all applications must be submitted to the ETCP office no later than May 7, 2010.
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NEW YORK – Although MLB Network and FLDA were still rookies, having both been founded in January 2009, they had an auspicious debut at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center. MLB Network took home four Emmys, and FLDA lighting designer Bruce Ferri shared in the credit for two of the awards.
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