LONDON – The shortlists of lighting designers nominated for a 2013 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Award have been announced, culled from a record number of submissions in sectors ranging from Theatre, Television and Concert Touring and Events.
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Nemetschek Vectorworks announced that its mobile application, Vectorworks Nomad, will support the new iOS 7 mobile operating system, matching the new user interface look and feel.
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LOS ANGELES — Having used GLP’s impression X4 LED heads in the design of Fleetwood Mac’s current touring set, production designer Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie has turned to 16 of the small impression X4S for recent theatre (and festival) shows by veteran rock singer, Chris Isaak. These were mounted on five vertical pipes — four on the center bar and three each on the others.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — Blue Pony, a company affiliated with Apollo Design Technology, promoted Karey Davis to sales director, a new position. Davis will be responsible for leading the sales team in its efforts to generate new business, cultivate existing relationships and refine current sales processes with an eye toward efficiency.
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PRATO, Italy — This Tuscany hotspot may be called Naïf which, in Italian, means “naïve,” but its lighting design is anything but unsophisticated. With a combination of LED moving head fixtures, LED bars, LED strobes and a RED MX desk, the lighting system helps the space transform for uses ranging from dining to disco.
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RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA – Little Big Town (pictured here, touring in support of their album, Tornado), Death Cab for Cutie and Emblem are three of the music acts now using flame-retardant digitally-printed backdrops made from a new cotton canvas print substrate offered by Sew What?, Inc. The new substrate can be digitally printed while retaining its flame-retardancy, reducing production time and meeting fire regulations.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — dbn provided gear and crew for the Ramsbottom Festival 2013, which took place over three days in mid-September. The event, organized by The Met arts center in Bury, was staged in association with Bridgewater Hall at Ramsbottom Cricket Ground near Bury.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA — James Thomas “Jack” Warlitner, Jr. died Sept. 23 after a short illness. After 20 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy, Warlitner put his ship rigging climbing skills to work for theatrical supplier McManus Enterprises. Soon known as “Jack the Rigger,” Warlitner reinforced his reputation as “the man willing to do anything, for anyone, at any time” for major tours in the 1970s including Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, KISS, ZZ Top, and many more.
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FORT WORTH, TX — They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and the state’s sporting venues keep proving it with the size of their video screens. Even the mammoth screen within Cowboys Stadium will be dwarfed when “Big Hoss,” the nickname for the 208-by-94.5-foot, 108-ton HD (1080p) from Panasonic rises over the backstretch of Texas Motor Speedway for the 2014 racing season. GoVision, on hand to support TMS’ big screen’s press event, had some additional news of its own — the debut of GoVision’s 5mm LED tiles.
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