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Ricky Martin Live, John Legend, Lionel Richie and More

Ricky Martin Live tour, Australia

Ricky Martin Live, John Legend, Lionel Richie and More

Mandylights LD Richard Neville — assisted by his associate Alex Grierson — designed the lighting, video design and programmed the Ricky Martin Live tour, which was an all-new show following the artist’s success as a judge on The Voice Australia. Lighting Director Churry Lafuente is operating the design on tour, which wrapped up in Australia (Oct. 3-20) and heads to Mexico in December. Veikko Fuhrmann created the stage design.

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Illustration by Andy Au

Design vs. Practicality

I’ve viewed a lot of huge cool productions this year. The photos I always see are giant productions that require trim heights of 50 feet and stage widths of 80 feet or more. This is great if you are playing stadiums and the local Enormo-dome. But to be honest, outside of the EDM festivals, there are only a handful of artists out there that play these kinds of venues exclusively. But that doesn’t seem to stop certain production designers from building unpractical touring packages.

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Suntec Exhibition and Convention Center video wall is ranked worlds largest by Guinness World Records

Record-Setting LED Wall’s Content Managed by Watchout

SINGAPORE — Spanning 15 by 60 meters (height by width) and comprised of 664 integrated 55-inch LG LED flat panel displays, the LED wall inside the lobby for the Suntec Exhibition and Convention Center here has been give the nod by Guinness World Records as a record-holder. Dubbed “The Big Picture,” the display features content managed by Dataton’s Watchout multi-image display and presentation software. The video system can support image resolution of up to 32,051 pixels by 7,941 pixels (WxH).

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Ultra Vista Systems ISIS

Ultra Vista Systems ISIS 3D UV Signage System

The Ultra Vista Systems ISIS 3D UV signage system is from the same people behind UV/FX scenic UV-based effects. The latest collaboration between Leslie Pringle and Richard Green is intended to bring attention to signs with a unique, transparent illuminated frame with suspended light emitting images. The ISIS 3D (The Illuminated Suspended Image System) is the first in a series of planned products.

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,047-seat Raffi Armenian Theatre at Centre in the Square, Kitchener ON Canada

Ontario’s Centre In the Square Relies on Strand Consoles

KITCHENER, Ontario, Canada — Centre in the Square, which was founded more than 30 years ago, now stages more than 180 events seen by some 200,000 visitors every year. Terry Hynes, head of lighting, oversees both the main stage within 2,047-seat Raffi Armenian Theatre — the main performance space for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony — as well as the smaller Studio Theatre. For lighting control, he relies upon the Light Palette Live and Palette VL16 consoles from Philips Strand Lighting.

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Vectorworks 2014 Tailored to Needs of European Users

COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek Vectorworks, based here, announced the availability of versions of Vectorworks 2014 that have been localized for European customers. Products including Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks are available in native languages for Portugal, Norway, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the Benelux region.

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Green Hippo Rackoon

Green Hippo Rackoon

Green Hippo says its new Rackoon 1U rackmount gives Hippotizer users an additional six layers of full 1080p HD playback. Rackoon also integrates with all other Green Hippo servers and promises unrestricted output resolution along with full compatibility with HippoNet and Hippotizer software.

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