VANCOUVER, BC – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and Vancouver's waterfront Canada Place commissioned Look at the Games, a light show involving the Canada Place's iconic Sails of Light, to run nightly from Jan. 30 to March 31, 2010.
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SAINT-ETIENNE, France – A 31-meter-high observation tower built from more than four kilometers of steel tubes linked by star-shaped joints is a visual standout for the "Cité du Design" (Centre International du Design), a new institution for communication, research and education in design.
Read More »SYDNEY – Scene Change, an AV company that specializes in conferences and events, was in the market for a new lighting control console. Company director Vicken Hekimian opted for a Jands Vista I3 over another brand, in part because his crew, many of whom were trained on Hog consoles, felt more familiar with the Jands console.
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THOUSAND OAKS, CA – Rusnak BMW recently hired DSI Entertainment Systems to inject fresh video imagery into their operation. DSI used Digital Projection Titan 1080p projectors, concealed within the ceiling, to light up custom-made rear projection screens that appear to float above the showroom floor.
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LONDON – Natasha Katz was named Best Lighting Designer at the annual Whatsonstage.com Awards ceremony held Feb. 14 at the Prince of Wales Theatre for her design for Sister Act, staged at the London Palladium. White Light sponsored the award.
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UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB named CORE Lighting of UK as the latest OEM partner to build W-DMX into their products. The technology will be installed directly at their London facility.
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LOS ANGELES – She may not have won an award this time around, but Pink was walking on air – or, more precisely, floating and twirling through it – at the recent Grammy Awards.
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BARCELONA, Spain – DBN Lighting travelled from their Manchester, U.K. home base to Barcelona's Palau Nacional, which houses the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) and its ornate Salle Oval, the site of a recent gala dinner and awards ceremony hosted by a major pharmaceutical company.
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LONDON – Lighting Technology projects (LTP) has designed, installed and commissioned an architectural lighting scheme for the new Perryn Road footbridge that traverses a busy highway into London.
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CANTON, OH – February 12, 2010 – The Pro Football Hall Of Fame's GameDay Stadium Theater recently received a major AV overhaul featuring two Digital Projection large-venue projectors.
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LONDON – ChromaPowerPix200, a recent addition to Pulsar's ChromaRange Tri Colour fixture list, has found a spot on the BBC's youth-oriented Blue Peter TV show in the U.K.
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LONDON – XL Video UK is supporting the Humbug tour for U.K. indie rockers The Arctic Monkeys, but not in the usual sense. Instead of center-stage I-Mag and moving beam effects, there are no moving lights, and the video plays more of a supporting role, framing the pulsing-but-static light show.
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