Nook’s Tidbits: Podium vs. Lectern
Contrary to popular opinion, they are not the same. A podium is the raised platform on which the speaker stands to deliver his or her… Read More »Nook’s Tidbits: Podium vs. Lectern
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Clay Paky Sharpys Used on Set of Castrol Oil Ad
LONDON – Matt Button of Button Light used hundreds of Clay Paky Sharpys in his design for the 2014 Castrol EDGE oil ad seen in cinemas and online. It featured four cars racing the lights. The video has more than eight million hits on YouTube. Barney Steel, director of Marshmallow Laser Feast, is credited with the idea for the ad. Button was brought on board to bring Steel’s idea to life.
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Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 on the Today Show with Romeo Santos
NEW YORK – For Bronx–born Bachata standout Romeo Santos’ recent appearance on the Today Show’s Rockefeller Center stage, LD Peter Greenbaum used 10 Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 moving LED panels. Greenbaum positioned six of the fast moving RGBW fixtures on the downstage deck and four on upstage boxes.
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Robe Supplies Lighting Fixtures for Yukari Tamura in Tokyo
TOKYO – For Yukari Tamura’s two shows at the Nippon Budokan venue in Tokyo’s Chiyoda district, LD Kenichi Taira created a visual design for the crowd of 20,000 using close to 250 Robe fixtures, including 24 Robe BMFL Spots.
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Elation Lighting to Showcase New Gear at PLASA Focus Kansas City
Elation Lighting will showcase new products including products from the Platinum series, Satura Spot CMY, Colour 5 Profile, and more at PLASA Focus Kansas City.
Read More »Christie Returns to Cannes Film Festival as Technical Partner for the 9th Year
CANNES, France – Christie Digital announced it has just signed a three-year agreement as technical partner of the Cannes Film Festival.
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New Venue in Sandpoint, ID, The Hive, Features GLP Gear
SANDPOINT, ID – For the Hive, a new 1,000-capacity live music venue, Paul Hoffman at Pulse Lighting included 30 GLP impression X4 S LED moving heads in the rig for venue owner Jeff Grady. The design includes three custom disco ball ‘beehives’ in a nod towards the venue’s name.
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Inaugural PRG Alliance Summit at PL+S 2015 Emphasizes Collaboration
FRANKFURT, Germany — The first PRG Alliance Summit, held April 16 during Prolight+Sound 2015, drew 65 attendees representing 28 countries. The inaugural event also represented the one-year anniversary for the PRG Alliance, which was launched at PL+S 2014.
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Artistic Licence Previews lightJuice at Smart Lighting 2015
BERLIN, Germany – Artistic Licence previewed its new lightJuice technology at the Smart Lighting conference at Berlin City Cube from May 20-22. The company says lightJuice could change the way power, control and monitoring are integrated in modern commercial spaces.
Read More »Woman Injured as LED Signage Falls in London
LONDON — A woman in her 30s was injured by a 20-by-10-foot Clear Channel LED advertising billboard that fell with its metal framework about 20 feet from the brick façade of a century-old building to the pavement below. The accident took place in South London’s Tooting district about 7:30 a.m. on May 12.
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Available Light Wins IALD Award of Merit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Available Light recently received a 2015 IALD Award of Merit for the National Archives Rotunda in Washington, DC. The International Lighting Design Awards were presented by the New York-based International Association of Lighting Designers on May 6.
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Opera Premieres with Pete’s Big TVs’ LED Video Wall
PALM BEACH, FL – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs provided Florida’s Palm Beach Opera and its scenic designer with their first LED video wall experience. It was also the world premiere of the opera, Enemies, A Love Story, held Feb. 20-22 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
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