International News

LONDON — Nick Gray of London, UK based creative visual design practice Renegade designed lighting for the main British Fashion Council (BFC) Showspace at London Fashion Week SS14, along with a series of off-site shows featuring Roksanda, L’Wren Scott (pictured here in one of the Gagosian’s gallery spaces), Jasper Conran, Matthew Williamson and Osman.

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.

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.

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.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Procolor, based here, purchased more than 250 new Robe moving light fixtures specified by Belgian LDs Alain Corthout and Ignace d’Haese for the world tour of Mexico’s Alejandro Fernandez. The fixtures include 95 Robe Robin Pointes, 52 LEDWash 600s, 40 LEDWash 300s, 12 LEDWash 1200s and 50 MMX Spots, sourced via Mexican distributor Vari Internacional.

LONDON — LD Graham “Grum” Leesmith was looking to create a smaller, “festival friendly” version of his full-scale arena touring rig and truss design for British rapper and singer/songwriter Example. The lightweight rig, put to use at several U.K. festivals this summer, makes use of James Thomas Engineering’s new JT Truss.

CANTERBURY and DEVON, U.K. — LD Richard Lambert of Lambco Lighting provided dramatic visuals for Miss Saigon at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury and Shadowlands at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre in Devon. He included D.T.S. Jack and Nick moving lights for the shows.