LAS VEGAS – Design firm Fine Design Associates turned to 4Wall Las Vegas for the gear needed to light the booths for major brands at the 2017 CES Show, including Bosch, Canon, Panasonic and Samsung. Fine Design Associates founder Paul Fine has worked with major brands at CES since the late 1990s. He has seen the booths at CES evolve dramatically.
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NASHVILLE – Gear Park, Nashville’s full-service facility that specializes in storage of musical and stage equipment for artists, named Steve Powell general manager. Steve joins the team following 18 years of working at Bandit Lites. Gear Park’s goal is to provide clients with a safe, protected, and comfortable space, to not just store equipment, but to work on the gear all while in a user friendly environment.
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PixelFLEX’s weather-rated FLEXStorm LED video technology is designed to overcome the challenges associated with traditional outdoor LED video displays, FLEXStorm utilizes an intelligent, auto-correcting light sensor control system to ensure the perfect brightness at all hours of the day. With its safe and reliable connections, FLEXStorm can weather the environment and is available in a variety of custom sizes, resolutions and configurations.
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GRANBURY, TX — Sound Productions of Dallas provided a 26-by-10-foot (WxH) video wall for Acton United Methodist Church. Made with Chauvet Professional C6 Panels, video wall appears to “disappear” at times, with highly transparent panels that can be used to display only text, then re-appear with a variety of I-Mag and custom content.
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AMSTERDAM — Jeffrey Goes from Amsterdam based creative design practice Live Legends is making use of more than 170 Robe moving lights for the The Holiday on Ice ‘Time’ show, now touring through Europe. The fixtures complement Live Legend’s video looks, inflatable set elements and a moving bridge for the show, which features a variety of genres of music.
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LOS ANGELES — On February 11th in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (USA), in the Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the 89th annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place. With their so-called Technical Oscars®, the organization recognizes outstanding achievements within the motion picture industry. This year’s prizewinners list includes the German company ARRI.
MILOS has released the 2nd video as part of its three-month spotlight on MILOS Roofs running from 1 January – 31 March. In this second… Read More »Spotlight on MILOS Roofs –2nd video released by the Area Four Industries Company
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PR Lighting has launched upgraded versions of two of its products, and has now released the XR 330 Beam II and XR 250 Beam II. While the XR 330 Beam II is equipped with the Osram Sirius HRI 330W lamp the XR 250 Beam II houses a Philips MSD Platinum 11R 250W lamp to produce a laser-like parallel beam. These products are designed to meet the requirements of small and medium installation applications. Rich in features, they are compact and easy to maintain and install.
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DELTA, BC — The Tsawwassen Mills Mall, which opened last October on Tsawwassen First Nation land, has been reeling customers in with 1.2 million square feet of retail space, making it the fourth largest mega-mall in the Vancouver, BC area. Among the attractions is a series of large-format artwork, including a 45-foot-high sculpture of a salmon leaping from the water. Chris Moreno of ShowTech AVL in Burnaby, BC describes how a Solaris Flare IP RGBW outdoor LED wash fixture lights up the dichroic glass ‘scales’ covering the fish’s metal skeleton.
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WESTBURY, NY — Last year, Kenny Rogers announced plans for his 35th Annual and Final “The Gambler’s Last Deal” Christmas & Hits Tour, with holiday-themed shows set from Nov. 25 to Dec. 23, and non-holiday themed shows running into 2017 in response to public demand. Jeffrey Metter, who has worked on Kenny Rogers’ show looks since 1991, opted for an all-Chauvet rig for the shows.
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GERMANY – As of February 15th, the Adam Hall Group will be adding a new name to its family of brands within its event technology solutions portfolio – Riggatec. The range expansion with Riggatec will allow the Adam Hall Group to offer non-exclusively worldwide a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality rigging products at a competitive price point for the stage and event sector.
HOUSTON – In the great Texas tradition of going big, Houston welcomed Super Bowl LI with a number of exciting attractions, including the Houston Skylight high atop the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB). Houston First Corporation, which maintains GRB, asked Nimblist to conceive and execute the Houston Skylight, a rooftop beacon that marks the center of the city’s cultural activities. Nimblist designer and creative consultant Spike Brant devised an array of 36 Claypaky Supersharpy fixtures, mounted on staging on the GRB roof overlooking Discovery Green park.
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