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Fantasy Forest at the Morton Aboretum in Lisle, IL

Morton Arboretum Display Includes Elation’s IP65-Rated Proteus Beam Fixtures

LISLE, IL — For many in the Chicago area an annual trip to see Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle has become a wintertime tradition. Now in its fourth year, the magical mile-long walk in the woods with its dramatic lighting and color-changing illumination is a whole new way to experience the Arboretum in winter. John Featherstone, principal at design group Lightswitch, is the lighting director and creative director for Illumination. This year he had the opportunity to be the first anywhere to use Elation’s new weatherproof Proteus Beam moving head fixture for the event.

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Hector and Gustavo Jimanez

Too Motions Invests in Kinesys

MEXICO CITY -Too Motions is a family run entertainment industry automation and motion control specialist based in Mexico City which has invested heavily in Kinesys products. Currently they are the only enterprise in the county offering a full rental service in this specialist field to a wide variety of clients in the worlds of corporate activations, music concerts and tours. The company was founded in 2011 and is headed and owned by Gustavo Jiminez, whose brother Hector works as international business development manager.

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PDS used 16 Rogue R1 Spot and Beam fixtures, 32 WELL Fit units and 72 ÉPIX Strip Tour linear fixtures

Lush Cosmetics Event in London Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

LONDON – Lush Cosmetics unveiled its 2016 Winter Collection with its Creative Showcase 2016, an event at London’s Tobacco Docks. Featuring live music along with the presentation of new products, the event’s organizers turned to Presentation Design Services (PDS) for a visual assist. PDS used 16 Rogue R1 Spot and Beam fixtures, 32 WELL Fit units and 72 ÉPIX Strip Tour linear fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

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At Alfa Future People EDM Event in Russia, LD Marina Larikova Uses 125 Claypaky Fixtures

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NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia —Russian lighting designer Marina Larikova dubbed Claypaky fixtures as ‘the best creative devices’ after using 125 of the leading Italian brand’s moving heads and strobes in her lighting design for cutting-edge electronic dance music (EDM) festival Alfa Future People, Russia. With global audiences of 50,000, the two-day festival celebrates the latest in EDM and consumer technology.

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London-Based BITC Charity Gets Down to Business with White Light

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LONDON – Business in the Community is a movement of businesses committed to continually improving their positive impact on society through corporate and social responsibility.  The charity, whose President is HRH Prince of Wales, have recently partnered with Accenture to launch a new report encouraging business to be part of creating an inclusive digital revolution. This report was launched as part of the AGM and Leadership Summit which was recently held at Central Hall Westminster.

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Phantom of the Opera in Stockholm Lit with Robe Fixtures

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Robe moving lights continue their run on high profile theatre shows worldwide, with the new ‘Phantom of the Opera’ production in Stockholm utilizing over 50 fixtures in total. The Really Useful Group (RUG) licensed production of the legendary Andrew Lloyd-Webber blockbusting musical has just opened and is scheduled to play the 1,650-capacity Cirkusteatern arena for a year, for which the Robe lights were specified by associate lighting designer, Mike Odam.

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FIX8Group delivers immersive digital experience at LeadDog installation

Immersive Lenovo Projects in London and Paris Get FIX8Group Assist

LONDON – LeadDog Marketing Grouo recently appointed event technologist FIX8Group to manage, design and deliver the visual and digital technology for a boutique experiential installation in both Paris and London on behalf of Lenovo. Conceived and led by LeadDog, the tech installation was built around a facsimile of a digitally enhanced underground train that featured an interactive LED floor, wall mounted touch screen technology and LED lit ceilings and walls.

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The holiday promotion had a mountain resort theme.

Department Store in Paris Highlights Holiday Promotion with Airstar Inflatable Lighting

PARIS – Airstar’s inflatable lighting technologies for the event and architecture industries, recently joined forces with the Val d’Isère mountain resort to inaugurate the “Christmas in the mountains” promotion featured by the BVH Marais departmetn store in the heart of Paris. Airstar Europe deployed lighting balloons inside and out of the iconic Parisian department store to celebrate the launch of the Christmas season.

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Elation DW Chorus White-Light LED Battens

Elation DW Chorus White-Light LED Battens

Elation Professional’s DW Chorus™ is a new series of white-light LED batten wash lights with variable white color temperature control. Useful for floodlighting surfaces and stages in even washes of dynamic light, a broad range of white color shades combines with the versatility of four different model choices to offer the ultimate in white light flexibility.

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Aftermath of Oakland 'Ghost Ship' Warehouse Fire

In Memoriam: Jonathan Bernbaum, Barrett Clark, Cody Stoltz

OAKLAND, CA and NEW ORLEANS — The first week of December was marked by the tragic news of the passing of three promising young designers, including video innovator Jonathan Bernbaum, audio engineer Barrett Clark and lighting prodigy Cody Stoltz. Bernbaum and Clark were among the 36 victims of the Dec. 2 Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland, pictured here. Stoltz, whom PLSN profiled in Sept. 2008 as a 13-year-old LD, died Dec. 5.

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Claypaky Lights up the Banks of the Danube

50th Anniversary Celebration of Linz Klangwolke in Austria Lit with Claypaky Fixtures

LINZ, Austria – Lighting designer Björn Hermann lit up the Austrian sky with more than 100 Claypaky luminaires for the recent Linz Klangwolke, or ‘Cloud of Sound’, held along the Danube. The open-air multimedia event, a mix of music, performance and visual art, has been a highlight of the city’s annual calendar since 1979. The Klangwolke presents a different theme each year, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, the 2016 edition was presented under the ‘River of Knowledge’ banner.

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