NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, outfitted with its spire, rises 1,776 feet above lower Manhattan, standing as the tallest building in the Western hemisphere and the third tallest building in the world. Strong Lighting included some 80 Delta 8 B fixtures from D.T.S. Lighting to illuminate the spire.
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PHOENIX — Audio and lighting rental company Clearwing Productions announced the expansion of its business model online with the opening of their web store, Pro Shop Online (proshop.clearwing.com).
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LONDON — Lighting and visual artist Nick Gray from London creative design practice Renegade created a 90 meter long video / light sculpture in the entranceway to the 2013 100% Design exhibition at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
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WOLFSBURG, Germany — In a visual showcase that included 350 water systems, 70-meter-high fountains, 15-meter-high flames, seven large-format LED video screens and a full complement of lighting and sound gear, the Autostadt theme park here couldn’t leave out the lasers. Accordingly, tarm Showlaser provided 11 full color 25W lasers and 20 green laser scanners.
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HONG KONG — The Committee of Compatriots in Hong Kong held an event marking the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Oct. 1, 1949. Featuring a variety of performances, the event drew about 6,000. Tom Lee Engineering Ltd. provided 24 Martin MAC Viper Profiles and 24 MAC Viper Wash DX fixtures along with a Martin M6 lighting console for control.
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Entertainment Structural Products’ ESP Truss Pick is made of strong, light billet machined aluminum with hardened tool-steel toggle bolts. Its strong design has a high capacity for stacked grid arrays, and the compact vertical profile makes it suitable for use with adjustable truss angle systems. It is compatible with any truss system currently in use with 2-inch diameter truss chords, and is available in 12, 16, 18, 20.5, 24 and 30 inch sizes.
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NEW YORK — Barneys New York, which got an assist for the 2012 holiday season from Christie, once again turned to the company for visual solutions ranging from Christie projectors, MicroTiles and HD flat panel monitors for the retailer’s 2013 holiday promotion, titled “A New York Holiday.”
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LOS ANGELES — For Selena Gomez’s Stars Dance world tour, artistic director/production designer Seth Jackson worked with LD Nathan W Scheuer, video director Brent Sandrock and lighting director David “Fuji” Covertino on looks that would create a performance space marked by classic elegance and beauty. Toward that end, the design team specified more than 80 Robe lighting fixtures, including 16 Pointes, 36 LEDBeam 100s, 18 LEDWash 600s and 12 LEDWash 1200s.
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LOS ANGELES — Elation announced that it has reached an agreement with Austin, TX-based High End Systems to distribute the company’s new HedgeHog 4 (pictured here) and Nano Hog 4 lighting consoles in the Americas, India and Southeast Asia.
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