CHAUVET LED lights cast a rich purple glow all the way up a 28-story glass corner of the new W Boston Hotel and Residences throughout the month of October leading to the building’s grand opening.
Designed by the award-winning firm William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc., the latest addition to the chain of luxury boutique hotels is one of the tallest and most distinctive buildings of the city’s downtown more…
NEW YORK, NY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 — Wireworks Corporation, the pioneer in professional audio/video cabling products, recently joined the festivities at Santos Party House by supplying an abundance of SpeakerLUX cabling to the newly created sound system at the club. Santos Party House is a two-level, 8,000-square-foot music venue, centrally located in downtown Manhattan. Blurring the lines between music and art culture, the venue is designed to function more…
Over 100 Robe moving lights - a combination of ColorWash 1200E ATs and ColorWash 2500E ATs were supplied by Blackburn, UK, based rental company HSL, to illuminate a Holiday TV Special and DVD shoot staged by Sting in Durham Cathedral.
Lighting designer for the show was Manfred “Ollie” Olma. The Cathedral dates back to 1039, and it’s incredible architecture provided a hugely atmospheric and aesthetically captivating set more…
Johannesburg-based In2Structures (part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group) launched two stunning new Dome structures in a special event at the GHSA Head Office in Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 36 metre wide, super sized and super strong SupaDome (SP) and the more intimately proportioned 18 metre wide AliDome are designed to augment either end of In2Structures’ current range of MaxiDome and Flat Truss Dome portable more…
Pete Robinson from Manchester based lighting company DBN was asked to create a refreshing, vibrant environment including scenic elements, as an ambient background to the 2009 Co-Operative “Good With Food” Awards and gala dinner, staged at Manchester Central (formally the GMEX).
DBN supplied all lighting, production trussing and rigging for the one day event. Working closely with AV company A To V’s Jim Hadfield and Co-Op more…
Hola! Earlier today, we released the Spanish-language version of Vectorworks® 2010 software products, including: Designer, Architect, Landmark, Fundamentals, and Renderworks™. The Spanish-language version will be available in Spain, and South and Central American countries such as Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. Click here to check for availability in your country. To read the press release in full, click here.
To take a look at the more than 80 new features more…
Blackburn, UK based lighting rental company HSL supplied all lighting and necessary rigging - including 8 A&O 7K Falcon Beams and Flowers and over 100 Robe moving lights for a DVD and Holiday TV Special performance by Sting at Durham Cathedral.
Lighting designer for the two shows was Manfred “Ollie” Olma of Koln-based mo2 Designs. The show was presented by Sting backed by 35 guest musicians, including more…
Wisbech, UK based 5 Star Cases has been chosen to supply flight cases for Global Design Solutions’ (GDS) award winning LiteWare battery powered/Wireless DMX LED uplighters.
GDS contacted several case manufacturers to tender for the contract before making their decision. Says GDS’s Matt Lloyd, “We selected 5 Star because of their great attitude, the quality of their products, the very quick response time and their ability to more…
True story: Vectorworks software has a product placement role in the upcoming major Hollywood film, The Beaver. Directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, we were asked permission to use our product for CAD drawings and as a product box for a set design. Cool.
Thanks to the Vectorworks user working on this set design who requested that our software more…
Clay Paky recently had the pleasure of catching up with Chris Kempton, Lighting Director of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and a Knights of Illumination winner at PLASA09. Kempton shared details about the show, the award, and why he loves the new Alpha Beam 700 fixtures.
Photo L to R: Rob Bradley, Chris Kempton, David Bishop, Darren Lovell, Pauly Bellman.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross more…
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