In my research for the state-of-the-economy articles online and in the February issue of Live Design, I found quite a few people who are quite upbeat at present. A good example is Nevin Steinberg of Acme Sound Partners, who reports: “When I look at our 2009 calendar, I think we’ve been very lucky. We are quite busy this year, with great new projects in New York, out of town, more

So, a week in to President Obama’s reign, and we’ve been inundated by inauguration news. Sorry if I missed you last week, but here are even more of our colleagues involved in the festivities.

JBL Professional and Crown Audio divisions were deployed by sound company Maryland Sound (MSI) for the Inauguration Ceremony. The sound reinforcement system featured JBL Professional VERTEC® line array more

Editorial coordinator Lisa Murphy and I popped downtown to the lower end of Broadway to an open house Wednesday being held all week by Element Labs, Inc in partnership with Niles Creative Group at Niles’ studio (it’s actually a full-service HDTV creative, production, and post-production facility). They’ve also been holding private appointments all week.

Emmora Irwin of Niles Creative gave us a tour of the facility, which is fairly new (it more

Congrats to our colleagues in that not-so-live medium of film who received Oscar nominations today in creative arts/technology categories:

Achievement in Art Direction

Changeling (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando

The Duchess (Paramount Vantage, Pathé more

More views of the Inaugural address yesterday, with Daktronics screens from GoVision.

Clair Global provided audio for the Opening Ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday for an HBO shoot (and performance by Bruce Springsteen), including delay towers from 4th St. to the more