PLASA Focus's latest addition to the North American regional event series landed in Stamford, CT last week, impressing attendees with a wealth of new product launches, crowded seminars and a bustling show floor. Over 600 visitors, ...
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Milton Keynes based Impact Production Services (IPS) supplied all the lighting, staging and rigging for the recent James Bond Premiere at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Working for Limited Edition Event Design, IPS built various Prolyte ...
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Taiwan is the world's leader in LED manufacturing with 41 LED fabs representing over 21 percent of the world's capacity — more than any other region (according to SEMI Opto/LED Fab Forecast report). After the challenging year of 2011, ...
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LEDs in John Lewis’ Ipswich store High street retailer John Lewis has completed its first 100 per cent LED store. The retailer has installed luminaires supplied and adapted by Edge Lighting, incorporating GE Lighting’s ...
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High street retailer John Lewis has completed an overhaul of its Ipswich store to make it the first 100 per cent LED shop. The department store has installed some 500 LED modules throughout the store, including in non-trade areas and they ...
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Everyday,genius and innovation is staring us in the face,and yet we completely miss their possibilities.It's a Zen moment when we can strip away the standard perception and use of ordinary objects,revealing within them their true nature and ...
Tags: Assemblage Lighting, Common Recyclables, Recycled Materials
USA-Bandit Lites recently wrapped another successful venture with Warren Haynes'Christmas Jam.Held on 15 December,2012,this event marked the 24 year anniversary of the rock and blues guitarist's annual charity benefit show. Warren Haynes ...
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UK - It has been three monumental years for Manchester stalwarts Elbow. Yet whatever their successes, a more unassuming and firmly grounded band you could not wish to meet. This doesn't mean they're averse to the odd risk, as show designer ...
UK - The first of Robe's new Robin DLF LED Wash lights to go on tour in the UK were just ideal for Rob Sinclair's lighting design for The Human League's recent UK tour - which incorporated ten of the PLASA Innovation Award winning fixtures. ...
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UK - Immersive teamed up with Tait Technologies and Universal Music to deliver video pixel mapping for the X Factor's Final, broadcast, live on 9 December from the MEN Arena, Manchester. With a live audience of 12,000 the X Factor's ...
USA - The progressive Bloomington Centre for the Performing Arts (BCPA) in Illinois recently carried out a technical upgrade that has seen a number of GLP's impression Spot One and Volkslicht Zoom LED fixtures replacing traditional tungsten ...
Tags: Pilots Led, GLP Pilots, Lighting, Illinois Arts Venue
Albania - Albania is today experiencing strong growth in various areas. This is evident from the development of tourism on the coast and in its beautiful historic castles, its enhanced communications network, which connects it today with ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Shqiperia, Clay Paky, ASLV Illuminate
UK-Rachel Bottomley of Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts(LIPA)has won this year's Michael Northen Bursary(MNB),picking up a GBP500 cash award. The Bursary is awarded annually to a student or recent graduate who has demonstrated ...
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Clearing the way for widespread adoption of LED lighting,Soraa today launched the lighting industry's first fixture validation program—Works with Soraa.Lighting fixture manufacturers Tech Lighting,Focal Point,Hevi Lite,and Dreamscape ...
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USA - Respected rock lighting designer Tom Kenny is harnessing the versatile power of Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Spot luminaires to create a dramatic and evocative, 'Quadrophenic' experience for fans attending The Who's mammoth US tour this ...
Tags: lighting designer, lighting, Spot luminaires, video system