The Australia Pavilion theme “Chasing the Sun” explores Australia’s unique energy, diverse and warm people, talent and creativity, and stunning natural environment. Designed by the Australian architecture design firm Buchan, the pavilion is inspired by the flowering blossoms of the iconic Australian eucalyptus tree. The tree’s many shapes and colours represent the diversity and dynamism…
Thirty years ago Claypaky offered products that, compared with today’s offering, seem a geological era ago – but great products for their time! There was the Superscan, Golden Scan 1, Golden Scan 2, Miniscan HTI 150, Polycolor, Sapphire, Jade followspot, Astroraggi, Gemini, and Marte which was similar to the Atlas. Alberico D’Amato, Claypaky’s Sales Director,…
ARRI announces the launch of SkyPanel X—the new, game-changing, all-weather LED luminaire and latest addition to the SkyPanel family. Introduced as a modular system and configurable into different sizes, SkyPanel X now offers native soft, native hard, and open-face lighting. This state-of-the-art LED light sets new standards in terms of dimming, color rendition, output, and…
Ed Sheeran’s current Mathematics world tour comprises a lighting rig composed almost entirely of Ayrton IP65-rated fixtures. Mark Cunniffe’s design incorporates 138 Ayrton Domino LT, 48 Perseo Profile and 22 of the new Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixture. Designed for rendering a D65 white point that allows perfect colour reproduction, Cobra is the only luminaire on…
Jarrad Donovan from Juxta Design chose a full grandMA3 lighting control system for Hillsong Church’s recent “Simply Christmas” special production which was staged at The Hillsong Convention Centre in Norwest, Sydney, Australia. The slick and vibrant event was slightly different from the usual Hillsong “Christmas Spectacular” show, both to reflect the ‘mood of the moment’…
PROLIGHTS’ new LED spotlight has won a Build Back Better gold award. The recently released fixture is the latest innovation in the architectural range by the Italian manufacturer, and it has sparked a lot of interest since its debut. The Build Back Better initiative, an industry plan to help accelerate innovation, technology and change in…
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.—Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) recently equipped CNBC Studio B with a complete Martin LED lighting rig for optimal on-camera looks and increased energy efficiency. When anchor Shepard Smith joined CNBC in July 2020 to host The News With Shepard Smith, the network took the opportunity to completely renovate its 3,600 square-foot…
Postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 was recently held with Qatar Vision Production Company (Qvision) producing and delivering the infotainment for all matches played at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium and Education City Stadium, as well as developing, producing and managing the coronation ceremony on February 11…