A large number of fixtures provided the necessary light and ambiance for a recent gala dinner at the Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno in Lisbon, Portugal.
During a game of racket ball in the 1830s, a group of London schoolboys noticed that a punctured ball, which squashed on impact with the wall, offered more variety and more intensity of play than its intact counterpart. Thus, to the delight of millions of fans ever since, the game of Squash was born.
Green Wall Designs, a Sweden-based company that creates visuals, sets, and lighting designs for stage performances, TV, and events, were responsible to light up the national song contest that decided who would be the winning group to participate in the Eurovision. The event was held in April '22 at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
WBD served as Lighting Design Consultants on Expo 2020 with WBD Founding Partner Adam Bassett lead in the process. "One of the driving factors behind our fixture choices was their proven ability to withstand harsh environments," Bassett commented.
Robe was proud to a sponsor of the Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, stage of the 2022 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, where one of the toughest parts of the XCO (cross country) course was designated “Rock ‘n’ Robe”, and Robe’s new Show Truck concept providing a fully mobile studio space/meeting hub/demo area/roof deck.
New art and cultural movements seem to blossom most rapidly (and colorfully!) outside the grip of commercial interests. Such was the case in 1988, when the so-called “Second Summer of Love,” sprang up virally in Bristol and other UK cities, as young people flocked to clandestine rave clubs that opened in abandoned and forgotten warehouses.
The Cheetah in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the most prestigious clubs in the southeastern United States, and was recently equipped with a completely new audiovisual setup. For this, the integrator responsible for the job, idesign from Miami, Florida, used a total of 60 Cameo moving lights and spotlights.
Budapest’s Rumbach Street synagogue, designed by Viennese architect Otto Wagner and completed in 1872, has recently been restored to its original Moorish revival style exquisiteness and glory.
Claudio Sanchez began to tell his storytelling in 2004, when he released the first instalment of The Amory Wars, a riveting ongoing saga that takes place in “Heaven’s Fence,” a collection of 78 planets and seven stars, bound together by interlocking beams of energy.
Lighting Designer Bruno Poet recently turned to Elation Professional’s Proteus line of IP65 luminaires to light the UAE’s 50th National Day Celebration, a breathtaking and technically demanding show that beautifully chronicled the country’s unique history and hopes for the future.
