LAKELAND, FL – Necessity may indeed be “the mother of invention,” as the saying goes, but it has also been a crucible for many lighting design concepts. Serving as a reality check “necessity” in the form of limited time, space or money, can compel LDs to alter some of their best laid plans. In the […]

Move Expands Company’s Leadership in Pixel and Video Control, Creates Unified Lighting, Pixel Mapping & Media Playback Solution. SOUTHAMPTON, UK – ChamSys, a subsidiary of Chauvet & Sons LLC, has expanded its leadership in show control by acquiring the product and software portfolio of Arkaos SA, including MediaMaster, KlingNet and Grand VJ. The strategic move marks […]

The transformative power of chemicals, comes not from the individual elements themselves, but from their interaction with one another. Combine hydrogen with oxygen and you get water. Put it together with nitrogen and out comes ammonia. Two very different results, indeed! The same, as every designer knows, is true of colors. The drama of their […]

Over 200,000 people attended Glastonbury 2025, an impressive number indeed, but not nearly as great as the 21 million who tuned into the BBC’s coverage of the iconic festival, plus the untold millions more who engaged on social media. Tim Fawkes was very mindful of both when he ran the show he designed for The […]

The multiple award winner has earned the universal respect and admiration of his peers by combining a relentless attention to even the smallest detail with a fearless willingness to push his creative horizons in new, often uncharted directions. His distinctive work manages to be richly textured and nuanced without ever straying from the simplest and […]

MILAN – Electronic Music Awards – Ibiza winner Ilario Alicante, likes to tell interviewers that he started out as a clubber, still considers himself a clubber, and will always be a clubber, driven by his vital link with the dancefloor. This is true even when that “club” isn’t a typical nightspot, but a former municipal […]

PILTON, UK – Over 200,000 people attended Glastonbury 2025, an impressive number indeed, but not nearly as great as the 21 million who tuned into the BBC’s coverage of the iconic festival, plus the untold millions more who engaged on social media. Tim Fawkes was very mindful of both when he ran the show he […]

LOS ANGELES – Maybe it’s a coincidence… or some sort of karma… or perhaps it’s the psychological effect that a big flip of the calendar has on people… who knows? For whatever reason, though, the turn-of-the-last-century shook up a lot of things, among them was metal music, as a generation of new bands redefined the […]

HUNTINGTON, WV – Jennifer Lucas says she loves a challenge. Good thing… because not long ago, she and her team at Star Design Lighting got one, when they were asked to light a gala for Saint Mary’s Medical Center. This was no ordinary fundraiser either, but a highly imaginative event, built around a “Cosmic Odyssey” […]

LONDON – Asked to describe the kind of lighting look his client Halestorm wants, Rodger spells it out in four unambiguous words “classic rock show aesthetic.” Pugh, the owner of Dveus Designs is delivering that in emphatic fashion for the award-winning hard rockers global tour. His industrial floor package is supporting the band’s hard-driving music […]

The answers to life’s biggest questions are often hidden in humour, or so a wise old wag once said. We’re not sure about that, but what we can say, with absolute certainty, is that excellent advice about lighting design definitely comes across loud and clear when it’s wrapped up in funny and clever stories… Talking […]

Back in high school, we all had our absolute favorite albums, the ones we played over, and over, and over again without end until adulthood intervened. For most of us, those records continue to play themselves in our mind on occasion long after our high school days are over, giving rise to some great memories. […]