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UK - Light Bureau scooped the top prize in the Workplace Lighting category at the 2011 Lighting Design Awards. The ceremony, held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane saw over 700 of the UK's top lighting personnel gather to celebrate the very best of lighting design projects from the past 12 months.

Light Bureau was awarded winner in the Workplace Lighting category for their work at KPMG's new Canary Wharf headquarters project. The judges said of KPMG's space "this is such a fun and stimulating environment that the judges all said that they would like to work there."

Director and project leader, Paul Nulty accepted the trophy on behalf of the London based architectural lighting consultants "I'm very proud that we have achieved a balance between sophisticated design and energy consumption, creating a workspace for the people that use it. It's great the judges recognis

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UK - Exhibition production company Standby were the first to use NanoLumens flexible LED screen, showcasing the action in the Skoda Bike Arena at The London Bike Show 2011. The eye catching lightweight display was hung on truss above the live action from stunt performers in the Skoda Bike Arena, relaying sponsor videos, associated footage and company logos to promote the arena throughout Excel to the visiting crowds.

Dave Cooper of Standby explained: "We are the first production company to use the NanoLumens display since it was brought to the UK in January. It is a 112" display with all the picture quality and brightness of LED, but its lightweight and easy to install properties means it could be hung above the arena with very little infrastructure. Our clients were able to show full motion footage on this incredible large display with the minimum of fuss."

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UK - Stage Electrics has added the latest generation of Miltec LED battery powered uplighters to their rental stock. These units join the extensive range of LED lights which Stage Electrics already have in hire, including Martin Professional Stagebar, MAC350, MAC301, MAC101, Pulsar Chroma Floods, James Thomas Pixelline range, Chauvet 72 way batterns, ColorDASH and Highlite ArcBar, budget LED Parcans and the GDS Liteware uplighter products.

The Miltec ULite 3000 offers 12 TriColoured LEDs with 12 hours of battery life on full white, wireless DMX, stand alone and master modes, all housed in an IP55 15.5Kg Stainless steel case.

Adrian Searle, head of hire and technical for Stage Electrics commented, "The range of LED products we hold is increasing all the time. The benefits of a battery powered LED uplighter are obvious to everyone and whilst quick deployment and lack of cab

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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden has an OEM partner agreement with Antari, one of the world leaders of fog machines, making W-DMX available in selected W-Series of W-515 and W-530. W-DMX is also available in the X310 Pro Series as option.

The introduction of Antari's Wireless Series transforms digital wireless control of stage effect machines into simple, intuitive control via a W-DMX wireless solution with a 250m range. Antari has gathered the most popular models and given them a convenient wireless function where messy cables are a thing of the past. With large tank size and low fluid cut-off, the W-515 and W-530 offer continuous fogging. A built-in timer with interval and duration parameters is accessible by the LCD display screen. Neutrik power connector and full DMX control round off the package.

This premium performance series is designed for professional users who dem

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UK - David Atkinson of David Atkinson Lighting Design (DALD) won the Lighting Designer of The Year Award at the 2011 Lighting Design Awards (LDAs) for his consistently groundbreaking and varied architectural schemes over the years - many of which have been supplied by A.C. Special Projects.

A.C. Special Projects' MD Peter Keiderling comments, "Congratulations to David for his achievement in winning the Award, which deservedly recognises him as one of the industry's finest practitioners. A.C. Special Projects and David have worked together on many high profile installations, where his innovative and original approach is constantly inspiring, so it's always a pleasure helping to bring his pioneering lighting schemes to life."

This teamwork includes lighting the British Music Experience (BME) interactive music exhibition at the O2 Arena in London, which won the 2010 Lig

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Finland - ETC's Finnish dealer Studiotec has held its fourth annual Congo group training session in Helsinki. Over the course of three days, Oskar Krogell and several colleagues taught 30 people how to programme and run a show, from introduction to advanced level.

"With two students to each desk, users were able to work together while still getting plenty of hands-on time with the desk," says Krogell. "We've held the training around the same time every year since 2007, and it's always been really well received."

The Finnish training is just one of a series of regular training sessions run by ETC and its dealers around the world on both the Congo and Eos lines, which includes Congo and Congo jr; and Eos, Ion and Element. Ad hoc sessions can also be arranged at your theatre or venue.

A range of ETC training and support is available free of charge, both in p

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UK - The new PixelSmart from PixelRange has been snapped up for use on Saturday night prime time entertainment show and charity fundraiser, Let's Dance for Comic Relief - the show where famous faces perform some of the world's most well-known dance routines.

Lighting designer Steve Nolan and associate Tim Routledge had previously debuted the PixelSmart on the Royal Variety Performance. Nolan comments, "We loved them on Royal Variety and they're really good point sources because you can generate different shapes with them. It just gives you a little more versatility and movement in the background."

Routledge notes, "We're using them a lot more on this show than on RVP. They're in most of the show and they're great eye candy for us to give us some sparkle. As this is Comic Relief we've made them into rotating red noses, using red with the cold

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USA - The American DJ Group has reached a settlement with Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing, a division of Ingram Micro, in a trademark infringement lawsuit regarding its American Audio brand. The suit alleged that the two aforementioned companies and three other firms had wrongfully used the 'American Audio' trademark in advertising, distributing and promoting audio products that were not made by or affiliated with either American DJ or American Audio.

In a further development, the audio products' manufacturer, V2Go Technology Corporation, one of the five defendants named in the original lawsuit, has filed for bankruptcy.

Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing were included in the lawsuit because, by distributing and selling products bearing the federally registered American Audio trademark, they were wrongfully trading on the goodwill that American DJ had built up for the b

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UK - BDP won the Lighting for Leisure Category at this year's Lighting Design Awards at the London Hilton on 10 March. BDP's lighting designers beat off stiff competition to take the top prize for The Point, a 1,000 seat events venue at Lancashire County Cricket Club.

The judges commented that the project was not only beautifully detailed and realised, but offered the client a flexible facility that will generate revenue in the future.

BDP provided exterior lighting to the façade, concourse area and stand, as well as internal lighting to the front of house areas including entrance, event space, bars, circulation areas and facilities.The lighting showcases the bold and strong graphic identity for the new events venue, and the re-born cricket ground as a whole.

Brendan Keely, associate lighting designer at BDP, said, "Lighting within the leisure sector is very challengin

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South Africa - Gearhouse South Africa's Cape Town branch supplied specialist LED and AV display technology to four different installations at the Design Indaba 2011 exhibition, which was staged at the Cape Town international Convention Centre (CTICC) and included the Design Indaba Conference and Young Designers Simulcast.

Since 1995, the Design Indaba Conference has invited the world's top creative minds to address professionals from the creative, corporate and educational sectors.

The first installation was a striking countdown clock made out of Lighthouse L16 LED panels mounted in a custom frame, all supplied by Gearhouse together with the motor that flew it from the ceiling. It was positioned outside Auditorium 2 of the Conference. The client supplied a laptop and the relevant software to run on the display, and the clock ticked away continuously for the 72 hours of the con

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USA - As part of a $17m renovation, San Antonio's Lila Cockrell Theatre (LCT) has augmented its lighting inventory with three Robert Juliat Cyrano HMI 2500W followspots purchased from dealer Texas Scenic.

LCT is located in the Convention Facilities' complex in the shadow of the Tower of the Americas, a permanent legacy of the 1968 San Antonio World's Fair. The theatre offers more than 2,300 seats on three levels; its main stage spans 113x60ft and boasts an orchestra pit, integrated performance audio system, AV infrastructure for cameras and projectors, a fully-networked stage and architectural lighting system and a complement of manually-operated counterweight sets with motorized stage electrics.

"The theatre has served the city as one of the largest traditional performing arts venues in downtown San Antonio," says Fritz Schwentker, theatre consultant with WJHW, whic

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Denmark - The Martin MAC 401 Dual CT Zoom is a versatile white light source wash luminaire with fast zoom. It is also available as a module that easily fits onto either side of Martin's dual-sided MAC 401 Dual RGB Zoom fixture, creating a white light or colour plus white light source.

The MAC 401 CT Zoom not only delivers more light but also a light quality that is better than traditional RGB LED fixtures, says the company, making it suitable for highlighting skin tones or textiles for television, theatre, film sets, fashion and car shows and other events.

Colour temperature is adjustable between warm and cold (3000 - 7000K), useful in matching colour temperatures when working alongside tungsten fixtures or in theatre and television applications. The LEDs are fully dimmable and are colour temperature calibrated for excellent consistency across fixtures.

For television and th

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USA / Italy - Coemar's Infinity ACL S and Infinity Wash XL, shot from close up, illuminated the big Gigi D'Alessio show on Rai1, made even more sparkling by the backdrop of lights created by Riccardo Bocchini.

On two Friday evenings (4 and 11 March), Gigi D'Alessio's concert - held the evening of Saint Valentine's Day at the Radio City Music Hall in New York - came to the TV, in a programme titled Gigi, tu vuò fa l'americano (a tribute to the maestro Renato Carosone).

Riccardo Bocchini produced a technological backdrop that, with the aid of a play of light and 3D graphics within a huge wall of LEDs measuring 12m by 30m, brought to mind the lights and sequins of the variety shows of the past.

D'Alessio sang duets with international stars like Liza Minelli, Paul Anka, Anastacia, and many others.

Viewers had a perfect view of Coemar's Infinity ACL S and Infinity Wash

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Belarus - Robe moving lights and DigitalSpots have been installed at the new Minsk Arena in the Belarus capital. It is part of a complex of buildings that includes the flagship 15,000 seat ice hockey arena, one of the largest in Europe, which is also utilised as a concert hall.

This is the first installation for the DigitalSpot 7000DT series in Belarus. The fixtures were specified by Robe's Belarus distributor Art Ramos - also a technical design & build specialist - to the installers as part of a government contract. Main contractor Belcultproject was responsible for supplying the products to the venue.

Art Ramos's Anton Streltsov reports that the 12 DigitalSpot 7000DTs were specified as the most cost efficient product of their type available, and that the 16 ColorSpot 700E ATs also supplied were chosen for the brightness to size ratio of the unit and the general reliability o

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UK / USA - By Design Day, the joint fundraising day for Light Relief in the UK and Behind the Scenes in the US, is now in its third year and once again the organisers are hoping for a bigger response than ever before.

Scheduled this year for Saturday 23 April, By Design Day has the full backing of a host of award-winning designers: Neil Austin, Scott Pask, Ken Billington, Howard Harrison, Ken Posner, Paule Constable, Scott Lehrer, Jennifer Tipton, Jonathan Deans, Tony Meola and Hugh Vanstone, along with Light Relief's co-founder, Rick Fisher.

By Design Day is the chance for all of us in our profession to support two charities dedicated solely to helping entertainment technology professionals in need. You can join your colleagues by making a donation in support of this special day. One way to support the day is by voluntarily giving a day's royalties to one or both of these cha

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UK - For Sky Movies Oscars Night presentation, lighting designer Malcolm Reed opted for Chroma Flood TC's and Richard Martin Lighting's most recent purchase - Clay Paky Sharpys, to help create a vibrant and neon look to the retro set. Also utilised were Pixel Par 90's.

The Sharpys were used to create the impression that the studio was live in LA, the beams moving around the sky line.

"For part of the set dressing - lighting plants and louvered windows, I wanted a wide beamed LED Light source so I chose the Chroma Flood 200 TC," says Reed. "For me this was an ideal light as it gave the beam spread that I was looking for a great colour range and being Tri colour LED's I get very good and strong colour coverage."

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Germany - Prism Projection will be debuting the RevEAL Profileat Prolight + Sound 2011.

The RevEAL Profile luminaire is a true high-CRI, LED Profile Spot with high lumen output. Its debut follows the successful launch of the RevEAL Color Wash (RevEAL CW) and the RevEAL Studio. The RevEAL Profile is off to an auspicious start having been named Best Debuting Product in the Lighting category at LDI 2010.

The new 16,000-lumen RevEAL Profile features a variable CCT range (2800k-6500k), adjustable focus from hard to very soft edge, changeable lenses for beam angles from 14º to 70º, and a flat field. It also offers four shutters on a tri-plane; an M-size GOBO; DMX, Artnet and local control; and universal AC input (90-260 VAC).

The bleeding edge of technology has been harnessed, delivering the future of framing profile spotlights. The RevEAL Profile has the output of traditional s

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USA - Chance Theatre's (Anaheim Hills, CA) production of The Who's Tommy received an impressive honour when it was invited to play at Orange County's Segerstrom Centre for the Arts this February. In this remount of the show, the lighting and video design was once again in the hands of KC Wilkerson.

For Wilkerson, the larger-scale reprisal of Tommy represented an opportunity to expand the lighting concepts he had developed for this classic rock opera.

Lighting and video were especially important at certain key points in the show, Wilkerson said, beginning with the opening scenes, in which the designer displayed actual historic British World War II footage, to the use of different colours to dramatise Tommy at different ages, to the spectacular Pinball Wizard scene. As in the earlier production, Wilkerson chose products from Elation Professional to light up

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UK - HSL supplied lighting design, equipment and crew for four live stages at the 2011 Move It exhibition in Olympia, London - the UK's largest live dancing experience - working for Upperstreet Events - who organised and co-ordinated the exhibition.

The stages - Main, Freestyle, Arena & Flawless - were spread around Olympia, and a production lighting design for all of them was created by HSL's project manager Dave Singleton. Singleton has designed this show before but this was his first time working for HSL who have been lighting equipment suppliers for the last two years.

One of the challenges they had to content with was the high daylight factor due to the venue's arched glass roof, and the other was the very tight get in/rigging time.

For the load in HSL supplied 16 lighting techs, crew chief Simon Lynch and rigger Ian Stevens, plus four students from technical courses at

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UK - Lighting and visual design specialists, Renegade created the lit environment for the 2011 Orange BAFTA (British Academy of Film & TV Arts) Awards gala dinner and aftershow party at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.

The event which followed the Awards Ceremony at the Royal Opera House, utilised multiple spaces in the venue, including the Great Room, the Ballroom, reception and peripheral areas.

It is the third year that Renegade's Nick Gray has been involved in designing the high profile showbiz event, working for production company AD Events. The challenge was to take some of the classic lighting elements from last year's successful scheme, and integrate them with a totally new look and feel for the Great Room and other spaces.

Chris Fyfe was Renegade's technical project manager, leading their crew of five, and overseeing the get-in and rigging of all the production light

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Germany - Multiform Lighting will be exhibiting at ProLight + Sound show in Frankfurt on the stand of their German distributor World-Media Showtechnik and will be manned by Jurgen Hutmacher, Markus Grimm and Dirk Linnenweber.

Adding to their expanding range of professional LED lighting systems they will be releasing the high power fully featured MultiSpot GII. Available in two versions, the HP3 (RGB - 90watts) and the HP5 (RGBAW - 70 watts), both luminaires use a convection cooled diecast case suitable for inside (IP20) and outside (IP65) applications.

For indoor use the device is provided with XLR5 and Neutrik PowerCon connectors. These are replaced by waterproof PG9 glands supplied for outdoor situations. A dual-purpose hanging bracket provides for floor standing or suspension from a truss or lighting bar. Also available are user changeable lens panels with different beam an

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Germany - The CueCore will be launched at the stand of Visual Productions during Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt, in April.

The CueCore is a stand-alone lighting controller. The device is completely solid-state, with no moving parts; it is an extremely secure and low-maintenance installation control solution that has only a minimal power consumption, says the company.

All operating and programming is done through its dynamic web 2.0 interface. Connected to a browser, the CueCore unfolds itself into a 1024 channel lighting controller, complete with an industry-standard command-line interface.

With lighting projects becoming more complex every day, the CueCore features a powerful Show Control logic for advanced system integration, says the company. This allows for interaction with other types of equipment and controllers. The Show Control editor enables you to programme triggers and

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Europe - A grandMA2 light was chosen by lighting designer Paul Normandale and lighting director Glen Johnson for James Blunt's Some Kind of Trouble 2011/12 world tour which has just kicked off in Europe. Two grandMA2 light consoles are on the tour, running in full tracking back up, with networking provided via two MA NPUs (Network Processing Units).

The main reason that grandMA2 was chosen for this tour - apart from the fact that it is Johnson's current console of choice - is that they are using the desk's DMX merging facility to enable video content stored on a Catalyst media server to be run through 50 Martin Professional MAC 101 LED moving lights and 24 Sun Strip MR16 battens.

The grandMA2 takes in Art-Net from the Catalyst, allowing Johnson to merge four universes of DMX in the desk, and send colour and intensity information from the Catalyst out as standard DMX - v

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UK - Lighting designer Bob Bryan used almost 150 mission critical LED effects - as well as many conventional fixtures from the SGM catalogue to help animate BBC Worldwide's new Doctor Who Experience at London's Olympia Two.

The Doctor Who Experience offers an immersive walk-through adventure followed by a dynamic exhibition, featuring props dating back to the successful BBC TV first series in 1963. It includes authentic Tardis (police box) sets, never-before-seen costumes and re-creations of iconic recent sets, including the Pandorica as well as monsters spanning the generations from Daleks and Cybermen to Silurians, an Ice Warrior and a Zygon.

Visitors are invited to step through a crack in time allowing them to join the Doctor, currently played by Matt Smith, on a journey through time and space, encountering some of the best-loved and scariest monsters from th

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