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New High School LED System Washes The Stage With OPTI-SCULPT™

When Lighting Designer Matthew Grenier helped his old high school upgrade to LEDs, he struggled with coverage issues. Rosco's OPTI-SCULPT Filters enabled him to shape the beams to fit the space.

ENLUMEN and Artiste Picasso™ Shine at New York Fashion Week – The Shows

In early February, lighting design firm ENLUMEN utilized 62 Elation Professional Artiste Picasso™ LED profile luminaires for New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Industria Super Studio, owned, operated and produced by IMG in downtown Manhattan. The design team of Pamela Kupper and Shawn Kaufman employed an all Elation rig of LED luminaires supplied by 4Wall to light a total of 16 runway shows and...

Zero 88’s Great Photo Opportunities

Throughout 2019, UK lighting control manufacturer Zero 88 is running a fabulous photo competition, #WhatMatters, which is open to anyone working on a production, project, event or installation which involves Zero 88 products. There are ten categories in which participants can enter an image: Architectural & Commercial Installations Corporate Events Broadcasting Performing Arts Concert &...