ADJ’s LINK, Avolites’ Diamond 9 (D9), BCI’s BEST BOY 2/Pocket Console DMX, Blizzard’s CueSlayer, ChamSys’ MagicQ MQ500M+ Stadium Console, ETC’s Apex 10, High End Systems’ Road Hog 4-21, LightShark’s LSCore iO, LSC’s Mantra Lite, MA Lighting’s grandMA3 onPC command wing XT, MEGA-LITE’s MEGA CONSOLE, Obsidian’s NX4, and Vista by Chroma-Q’s EX Control Surface
Figment Studio Unveils VP Stage in Southeast Asia; Meptik Takes Shoot through Five Locations in One Day; Gran Canaria Studios Opens with ARRI Solutions, VCI, and ROE Visual; Racquet Studios Relocates to Strengthen Ties with Education Partners; AOTO Powers High-definition VP at Simplemente’s LED Stage in Estudios Churubusco; and Trilogy Studios Opens the Largest LED Volume in Texas
Lighting Designer Wesley Rizzo has come from teenage fan to helming the Sleeping with Sirens (SWS) tour, which sees them playing to sold-out crowds at large club venues.
Bruno Mars is undeniably a captivating performer, and behind the scenes, lighting designer Whitney Hoversten is shaping the visual spectacle of his shows using with an impactful design.
Sammy Hagar’s “Best of All Worlds” tour was a musical journey of his career to date, visually supported by a dynamic lighting and video design by Jamie Fadden realizing a throwback aesthetic.
Production Designer Travis Shirley takes us on a trip with Weezer as we journey inside his design for the bands’ “Voyage to the Blue Planet” tour.
Childish Gambino’s “The New World Tour’s” creative team of Tobias Rylander, Chad “Wolf” Taylor, and Cory FitzGerald realized a concept that created a truly unique visual experience. They pushed lighting, video, automation, laser technology and tour design to another level.
Lighting Designer Steven Douglas and Production Designer Mitchell Schellenger found the Brightside with a winning design that brought Las Vegas inside The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for The Killers’ residency.
“Hans Zimmer Live” paired iconic musical compositions with a transporting show design by Derek McLane and John Featherstone, working with Peter Nigrini’s engaging video designs and dynamic lighting supported by Associate Designers Hailey Featherstone and Chris Herman.
As the “Gold Over America Tour” brought Simone Biles and several of the Olympic Gymnastics team medalists to U.S. arenas, Mandylights’ designer Tom Edwards stuck the landing with his lighting.
Brown Note Productions’ high-powered and crowd scanning laser projector service, Strictly FX’s laser design, and X-Laser’s Triton T-Series, plus more laser product news from ER Productions, Image SFX, KVANT Lasers, LaserAnimation Sollinger, LPS, Pangolin Laser Systems, PyrotecnicoFX, ShowLve SFX, tarm Showlaser, and Unity Lasers.
Here are the eighteen products have been nominated for the Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards in the Lighting, Video, and Staging/Special Effects categories. These awards recognize technologies that have advanced the state-of-the-art.