The hospitality headquarters for Italy’s Olympic team and its partners, was based at The Kihinkan – Takanawa Manor House during Tokyo 2020. This wonderful art nouveau building in the Minato district was selected by The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) after inspecting 60 different locations. The decision to choose the building, which dates back to the start of the last century and is...
A record-breaking concert by EDM artist ILLENIUM at the new Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, was brought to life recently, with over 100 fixtures from the GLP inventory. ILLENIUM’s long-serving LD and production designer, Chuck Williams of Nexus AV, has been with the artist (real name Nick Miller) since the beginning of his journey six years ago. He selected 62 of GLP’s multi-award winning...
Russian rock band, Zveri, recently celebrated their 20 th anniversary, immersing both their fans and themselves in striations of light and bright effects from GLP fixtures. Zveri is one of the phenomena of the Russian entertainment industry, and has remained relevant for years despite the many new trends that have come and gone. Although the band celebrated its 20 th anniversary last year, they...
Lighting designer Thomas Gerdon, from GERDON design, has recently taken several opportunities to use the new creative LED system Creative Light 1 Plus from GLP in various German TV productions—and has been extremely enthusiastic about its versatile application. In the RTL game show ‘Du musst dich entscheiden’ (‘You have to decide’), working as lighting designer and lighting cameraman, he designed...
Based in Conversano, Bari, TeleNorba SPA has been one of Italy’s principal TV broadcasters since Radio Norba TV production began in 2012. The main studio at its headquarters, used for all TV production, was recently fitted with innovative new lighting effects from GLP—including KNV Dot and impression FR1—supplied by its Italian distributor, Alto Lighting Srl. Alto Lighting has enjoyed an extremely...
Lines of light are a popular and versatile design element for stage and TV shows. However, most of the solutions available do not meet modern design and camera requirements. With the FUSION Stick FS16 Z, FUSION by GLP now introduces a contemporary LED batten in a weatherproof (IP65) design. These can not only be connected to produce absolutely seamless lines, in the tried and tested GLP manner...
When the energy group E.ON SE launched its ‘Networks of Tomorrow’ campaign to highlight the importance of energy networks for the success of energy transition, it decided to stage a spectacular drone show in which a new world record was set: 150 drones flew 13 dynamic and static formations in a row over the Berlin Olympic Park. Nocturne Drone Shows, Jens Hillenkötter and E.ON SE achieved the...
Last year, GLP presented the new Creative Light 1, the first battery operated, completely wireless creative LED system for maximum flexibility—anytime, anywhere. With 24 individually controllable RGB pixels, the Creative Light 1 offers countless design options and can be installed in no time, thanks to the integrated magnet. In March 2021, a small GLP team impressively demonstrated this by...
Joining forces with Red Nose Day and kitchen disco Isolation Nation, Glitterbox recently brought the curtain down on BBC1 Comic Relief’s main event. The online Red Nose Rave, the special after-party, further boosted the BBC1 fund-raiser. Taking place on a custom stage at the world-famous Royal Albert Hall, the venue was lit by Sam Tozer of Vision Factory, using new generation fixtures from the GLP...
Anyone wondering how, under the current conditions, new products can be launched in an effective way within the media, need look no further than Audi. For the presentation of the new e-tron GT, the Ingolstadt-based car manufacturer staged a special kind of demonstration at the Munich Zenith. The world premiere of the ‘electric spearhead of the four rings’, as it was termed, took place on 9 th...