Back in September last year, a creative pop-up location for MINI was created for interim use in a department store in Stachus, Munich. The technical planning for the temporary project was created by NIYU GmbH, on whose behalf Roland Greil Lighting Design took over the lighting design and planning. Associate lighting designer and planner Michael Kuehbandner specified 315 GLP luminaires to provide...
Top international electronic dance music acts, along with 65,000 ravers, again transformed the former Pydna missile base in the Hunsrück area of Germany into one of the hotspots of the European EDM scene recently. GERDON DESIGN has been providing the NATURE ONE festival with sensational creative designs for over 10 years – and this year was no exception, with designer Marek Papke’s team again...
In a summer that saw hardly any live shows, Landstreicher Konzert GmbH set an example with their corona compliant series of Picnic Concerts in several German cities. Singer songwriter Lea was one of the artists who performed during the concert series, with lighting designer Maximilian Gräf from PE Lichtdesign using 20 KNV Line from GLP to bring a breath of fresh air to the existing tour design...
GLP’s pioneering new KNV series has been used for the first time in Italy, on two high profile broadcast TV shows. The first of these was Radionorba Vodafone Battiti Live, where DoP Massimo Pascucci, featured a large selection of KNV Cube, KNV Dot and KNV Line in the scenography, working alongside set designer Luigi Maresca and show director, Luigi Antonini. This popular musical show is produced...
MIRRAD lighting designer, Jamie Thompson, has been accompanying Irish rock band, The Script, for most of the 12 years they have been touring. And for much of that time GLP’s unique LED automated lighting solutions have formed a central part of his inventory, dating right back to the original impression 90. By the time the band’s second album was released they were already playing arenas, and now...
What started out in very small cellar clubs in 2016 now sees large arenas filled with ease. From mid-November to early December, German singer-songwriter Wincent Weiss toured through largely sold-out arenas with his album ‘Irgendwie Anders’ (‘Somehow Different’) which was released in March 2019. You quickly realize that a lot has happened since his first big hit ‘Being Music’ in 2016. The lighting...
The life of Swedish DJ, songwriter and producer, Tim Bergling (better known as Avicii) who died so tragically back in April 2018, was honoured recently with a tribute concert in Stockholm. Nearly 60,000 fans turned up at the Friends Arena to pay their respects—an all-time Stockholm record for a single show. The show was the result of a request by Tim’s family following his passing. He wanted a...
This summer, Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry unveiled a new daytime backstage tour based around the new, purpose-built Circle Room theatre. Hosted by Opry members Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, a 14-minute long immersive media experience takes fans on a journey through nearly 100 years of Opry history, seen through the eyes of the musicians who played on the world-famous stage, and...
Summerburst is the biggest EDM festival in Sweden. The inaugural event was held in Stockholm back in 2011, and by the following year had also opened its doors in Gothenburg. Since then it has remained a two-city festival, both with a capacity of around 25,000. Daniel Hellsten has worked closely with Summerburst since its inception, as production manager and designer. At the recent event at...
2019 is a landmark year for GLP, as 25 years ago the company was founded by Udo Künzler in a 200 square metre workshop in Karlsbad, in southern Germany. Since then, the operation has developed into a leading stage / event technology company, and pioneers of LED technology in the sector. Today, the award-winning GLP […] The post GLP Celebrates 25 Years With Largest PL+S Booth And More Product...