Back on 15 November, the German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas presented the official match ball for UEFA EURO 2024 for the first time. The presentation was followed by a five-day event, which took place directly in front of the Berlin Olympic Stadium. In order to put the new ball into immediate use, a temporary round playing field was created in the middle of a specially raised ‘crater’ –...
GLP pulled out all the stops for lighting designers Mat Stovall and Manny Treeson when video game developer Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon 2023 was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in southern California recently. Held for the first time since 2019 (when Covid intervened), Blizzard reconfigured the space so that all four giant halls were requisitioned to give fans early access to the...
Following the overwhelming success of its new product showcase at LDI in Las Vegas a few months earlier, GLP will bring the best from this next-generation portfolio to the Fira Barcelona Gran Via for the benefit of global visitors to ISE 2024. Occupying booth 1D550 (in Hall 1) at the four-day expo, the company has noted the significant crossover in visitor profile, as the installation community –...
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...
In January 2023, Gregor Hägele set out on his very first tour – a sold-out success for the young German singer-songwriter. That was reason enough to add a further 12 dates to his Mama, ich bin dann mal auf tour (Mum, I’ll be on tour) shows this November – a good decision, both for the … Continue reading "Rising Star Gregor Hägele Tours with GLP" The post Rising Star Gregor Hägele Tours with GLP...
The National Theatre has extended its long relationship with GLP fixtures by becoming the first theatre in the world to take delivery of the manufacturer’s new impression X5 Bar 1000. This has been added to the rig in the Olivier Theatre in time for the staging of The Witches – a musical version of the … Continue reading "National Theatre First to Invest in GLP’s New impression X5 Bar 1000 Linear...
Two of the theatre world’s leading creative lighting designers, Paule Constable and Tim Lutkin, have both become early adopters of GLP’s new impression X5 platform—believing the powerful fixture to be a perfect solution for theatre designers, and setting the standard as a new generation for wash lights. Both have been supplied by Sparks Theatrical Hire, … Continue reading "GLP impression X5 Wash...
The artist Alligatoah is not easy to pin down. He nonchalantly marries rap with catchy pop melodies, slips into ever-changing personae and has been delighting large audiences for years with his unique overall package. The theatricality certainly suits him, and in Autumn 2023, this phenomenon of German rap will continue with the latest leg of … Continue reading "Alligatoah‘s ‘Retour’ Continues with...
Between December 3-5, the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center will again be transformed into the center of the live events industry. GLP – German Light Products will showcase its innovative portfolio in a future-oriented design, on stand #194. The company invites trade fair visitors to climb aboard its all-white ‘GLP Spaceship’, which … Continue reading "Ready for the Future; GLP Promises...
The genre-defying rock-pop-punk band ENGST is continuing along its successful, upward trajectory. The new album “Irgendwas ist immer” (“There is always something”) is selling fast and the tour starting in November, through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is already largely sold out. The production design for the tour is the work of Jonas König of Koeniglicht … Continue reading "Lighting Through...