October 1, 2006
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Thinking Outside The Lightbox
Contributions by two top designers provide some food for thought in this veritable smorgasbord of an issue, our largest ever. First up is Patrick Dierson,...
FEATURES
From The Big Easy To Biloxi
Just a little over a month after Harrah's New Orleans Casino opened its Masquerade lounge in July 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared through the Big Easy....
Purpose Driven Design
When Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA was founded in 1980 by Rick and Kay Warren, the average size of its congregation was 150 people. Today, the...
Stadium Arcadium
It's hard to believe the from The Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP) have been churning out their brand of funk-infused rock for over 20 years. But when you...
2006 Live Design International Individual Awards
Yves Aucoin, lighting designer; The Next Generation Of Vegas Design. On the island where I come from, the natural lighting of the sun at sunset, and the...
2006 Live Design Products of the Year
It's a given that entertainment technologists are always looking for the latest high-tech gizmo to design or run a show. But it's also a given that, at...
Short Story
Fame Becomes Me packs a whole lot of Martin Short into a rapid-fire 95 minutes of musical comedy revue. There's Martin Short, the grounded, good-natured...
Shimmer Down
Nearly three years ago, the 1,700-seat Theatre at the Hilton in Las Vegas got the crowning achievement of its five-year renovation that included replacing...
ENVISION
Getting Green
I simply don't get it. Bono is hailed as a humanitarian for helping to fight hunger and AIDS in Africa by starting the ONE Foundation, but when I bring two canvas bags with me to Whole Foods instead of using their checkout bags, all my friends call me a tree-hugger. I hadn't truly realized just how un-hip it was to feel guilty about participating in the destruction of the world around you until I started getting ragged on by my so-called friends....
I Am Not A Lighting Designer
I am a projection designer. I am not a lighting designer, although I use a specialized lighting instrument to convey my design. I am not a scenic designer,...
Cold Calls And Hot Jobs
Lately I've been spending a lot of time preparing for a course I'm teaching about portfolio design and marketing techniques for freelance designers. The...
BUILD
What A Wicked Tour
Chris Isaak is one of America's best-known retro rockers. During more than 20 years in the music business, Isaak and his band Silvertone have recorded...
Banking On A New Idea
London's South Bank Centre (SBC) comprises a series of buildings on the river Thames between Waterloo Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The principle venue...
Pork Shop
Problem: When the Connecticut Repertory Theatre mounted The Gut Girls, a play about Victorian women that transpires in a slaughterhouse/gutting shed,...
TECH
Intelligence Gathering
There is a saying that if you build a better mouse trap, the world will beat a path to your door. While Wybron's new InfoTrace system is definitely a...
Product of the Month: Watchout 3
Dataton Last year, Dataton launched Watchout 3 at LDI and took home the Projection Product of the Year for the latest version of the multi-display production...
LDI Preview
For additional new products being launched at LDI 2006 see the LDI Show Daily, with a new edition available onsite each day, October 20 to 22. All information...
The Best Loudspeaker You've Never Heard Of?
It is rare for a design tool to make a quiet and subtle entry into the Broadway marketplace, especially for loudspeakers! But sometimes, truth is stranger...
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Making A Splash
While Rome has the Trevi Fountain and Vegas has the Bellagio water feature, this summer New Jersey went one better with a water spectacular that falls...
Projection Master Classes Schedule in Las Vegas
Creative consultants Bob and Colleen Bonniol of Mode Studios will lead a roster of top projection professionals for the Live Design Projection Master...
In Memoriam: Rudi Stern
We mourn the passing of Rudi Stern, who died this August at the age of 69. I wager to say we will not see his like again. Rudi was a very special kind...
What was your summer festival challenge?
A summer at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: sound in the woodsin a barn, a fun challenge. Got some new gear to play with though; Yorkville's Elite powered...
Five questions for John Gates, lighting designer
Boston-based LD John Gates of Gates Service Group (which he says is located in beautiful downtown Natick, MA) specializes in TV and film lighting, as...
ESTA Announces Finalists For 2006 Dealers' And Manufacturers' Choice Awards
ESTA (the Entertainment Services and Technology Association) announces the finalists for the 2006 Dealers' and Manufacturers' Choice Awards. The Awards...
Letters to the editor
I am a business owner and don't necessarily take the time to write to an editor, but I received my first issue of Live Design today. I was reading the...
LOAD OUT
Sketchbook: Lear In The Balkans
King Lear (with Stacy Keach in the title role) marks this season's opening production at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago where Robert Falls is celebrating...
