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Design Consideration For The Performance Installation "Love, A State Of Grace"

Live Design

Joanna Haigood of Zaccho Dance Theater was intrigued by the idea of a site-specific dance performance in collaboration with Grace Cathedral at the pinnacle of Nob Hill in San Francisco since 2018. The result is Love, a state of grace, an aerial performance installation seen for two weeks in February 2022.

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'Hans Zimmer Live' Tour Announced With Odessa Opera Orchestra From Ukraine

Pollstar

Hans Zimmer, the man responsible for some of the biggest and most well-known movie soundtracks and films scores, is going back on tour in Europe, and this time, he'll be on stage himself again.

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designspace

PLSN Magazine

It’s been a long year of home stays, interspersed with all-too-brief visits to the outside world around us through two dimensional screens. The students at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, under the guiding hand of John Featherstone of Lightswitch Inc., have blown through those screens with a unique immersive experience called "designspace."

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Drive-through Comfort Reignites a Holiday Exhibition

Exhibition

This year, with the pandemic raging, Morton Arboretum reimagined Illumination for its eighth season as a socially distanced drive-through experience: six new and five reconfigured displays along a two-mile, 35-minute driving route.

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Ignite! Executive Visions Produces a Spectacular Live Experience for NuSkin

PLSN Magazine

When a company has literally millions of sales representatives, employees and customers around the world, it takes a spectacular event to engage them all. That’s the challenge faced by the team that creates the biennial NuSkin event, a conference and celebration for all of the people involved in this direct-to-consumer skin care and lifestyle products company.

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At Descanso Gardens, a different kind of winter light show

Los Angeles Times

At Descanso Gardens, a different kind of winter light show

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Lightswitch Illuminates NuSkin Corporate Event

Live Design

Nu Skin, a leading anti-aging-product company, held its most recent corporate event, Nu Skin Live, on October 10-13, 2017, with Lightswitch providing illumination for the sessions as well as a corporate gala and Maroon 5 concert at The Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City.

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Enchanted: Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens

PLSN Magazine

Enchanted: Forest of Light is an interactive, nighttime experience unlike anything else in Southern California, featuring a one-mile walk through 10 distinct lighting displays in some of the most beloved areas of Descanso Gardens.

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Morton Arboretum 'Illumination' Opens

Chicago Tribune

In its fifth anniversary season beginning Friday, November 17, there is more candlepower than ever at “Illumination,” the arboretum’s mile-long walk through festooned foliage.

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Beijing in Las Vegas

LD+A Magazine

Vibrant colors bring Asia to America at the Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino

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THE RIPPLE EFFECT – A New Paradigm for Corporate Events at CISCO LIVE

LIVEDESIGN

Cisco raised the benchmark for corporate events with a visually exciting, 360° experience with Cisco Live, held June 25 to 29 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas

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LEDs Put Chicago's New Field Museum Exhibit in its Best Light

IMARK NOW

Two Chicago-area businesses played important behind-the-scenes roles in the installation of the Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum.

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‘Enchanted’ Light Show Shines at Descanso Gardens

San Marino Tribune

‘Enchanted’ Light Show Shines at Descanso Gardens

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2016 holiday lights guide: Morton Arboretum flips the switch early

Chicago Tribune

2016 holiday lights guide: Morton Arboretum flips the switch early

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6 things to see at Morton Arboretum's 'Illumination'

Daily Herald

The sprawling outdoor museum -- home to tree collections from around the globe -- long has been a must-visit in summer and fall. But now, with "Illumination" brightening what had been a stark winter landscape, the arboretum has become a holiday season destination, too.

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A Titan's Lair

From Architectural Lighting

Chicago-based Boka Restaurant Group’s new steakhouse Swift & Sons, couldn’t be in a more fitting location. Housed in a cold-storage facility built in the 1920s in the city’s West Loop, it originally served as the way station for tons of raw meat from the surrounding stockyards for more than 90 years.

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E3 and Lightswitch: Long Time Runnin'

PLSN

Lightswitch has had a long history designing lighting for gaming experiences at the premier conference for this multi-billion dollar industry.

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Installations to Inspire

Stage Directions

A look at four of the most innovative recent theatrical technical projects built in the United States.

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Writers Theatre Opens in Chicago Area with Assist from Lightswitch

PLSN

Writers Theatre recently opened a new 36,000-square-foot performance space in Glencoe, IL Lightswitch Architectural designed the architectural lighting and controls for the entire complex.

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A Starring Role

Architectural SSL

A tightly coordinated lighting plan by designers with the Chicago office of Lightswitch Architectural for the new Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Ill., gives top billing to LEDs.

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The Judds “Girls Night Out”

Mobile Production Monthly

It was girls’ night out in Las Vegas when superstar country duo The Judds took the stage at the Venetian Theater.

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Color-Tunable Sources Make for Artful Illumination

Architectural SSL

Illuminating great works of art is not a task to be taken lightly,

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