After a year hiatus, the IHG Americas Conference made a big return in 2017. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), a British multinational hotels company, hosted their Americas Conference June 17-21 at The InterContinental Alliance Resort Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. The event was produced by FreemanXP, with Mac MacKenzie and Josh Covin serving as Executive Producers. Catherine Innes […]
As a team, and by nature of what we do, we’re behind-the-scenes people. Once in a while, though, we emerge from our digital caves to stand awkwardly in front of the lights rather than behind them. Last week was once such occasion, as we celebrated with other industry heavy hitters at a ceremony hosted by […]
Drury Design Dynamics invited UVLD to light and deliver media for the IBM InterConnect Conference, which took over six venues in Las Vegas in March. Cameron Yeary headed up our media effort, and received a nice writeup from Christie Digital, the manufacturer of the Pandora Media Servers. John Ingram designed the lighting for the IBM Amplify event at the […]
Nascent luxury brand Genesis Motors chose the 2017 New York International Auto Show as the stage for a powerful theatrical release of their fuel-cell powered concept car, the GV80. The event was produced by Eric Brinkerhoff of MBA productions and Matt Richman of Production Glue, assisted by Natalie Price. UVLD’s Paul Sharwell served as lighting designer, with Tom Blancato as production […]
Network marketing company Kyäni held their 2017 International Leadership Conference this March in Fort Worth Texas. Producers Webb Production invited UVLD’s David Rees to serve as Lighting Designer. Michelle Morin joined David as Production Electrician. The lighting package was supplied by Gemini Light Sound & Video. Natalie Peay produced the show for Webb Production. Kyani […]
This was a freaking cool one. O2 Creative Solutions, lead by creative director Alex Alexandrian and CEO Brian Hords, transformed the River Pavilion at the Javits Center into a warehouse to reveal Toyota’s 4×4 concept for the millennial “Casual Core” consumer. What is Casual Core? A shift from multi-day, extreme, high-effort excursions to brief, unplanned, casual […]
At the 2017 New York International Auto Show, Hyundai used their press event to allow their design team to highlight the design process that led to the all-new 2018 Sonata. Featuring two of their lead designers drawing and talking though the process, Hyundai provided an interactive experience for the press to experience the ideas behind the […]
John Ingram of UVLD was invited by Q2Cue to provide lighting for the general sessions and an evening banquet for the 2017 AT&T Mobility & Consumer Operations Kickoff in Dallas. The show was produced by Michael Nichols of New World Productions, and Mark Ortezo of Q2Cue was the overall technical director for all venues. In Trinity, technical direction was […]
It’s been said that you can’t go home again, but that doesn’t stop UVLD Lighting Designer David Rees from returning to his theatrical roots. On a recent break from the road, David was happy to lend his skills to Centerpoint Legacy Theatre’s production of Mary Poppins. The production was produced by Scott Van Dyke and directed […]
Cabi clothing hosted their annual Scoop event in San Diego in January. Paul Sharwell served as Lighting Designer once again this year, with Chris Nye as ME and Michelle Morin assisting. The show was produced by Mark Ledogar and Stephanie Selig of One Smooth Stone. “One of the primary challenges of this event is the large real estate involved,” Sharwell said. […]