SUNRISE, FL – Chauvet has doubled its capacity to serve customers in the west region of the US by opening a 35,000 square foot satellite facility in Las Vegas. The new office-warehouse-service center complex is twice the size of the company’s West Coast Burbank, CA satellite facility that it will be replacing on Aug 10th […]
Mexico City – Responding to the rapidly increasing demand for its lighting and trussing products in Mexico, Chauvet has opened a new office, warehouse, service center and showroom in Lerma, just west of the nation’s capital. Located close to major highway and rail transit channels, the spacious new facility will house an extensive inventory of […]
Currently on the road until the end of October, the Mark Knopfler & Band tour brings all-time Dire Straits and Knopfler classics such as Sultans of Swing and Brothers in Arms to packed arenas throughout Europe and North America. Not wanting to create a show any less than impressive for the multi-million-selling singer-songwriter – who […]
Nowadays when LED video walls are about as common at concerts as T-shirt vendors, it’s difficult to imagine that these panels were all but unheard of just a few short years ago. The technology behind video walls has progressed so fast and been embraced so widely that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with these […]
It is fitting and proper that renowned Belgian designer Koert Vermeulen was chosen to light the Tree of Life at Expo Milano 2015. Rising over 121’ into the Milanese sky before spreading out into a spiraling pattern of interwoven curves, the structure rivets the attention of all who pass by. There is more to this […]
Back in April the lighting trade magazines ran an article entitled “Nelson Enterprises Helps Schools Step Into The LED Future.” The story focused on how this Bloomsbury, NJ company worked with a local high school to transform its theater by replacing its aging incandescent system with a new largely LED rig just in time for […]
Simulating natural light on stage doesn’t come naturally. It’s the result of careful planning and the adroit use of front, side, back and top lighting. Mike Graham walks us through the process of creating realistic daytime and nighttime lighting on stage, including sharing tips on using breakup gobos to simulate shadows.
Want to learn your way around COLORado? Then check out the new road map provided by Ford Sellers, CHAUVET Professional Senior Product Manager. Ford isn’t offering advice on driving to Boulder, Aspen and other scenic spots in the Centennial State, but he does provide plenty of tips on creating beautiful scenes with our diverse line […]
Lighting designers often like to talk about how they capture music in light, but Chris Lisle has taken this concept a step further on the Chase Rice tour. The well-known Nashville LD, who has done standout work for the likes of Miranda Lambert, One Republic and Robert Plant, wove images of music and light together […]
Recording contracts and stadium concerts are great, but in this era of YouTube and music streaming, a lot of bands are doing just fine without them. Playing everything from jam to jangle and emo to post hardcore, these grass roots groups are building sizable fan bases by purveying their music online and touring like crazy. […]
If there’s one thing that Baz Halpin’s fertile imagination can’t conjure up, it’s the thought of being anything but a designer. Indeed, the only time the renowned LD, who’s worked for Pink, Katy Perry, Usher, Taylor Swift and a host of other superstars, seemed at a loss for words during our enjoyable discussion was when […]
PRO – Audio & Lighting Technology Show CHAUVET Professional is exhibiting at an exciting new event focussing on professional lighting, audio and video technology. PRO will run alongside the successful BPM show at The NEC in Birmingham, 13-15 September 2014. Product Overview LED wash fixtures, powerful and versatile LED moving head lights and an easy-setup […]