Working with his friend and colleague, Ben Rogers, this Preston, England-based designer has lit many memorable shows for longtime client, the incomparable Diana Ross. Out of curiosity, we asked him during our interview if there were any other artists from the past who he wished were around today so he could light them too. Admittedly, […]

The new generation of pixel-mappable motorized battens are opening unprecedented opportunities for designers to transform the stage in ways that would have been almost impossible to imagine not long ago. Arranged along the deck, these modern linear units can create mysterious, almost mystical looks in which performers appear to be floating on a field of […]

A little over seven years ago, we interviewed this universally celebrated lighting designer for the Lighting Insights newsletter. We called our article “Connected Light.” Got to admit, it was a good choice, as Rob Koenig’s stellar career has been driven by a relentless desire to use lighting as a bridge between his clients and the […]

Accepting the 2025 Latin Grammy Award for “Best Traditional Tropical Music Album” for her hit “Raíces,” the legendary Gloria Estefan thanked her husband and collaborator Emilio Estefan by saying that their 50 years of making music together still felt “like the first day.” The joyful, rejuvenating sentiment that animated the Miami Sound Machine co-founder expressed […]

Think less like an ant and more like an elephant! This Paris-based lighting designer shares this advice with anyone taking on a massive project, something he has done with consummate skill throughout his award-winning 30-year career. Boldly embracing every challenge, be it at the Accor Arena in Paris, The King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia, […]

A show designer, director, and video-maker for concerts, theatre, and multimedia projects, this London-based designer is best known for his 40-year creative relationship with U2, whilst his work with George Michael, David Bowie and R.E.M. has also been celebrated for being both conceptually and technologically groundbreaking. His performing arts projects include collaborations with Complicite, Kronos […]

See you next year,” Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher called out to some 90,000 cheering Wembley Stadium fans at the close of the band’s 28th September show, on their global Live ’25 Tour. Gallagher’s parting words set off a wave of hope and anticipation that spread across the music world. Oasis hadn’t performed together in the […]

This talented young Swedish designer created some potent looks for legendary Hip Hop band Hov1 on their final global tour not long ago. There were many evocative moments in his show, but one that exerted a particularly tight grip on our attention was the look captured in this photo that shows live camera feeds of […]

This Munich-based designer has earned global acclaim for his collaboration with Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) for artists like Adele, Phil Collins, and The Rolling Stones. Recently, he has been responsible for the co-lighting design of the current Rammstein stadium tour and Genesis’s Last Domino tour with WBD. Beyond the world of concert and touring, his […]

Pierre E. Roy of Agence de spectacles Pierre Roy says that he has “great respect for science,” but when it comes to design and art, he believes that feelings carry far more weight than so-called hard scientific evidence. Take the color purple, science says it does not really exist, but is made up by the […]

“I see the statue in the marble and chip away until I set it free,” Michelangelo is supposed to have said. The Renaissance genius was echoing a deep desire that has powered creatives of all types through the ages: to peel back external layers of expectations and reveal new possibilities! This sentiment is beautifully reflected […]

This Primetime Emmy nominated designer is always ready to acknowledge the industry legends who have helped him along the way. Among them is Joe Paradise, whose words years ago about showing restraint in lighting still ring in his head to this day. Happily though, there was one bit of advice from his early mentor that […]