Ivan Toth Depeña has made some pretty incredible displays in his career thus far. One beautiful and fun example would be the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places commission that Ivan did for the Miami0Dade Government Center. Check this out: From Ivan's Vimeo page on the installation: MIAMI, FL – Ivan Toth Depeña’s light-based installation “Reflect” was [...]
Read More Florida, Ivan Toth Depeña, Light Art, lighting installation, miami-dade, public artIt's too bad we can't buy tickets to one of THESE kind of parks at the gas station like you can places like King's Island and Six Flags Over, uh, Wherever: Whoa! This place is called Live Park, and it was on some kind of a "world tour" for three months in South Korea recently: [...]
Read More 4D, d'Strict, interactive, Live PArk, VideoIf you're a fan of the band My Morning Jacket, if you appreciate Tour Managers, or you feel that you need to know why you need to appreciate Tour Managers, then watch Jeff Waful +1 Episode 3. No, seriously. My Morning Jacket at Madison Square Garden happened mostly because of the Tour Manager Eric Mayers [...]
Read More Eric Mayers, Jeff Waful, Jeff Waful +1, My Morning JacketHiya, everybody! I'm back in the land of the horse-riding 5-0, at the hotel for one more week. I have an apartment that is available April 1, and I'll be moving in April 2. I never thought I would be so happy to see a king-sized bed and my little fan blowing air on me [...]
Read More Frankfurt, Germany, Jim's Travels, lighting, ProLight+Sound 2012, tradeshowsI just found this crazy article on Engadget about the Carl Zeiss Cinemizer glasses. Have you seen these things? (This image opens up HUGE if you want detail…) So these are OLED, HD glasses with some pretty interesting specs. They're only pre-ordering now, but they're pre-ordering for 649 Euro. That's about 851.55 USD. I'm guessing that [...]
Read More Carl Zeiss optics, Cinemizer, OLED, ZeissWhoa. Have you seen any of the Jeff Waful +1 episodes out there? I just got an email from the man himself, and he's about ready to release another awesome episode of his excellent show that's sweeping interest in what we do and how we do it from all kinds of demographics across the world. [...]
Read More Eric Mayers, My Morning Jacket, Tour ManagerI saw an interesting article this weekend from CNN World's website. A company called Eight19 has created a pay-as-you-go solar technology called IndiGo that is being deployed right now in Kenya. Check this out, this is Simon Bransfield Garth, the CEO of Eight19. I knew I would like this company as soon as I realized [...]
Read More Eight19, IndiGo, LED, pay as you go, phone charging, photovoltaic, PV, Solar, South Kenya, top upI have mixed feelings about this subject, but it's important to spread the news about what's going down and how it's gonna go down with respect to this incandescent phase-out happening in our time. Sylvania has an awesome guide to this phase-out, showing the whats and the whens of this thing. Check it out here. [...]
Read More CFLs, EISA, incandescent lamps, LEDs, light bulb legislationUpdate 11:53am: audio of the news conference releasing the IOSHA report that happened Wednesday, February 8, 2012. heads up, it's a direct link to the .WMA file the State released. I'm a bit at odds with how to write this article because it is news, after all. Governor Daniels and his people from the State departments [...]
Read More Indiana OSHA, Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, IOSHA, penalties, politics, safetySo Jeff sent me this yesterday. I then promptly stood up, stretched my legs and arms, and tried to kick myself right in the ass for missing the opportunity to see this happen live. DAMN YOU, REAL LIFE! For those of you not in the know, Jeff Waful is the lighting designer for Umphrey's McGee, [...]
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