This year's show again saw some very innovative booth designs - based on sophisticated lighting designs and new construction techniques. One such design characterised the booth of Daimler AG.
Responsible for the lighting design was Richard Profe of TLD Planungsgruppe, who worked with his assistant lighting designer, Alex Orkisch and used a grandMA system to control more than 500 moving lights.
Programmer Demfis Fyssicopulos reports: "As usual it was an absolute pleasure to work with Richard and the team at TLD. Daimler AG took up the entire Frankfurt arena (Festhalle) for their booth. It was dominated by 45,000sq.ft of canvas that formed a majestic cone and funnel structure with lighting, projection and lasers creating an environmental show for visitors. The canvas was semi-transparent and depending on how it was lit, it would appear either as an opaque skin or as a transparent membrane revealing the arena's ceiling structure."
In total, five grandMA full-size, two grandMA light and eight MA NSPs (Network Signal Processors) controlled 130 Vari*Lite VL3000 Washes, 68 VL 3500 Washes and 86 VL 3000 Spots as well as numerous Martin moving lights and a selection of other fixtures.
(Jim Evans)
