Kitchenman launches Align Design Group
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Specializing in lighting, production, and media design, Kitchenman opened the doors to Align Design Group on 1 January, 2017, with the goal of creating a collaborative production atmosphere for designers, technicians and other design firms while continuing to serve his current clientele with the same level of service and creativity.
“As a founding partner of FadeUp with Heath Marrinan, the company steadily grew over the years into a full-service lighting vendor that is really making a name for itself,” began Kitchenman. “With the company on solid ground, it was a great time for me to branch out on my own to create Align Design Group which stemmed from my goal to have a lighting design consulting firm specializing in concert touring production design. Heath has been one of my closest friends, a role model and mentor to me in the entertainment industry, and when we started speaking about what I wanted to do he was there to support me once again.”
He continued, “The goal of Align Design Group is really to be a hub where a network of designers, programmers, production engineers and artists can all come together under the same umbrella. I really want this to be an evolutionary experience that will give all of us in the concert touring production industry a tremendous amount of creative flexibility.”
With Align Design Group now up and running, Kitchenman had to no time to rest as production has already begun on the multi-national tour for one of music’s top touring artists, Luke Bryan.
“Right now, we are full boar into Luke Bryan’s new 2017 tour design putting the finishes touches on it and bringing it into full design form for our first show on February 16th,” added Kitchenman. “We are working with Elite Multimedia as our tour provider because they are extremely creative and have been there with me from the beginning. When I informed them of my plans for Align Design Group they were excited to join me on this new journey and it’s great to have them on the team once again.”
(Jim Evans)
