L.E.D. supplies PixelPars for Hard Rock

Switzerland - When Hard Rock Café International selected Bristol to unveil their new Bar concept, they again commissioned Cadmium Design - their interior specialists - to conceive the new blueprint, working alongside audio-visual experts, Audiotek. Part of the brief from Cadmium was for a moving light ceiling to highlight the black and white artworks in the triangular building. Since the listed building boasts two giant window frontages and the backlit feature was to sit in the centre of the modern interior, Audiotek's Santi Arribas felt an LED approach offered a more dynamic solution to conventional Par cans.

After showing the colour-changing attributes of the James Thomas Pixel Par 87 LED Lanterns, he specified 16 of the fixtures from distributor Lighting Effects Distribution (L.E.D.). These highlight the photo montage (depicting rock legends), which overhangs the horseshoe-shaped bar in a 10m x 2m rectangle, and are controlled from a PC Brain.

Explaining the application in the 300-capacity city centre bar, Arribas said: "On either side of the canvas there is a truss on which the Pixel Pars are mounted, allowing the canvas to glow in a constant colour-change throughout the day and night. We had seen them in use in another venue - Pangaea - and liked them immediately. They are nice reliable effects - and at more competitive price than equivalent brands. On top of that I like the back-up that Ian Kirby offers at Lighting Effects Distribution."

(Lee Baldock)

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