Restaurant manager Belinda Jarman, administration manager Hannah Ross and marketing and communications manager Hannah Westway were instrumental in instigating the change. "We wanted to have a very definite change of atmosphere in the evenings," explains Ross. "Each day, we change from being a more formal lunch venue to a very relaxed evening venue and we wanted a look to reflect that. With the lighting that Mushroom has installed we've definitely achieved that, to the point where we have had a series of reviews that name Prism as the place to be with our red lighting theme and 'The Brain' wall projection."
To achieve this, Mushroom supplied red cold cathode low voltage lighting at the base of the front of the bar and RGB spot uplighters positioned at intervals at the base of the wall on the opposite wall, each of which are mounted in an IP65-rated custom made fitting, allowing the restaurant to choose the colour they want via a remote control system. Prism's 'brain' is projected onto the rear wall of the restaurant from an Opti Goboshow projector with a prismatic wheel attached.
Sound for the main restaurant is handled by deploying Mission 180° dispersion loudspeakers to give even coverage throughout the room. "We had a reasonably tight budget to work to and the Prism team knew exactly what they wanted to achieve," explains Mushroom's Paul Butler. "We accomplished that with some careful planning and creative solutions such as 'The Brain'. On the sound side of things, the team wanted to have a CD player, but we also provided them with a Yamaha programmable hard drive that they can add tracks to as they go along. Now their entire day's music is sorted out without them having to do anything and they can concentrate on giving their diners a great gastronomic experience."
(Lee Baldock)
