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Enhanced presentation using UV Colourmatch

For a recent project for the Puerto Cancun development in Mexico we designed a lighting system that illuminates the interior of an exhibit theatre space according to colours in the video presentation.


Two switches on the wall allow a sales person to choose between playing back English and Spanish versions of the presentation, which when pressed, dim the architectural lighting and begin the show.

Six channels of full colour LED lights follow along with the video, washing the front wall of the theatre with rich light.

Nike Exhibit Design Coachella Music Festival

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In 2004 we were asked by Nike to design a presentation environment for the launch of the “Art of Speed” launch at the Coachella music festival near Palm Springs, California. This was no easy task, both the time line and general conditions of a festival setting posed extreme limitations on what we could execute on-site. Nike creative staff in Oregon had initially asked us for something akin to a wind tunnel with a floating presentation screen. As the process moved forward we submitted several sketches outlining initial design ideas. As the time line was incredibly short, we could fabricate very little and had to rely on readily available temporary structures such as marquee tents and trussing normally used by stage lighting designers. In our final round of the design process we were informed by the festival that only standard marquee tents were allowed to be used by any and all sponsors on site, including Nike.

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