Lighting & Visual Design for the Creative Arts. From Concert Touring to Theatre, Theme Parks to Architecture, we cover it all!

Joined April 2017
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Really pleased to announce that we've added @capture_se to our armory of pre-viz and planning tools. After some pretty extensive analysis, we're really glad to see this useful bit of software join the workflow alongside our existing tool-set.
Back to work with a bang. Straight into some TV production. @ London, United Kingdom instagram.com/p/CR6MkKtpXAW/…

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Its #ThrowbackThursday and this week two years ago saw #TeamSiyan working on the build for theatrical production Circus 1903's first UK residency at @southbankcentre over the festive period! Design by Paul 'Smiffy' Smith // @Ignition_create , with Chief LX @joethomasld
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It's probably the most expensive mug and mousemat combo that we've ever purchased but the free visualisation software it's packaged with is superb! #Syncronorm #depence2 #lighting #lightingdesign #lightingdesigner #lightingvisualisation
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So the @Conservatives #Conservatives #conference has suffered from technical problems. Schadenfreude is a wonderful feeling. #WeMakeEvents people would have the issues solved before they happened.
It's the turn of #WeMakeEvents on the Ignition Blog this week. Stay Safe! buff.ly/3jfzek6
Big day for my industry today. #WeMakeEvents happening across the country. We were the 1st to shut down due to the pandemic & will be the last to return. We are calling on the government to better support our sector. So many people with no work right now.buff.ly/3ku4CwO
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Some useful Mental Health Links in the Blog this week. buff.ly/3ktwTUn
It's #LetTheMusicPlay day. Live Music is going to see a huge #BrainDrain if something isn't done. Write to your MP's and ask what's being done to support the people backstage. Imagine not being able to go to a gig or the Theatre again? Does it bear thinking about?
Consoles I Have Broken ignitioncreative.design/blog…

The Industry and its Current Normal ignitioncreative.design/blog…

Wouldn’t be a trip with @cathaypacific one of my favourite airlines, if it didn’t begin with Dim Sum in the lounge. @HeathrowAirport heading to Canberra via Melbs and HKG for the last project of the year
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From @HeathrowAirport to @DublinAirport this morning with @AerLingus who I’ve never flown with. Off to visit the Circus 1903 team and do a bit of Quality Control With the Lighting System on the show
Discussing this as the future only recently - Are vertical stages 'appalling' or 'the future'? buff.ly/2N2jyon Select Attribution Method @BBCNews

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When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning! I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And - given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower. #aspiepower
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The Eye is quite a thing, & colour is one of the greatest tools in the Lighting Designers toolbox. It’ s amazing how the brain and eye work together. These pictures for example. They are black and white but fascinatingly, our brains colour them in - Metro buff.ly/2LS8NEO

'Now You See Me' conjures up a global magic tour buff.ly/2LpHw8o

When you look at the diary and realise that days off are a bit thin on the ground for the next 8 months