Friday, June 13, 2008

VIVID Receives Illumination Design Award

VIVID Lighting Solutions’ Phil Guhl Receives Recognition for Museo de Acero

June 13, 2008 - Phil Guhl, President and Co-owner of VIVID Lighting Solutions was one of four individuals this week to receive recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design by the British Columbia Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society for the Museo del Acero Furnace Show at Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Mexico.

Along with Douglas Welch and Sean Vine from Douglas Welch Design Associates Ltd. who produced the installation, and Natasha Kennett of Lightworks, the team installed and programmed the LED lighting technology used in this fixed installation which was designed to help demonstrate the steel-making capabilities of the original Blast Furnace No. 3, El Horno.  The restored facility is now a spectacular educational facility which dominates the skyline and highlights the steel-making history of Monterrey, Mexico.

VIVID Lighting Solutions was engaged to program lighting in support of a seven minute, 50 second educational video documentary describing the process of the steel smelting furnace.  Then a two minute, 25 second music piece was composed and the same lighting was programmed to create a sound and light spectacle for all to enjoy.  Philip Guhl, co-founder of VIVID Lighting Solutions and Douglas Welch, designer and founder of Douglas Welch Designs in Vancouver, explains that “we spent hundreds of hours programming at night while being eaten alive by huge Mexican mosquitoes.  The result was a marvelous sound and light show that we are very proud of.”

VIVID Lighting Solutions is a specialty lighting design and boutique rental company that is focused on the integration of LED lighting to the film, television, theatrical and special events industry.  The five year old company combines thirty years of special events expertise from Technical Director and Producer Tim Smart and Lighting Director Phil Guhl.

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