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TECHNOLOGY / LIGHTING CONTROL CASE STUDIES THE TIFFANY BLUES
An Illumination Physics LED façade system controlled by a CueCore system has resulted in a bright new look for the high class jewellers.
Productions and distributed in Australia by Melbourne based LightTechnik. Kemp required of his control choice, a solid-state solution with the ability to control the levels of each individual colour within each fixture, therefore allowing the lighting of the façade to be totally balanced for each colour look required.
Illumination Physics recently completed the lighting refit of the Tiffany & Co. flagship store on Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia. The clean, bright design by Peter Kemp of Illumination Physics perfectly mirrors the jewels sold within the store. The Tiffany shopfront required an even spread of light with accurate colour mixing, from fixtures placed in a cramped space providing very little projection angle. Sourcing custom made linear and corner LED fixtures and drivers from the Illumination Physics manufacturing facility, Kemp was able to provide a technical solution enabling a bright and even coverage on the facade. For control of the façade Kemp chose the CueCore solid-state lighting controller, manufactured by Dutch company Visual
The CueCore was programmed by John Stanley from LightTechnik, liaising with Kemp to insure that the brief from Tiffany & Co. was adhered to. The Cuecore was programmed by the ‘DMX in’ feature using the Cuelux Lighting control software, also from Visual Productions. During the programming phase, Stanley used the CueCore’s OSC protocol for an app on an iPad to communicate to Cuelux. This gave him the flexibility to walk across the road, with the designer Peter Kemp, to view the entire façade.
The Cuecore runs with a start up trigger command programmed in the scheduler using the time & day function, beginning everyday with the famous ‘Tiffany Blue’. The Tiffany & Co. staff can then override this and select one of eight preprogrammed
HAVE A HEART
A light sculpture at Manchester’s Children’s Hospital makes use of Traxon LED and e:cue control.
‘Anyone Who Has a Heart’ is a modern lighting sculpture located at the main entrance of the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Artists Andrew Small and Steve Almond created this interactive art piece consisting of four rings of light backlit by Traxon’s Dot XL-6 RGB, set in a large heart-like sculpture. Motion sensors initiate different illuminated colours and sequences when visitors walk around the installation and it displays the time of day in steps: One of each of the four rings displays the hour, minute, second, and millisecond, for five minutes every hour. The highlight of the piece is its ability to monitor and display peoples’ heartbeats with a red, pulsating light when visitors hold its steel hand grips. Via interface electronics, e:cue‘s Butler, Butler XT and LAS Enterprise, gather the needed information and display the heart rate through Traxon’s Dot XL-6 RGB fixtures.
Traxon was chosen for this project due to its flexibility in working with the artists, as well as its ability to offer an ultra bright, robust, and highly flexible fixture - Dot XL-6 RGB - and intelligent control.
www.traxontechnologies.com www.ecue.com
colours via a custom-made button station. The button station was connected to the CueCore’s 4 onboard dry contact closures and to an additional GPI expansion module. Stanley found programming his first CueCore install to be a positive experience, stating; “The entire Visual Productions range of products have been amazingly robust and intuitive. Its great to have that peace of mind straight out of the box, it just works.” Tiffany & Co. launched their enlarged and renovated store to great appraisal earlier this year. Rightly proud of his design, Kemp stated, “This stunning front entrance is an exemplary example of how meticulous planning, clever innovation and creative illumination can come together to produce an effect that is both evocative and unique. The result is a powerful and distinctive façade that enlivens Collins Street and beautifully showcases the store by bathing it in a variety of colours, including the world renowned ‘Tiffany Blue’.”
www.illuminationphysics.com www.visualproductions.nl www.lighttechnik.com.au
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