iSquint Podcast: Episode 16 – Super Saturday 2011, Richard Pilbrow
In this the final part of the iSquint Podcast from the Stage Seminars Stage Lighting Super Saturday, Episode 16 is an interview with legendary lighting design and author, Mr. Richard Pilbrow. I sat down with Mr. Pilbrow at Super Saturday 2011 and talked about life, designing, super Saturday and of course technology in the industry. [...]
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The Martin Booth at LDI 2010 & Programmer Matthias Hinrichs
If you attended LDI 2010, you had to stop by or at least heard the Martin booth from any where on the trade show floor. Every hour, the Martin booth came alive and put on a three minute show demonstrating what their fixtures can do. I of course shot a quick video of the entire [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading – Andrew Griffin
What a week and weekend huh? First there was USITT all week and then the iPad get launched on Saturday! I think it is time to come back to reality. What better way to come back down by kicking off the month of April with the monthly column, Where is the Industry Heading. This month [...]
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iSquint.net Podcast: Episode 9 – Interview with Steve Shelley
It’s that time, everyone is gearing up for USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Kansas City. As you travel to USITT today or tomorrow, I put together a podcast with Mr. Steven Shelley. You may know Mr. Shelley from his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting or possibly through his company, Field Templates. Or, [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading – Edward Warren
This months interview for the continuing column, Where is the Industry Heading, I got a chance to talk with Edward Warren. Edward is a fellow lighting designer based in London, England and runs his own lighting design firm, Next Level Lights. You may know Ed from his twitter name, @edforever. Ed takes a a couple [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading – An Interview with Steve Shelley
This months Where is the Industry Heading Column is an interview with noted Lighting Designer and drafting symbol guru, Steven Shelley. In addition to Mr. Shelley’s design talents and drafting template genius, he has also found time to write a book for the lighting industry, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting which just recently went [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading: An Interview with Gregg Hillmar
This months column, Where is the Industry Heading is an interview with Gregg Hillmar. You may have heard my talking about Gregg recently with the release of his latest book, Light Plot Deconstructed, which is a tutorial guide for Vectorworks and developing a light plot with in the software. Gregg is also an accomplished lighting [...]
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iSquint Podcast: Episode 3 – Squintin’ at the grandMA2
In this, the third episode of the iSquint Podcast, I got a chance to sit down with Brian Dowd and Joe Cabera from ACT Lighting to talk about the grandMA2 lighting desk. Joe and Brian were kind enough to take time out of their very busy trade show duties to sit down and explain to [...]
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ConsoleCocktails Releases Cocktail #3 – Squintin’ at the grandMA2
During LDI 2009, I got a chance to visit one of the busiest rooms during the week long conference and show at the Orlando Convention Center, The grandMA2 Demo and Training room. I sat down and did an interview with Joe Joe Cabrera ][ and Brian Dowd from ACT Lighting for a future episode of [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading: An Interview with James Bedell
This month, I interviewed James Bedell, a lighting designer that got his start in the theatre world and has since found a wide variety of work in the architectural and corporate lighting markets. Not to long ago, James got involved in design high end residential, commercial and retails spaces all around the world. More recently, [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading: An Interview with Phil G. Gilbert Jr.
This month, we bring you our continuing column, Where is the Industry Heading with an interview from Phil G. Gilbert Jr. Phil is a lighting designer that is based out of New York City but travels the states designing lights for theatre, dance and corporate events. Phil took time out of his hectic schedule to [...]
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Where is the Industry Heading: An Interview with Cat West
In our continuing column, Where is the Industry Heading we sat down with Cat West. Cat toughs herself more of a console programmer rather then a designer but from time to time finds her herself designing lights in the fly. Cat has worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years working as a wholehog [...]
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