For the exhibition Sagalassos, City Of Dreams, staged at the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium, Amptec was asked to provide a 270° film screen surrounding a 3D scale model of the ancient Turkish city of Sagalassos....
Dolby Laboratories has its headquarters in San Francisco spread between three buildings sat each side of Central Freeway 101 south east of downtown. While the headquarters at 100 Potrero is an anonymous brick building typical of... 
The d&b audiotechnik benchmark E-Series comprises some of the smallest loudspeakers within the Black range of products. They are highly compact and unobtrusive in their design, making them visually discreet yet audibly impressive...
Infusing the excitement and atmosphere of a big rock show into a largely speech based national meeting can be a daunting prospect, “during the awards segments of the show the dBC weighted reading reached 106-108 dB SPL, said...
Harrah’s currently boasts seventeen casino complexes across the United States, from New Orleans to Philadelphia, from Atlantic City to San Diego. In North Carolina it is Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel that invites you to...
“It’s what makes it work that matters,” comments John Tinline of Encore, “you’ve got to know the parameters and what the priorities are.” Such statements would be meat and grist to most members of the pro audio community, but...
“Creative, destructive, but ultimately happy” is a typical adult take on the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, what intrigues and amuses the child, evokes deeper feelings in the parent. But there’s nothing typical about the...
It is a fact that the oceans know no boundaries; so it is that famous international mariners, even fictional ones such as Captain Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones from the mythical Black Pearl, do eventually visit every possibility....
Considering it was Azerbaijan who won, there was also an enormous groundswell of praise throughout Europe for what Germany achieved in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) finals in Dusseldorf. “Bearing in mind this was...
“This says everything you need to know about building a strong network on the back of fantastic products,” commented David Rosello who heads up the d&b audiotechnik Spanish office. Speaking after receiving a special award for...
In terms of the unexpected, Québec City’s Image Mills event provides more than its fair share of surprises and engages quite a number of superlatives to boot. Staged across the south facing elevation of the enormous Bunge grain...
The quintessence of peace and harmony through music and singing, Japanese Folk Music is stark, beautiful, and demands to be exquisitely realised. "The reasons are bound in history," explained Mr Sato from M audio labo, a...
It makes little sense to keep an expensive luxury vessel like the MS Viking Cinderella tied up in port when her whole ability to make money pertains at sea. Viking Line are past masters at managing such efficiencies, conducting...
Even knowing that this is the most populous nation on earth, nothing quite prepares you for the sight of two hundred thousand people processing into Tiananmen Square. The night before all main roads around the square had been...
As the fountainhead of democracy in the Western hemisphere the EU is bound by its own conventions to give every citizen a voice, and in so doing make sure that as many voices as possible be heard. The elections for the European...
Not every amplified event calls for excitement, exuberance and exhortation; there are times when a more demure presentation is called for. So it was for the Fraternal Order of Police that sponsors the National Peace Officers...
"What we didn't want was for people to lose that sense of glory; that sense of being in the Opera House." Who can doubt David Claringbold's passion for the venue where he works? When Paramount Pictures first spoke to the...
Ocean Park Hong Kong is a Recreation Park that opened its doors in 1977 in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The marine-themed amusement park covers the area of Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan, and was recently ranked...
'Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay' Singapore has just received its latest enhancement and early reports single it out as a welcome improvement. "The applause from the audience after last weekend's festival said it all; their...
Each year Singapore, proud of its achievements as one of the World's most successful City States, holds a National Day of celebrations in August to mark the anniversary of its foundation. Singapore is an astonishing phenomenon,...
It's an amazing thing the way momentum can be transferred from one unstoppable phenomenon to another, but that's what has happened to Stewart Sound in North Carolina since they first became involved with a certain Mr Barack...
Like the principal ingredients of a good cake, there's quite a mix going on down in London's Greenwich. For one brief magical spell during the festive season The Who, Coldplay, and Damon Albarn's Monkey, Journey to the West...
With the airline industry suffering one hard knock after another it's good to know there is one organisation determined to lift our spirits and put the fun back into flying, even if that means developing a few bad habits. The...
During Holy Year 2006 in Liébana, a valley in the Cantabria Province of Northern Spain, many thousands of pilgrims travelled to the monastery of Saint Toribio de Liébana, first built in 1256. The pilgrims attended a series of...
No doubt about it, Stuttgart is a cultural metropolis. The title "Opera house of the year" has been won with great regularity over recent years. The city is home to one of the most renowned ballet ensembles, and the...
The Enchanted Forest is a walk in the woods married to the mores of modern presentation. Staged around the shores of a small Loch in Faskally Wood, not far from Perth in the lowlands of Scotland, the site is quiet, secluded,...
There are some things we cherish, our favourite teddy bear, a High School yearbook, a token from our first love. Then there are the things more ephemeral; that tree in a park where we took our first kiss, fishing with grandpa,...
One of Britain's best preserved abbeys, Kirkstall Abbey was founded in 1152 by Cistercian monks from Fountains Abbey and was closed down in November 1539 in the Dissolution of religious houses ordered by Henry VIII. The monks...
The Rettenbach Glacier enters the Austrian Ötztal-valley near Sölden, where you will find ski resorts amidst snow and ice at an altitude of around three thousand metres. For the last couple of years, however, it has also set the...
One million football fans all watching giant video screens in four areas with a total screen size of 234 square metres including a 60 square metre screen above the stage situated at that most iconic symbol of Berlin, the...
Ever wondered why the story Lord of the Rings has resonated so powerfully throughout the western world? Look no further than the 'saga', those ancient Nordic tales of bravery, treachery, and daring do. Not convinced? Try this;...
School leavers and those going into further education in Norway traditionally celebrate the end of the academic year during the month of May. For the last sixteen years or so, the Russebuss has been a pivotal part of those...
Pictured is an unusual installation by EQ Audio & Events of Dublin. The company was contracted to specify, design and build a promotions vehicle for Red Bull - based around a 1944 US Military Police Dodge Vehicle. The original...
For much of the time since the end of the Napoleonic wars France and Germany have been fierce enemies. When the allied troops landed on the French beaches on 6th June 1944 to free France from German occupation it didn't really...
With apologies to REM for paraphrasing their song title, but when your playing to an audience sat beneath half a hectare of glass surely wavelength should be a consideration? It might be more traditional for sopranos to break...
On Saturday October 13th 2001 the first "Stuttgart Designers Saturday" took place: Local design companies (working in such diverse areas as communication, world wide web, architecture, furniture, fashion and jewellery)...
