Phil Vilar is a first-generation Latino American working as a lighting designer and educator. Born into a traditional Catholic family, Vilar felt a deep sense of duty to become successful in whatever career they chose. This just so happened to be a career in lighting and projection design. “Theatre...
At ETC, we’re always creating new and exciting things – including new ways to teach you all about those exciting things! Recently we unveiled our new online training outpost: LearningStage. It’s packed with all the courses and resources you need to take your understanding of ETC gear and software...
A collaboration between production designers Seth Jackson and (programmer extraordinaire) Nathan Alves, The Darkroom Creative is a full-service design firm that leverages the partners' experience in the entertainment industry to create impactful designs across a variety of price points. The firm...
Covenant Communications completed a major renovation of High End Systems and ETC products in Cornerstone Church, a San Antonio based mega house of worship. Founded by entrepreneur Shawn Mullins, Covenant’s unique business model involves being a full-service design/build integration firm, including...
While Mathieu Cabanes has spent many hours programming Eos consoles for opera and theatre, this was the first time he used this desk for a grand symphony orchestra performance. Les Folies Broadway, held this past summer at the Domaine D'O in Montpellier, France, was a journey through the great...
Musco Lighting, a pioneer in the design and manufacture of sports, transportation, and infrastructure lighting solutions, welcomed the holidays in their home state of Iowa with the help of ETC Mosaic controls. The team partnered with the City of Muscatine, Iowa, and Muscatine Power and Water to...
ETC has partnered with one of the US Department of Energy’s national laboratories to conduct field research related to Human Centric Lighting (HCL.) The project kicked off with measuring lighting conditions throughout the manufacturing areas in ETC's Middleton headquarters.
Color temperature and Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) describe the warm or cool appearance of white light. Color temperature refers to white chromaticities (color points) that are technically on what is called the blackbody curve on a scientific diagram. CCT uses the nearest color temperature to...
Humans move faster than plants, but we still respond to daylight. We also respond to paychecks, which is why many of us find ourselves indoors for large parts of the day, cut off from the cues daylight naturally tells our body about when to be active and when to rest. We find ourselves sluggish in...
The following is a conversation between Sherrice Mojgani, lighting designer, and Venus Gulbranson, assistant lighting designer. Read as the two discuss their own thoughts on the professional process, expectations, and assumed duties of both lighting designers and their assistants.
